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TexasTowelie

(118,517 posts) Wed May 12, 2021, 02:48 AM May 2021

Bear has close call on utility poles in Arizona border city

A bear is perched at the top of a utility pole Sunday, May 9, 2021, in Douglas, Ariz. Authorities say the bear eventually climbed down and scampered off, sending about two dozen onlookers scattering.(Bruce Whetten/Sierra Vista Herald via AP)

DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — Residents of an Arizona border city were left in disbelief by a surprise visit from a bear.

The Arizona Game & Fish Department said the bear appeared Sunday in downtown Douglas.

Bolder than your average bear, the animal climbed up two utility poles and even sat on the wires at one point.

State wildlife officials, Douglas police, the Cochise County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Border Patrol closed off U.S. Hwy 191 and tried to get the bear to leave.

Authorities say the seemingly unfazed bear eventually climbed down and scampered off, sending about two dozen onlookers scattering.

Read more: https://yourvalley.net/stories/bear-has-close-call-on-utility-poles-in-arizona-border-city,233143
(Daily Independent)

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Bear has close call on utility poles in Arizona border city (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2021 OP

His hiney butt could've gotten zapped. sprinkleeninow May 2021 #1

I posted a thread about a cat at the top of a 60-foot pole for two days last month. TexasTowelie May 2021 #2

I do believe I caught that post! These aminals. 😁 What to do! sprinkleeninow May 2021 #3

That tongue, though! 🤣 ShazzieB May 2021 #4

He may not have liked someone in the crowd. TexasTowelie May 2021 #5

Yikes! What a predicament! Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #6

Hello, this is 9-1-1, may I please ask why you are calling? TexasTowelie May 2021 #7

My Dad would have gotten a call from the dispatcher Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #10

I'm a pigeon, not a bear SmartVoter22 May 2021 #8

they are wandering out of the hills because of the drought Kali May 2021 #9

sprinkleeninow

(20,663 posts)

1. His hiney butt could've gotten zapped.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed May 12, 2021, 02:56 AM

May 2021

TexasTowelie

(118,517 posts)

2. I posted a thread about a cat at the top of a 60-foot pole for two days last month.

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Reply #1)

Wed May 12, 2021, 03:02 AM

May 2021

I didn't think that I would get a chance for another pole story so soon.

sprinkleeninow

(20,663 posts)

3. I do believe I caught that post! These aminals. 😁 What to do!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)

Wed May 12, 2021, 03:05 AM

May 2021

ShazzieB

(19,263 posts)

4. That tongue, though! 🤣

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed May 12, 2021, 03:16 AM

May 2021

TexasTowelie

(118,517 posts)

5. He may not have liked someone in the crowd.

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #4)

Wed May 12, 2021, 03:21 AM

May 2021

Maybe one of the cops?

Rhiannon12866

(227,318 posts)

6. Yikes! What a predicament!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed May 12, 2021, 05:11 AM

May 2021

Both for the poor bear and the folks trying to help him! Wish I could show this photo to my Dad - he was manager of the power company in these parts and had some harrowing stories, but I don't think he ever faced anything quite like this...

TexasTowelie

(118,517 posts)

7. Hello, this is 9-1-1, may I please ask why you are calling?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #6)

Wed May 12, 2021, 05:21 AM

May 2021

Caller: There is a bear stuck up high on a utility pole.

Operator (shaking her head and thinking "it's going to be one of those days&quot .

Rhiannon12866

(227,318 posts)

10. My Dad would have gotten a call from the dispatcher

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #7)

Wed May 12, 2021, 07:30 PM

May 2021

I would have liked to have heard that call...

SmartVoter22

(639 posts)

8. I'm a pigeon, not a bear

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed May 12, 2021, 05:45 AM

May 2021

Don't loook at me.

Kali

(56,035 posts)

9. they are wandering out of the hills because of the drought

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed May 12, 2021, 02:06 PM

May 2021

had one pass by the house last week. worried it might stick around for some veal or chicken dinners due to having the only water for at least 2 miles around but never saw another track.

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