# Bears guard marijuana grow op in BC **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719 "2010-08-19T05:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/1 "2010-08-19T05:54:41Z")
[Guard bears story.](http://www.globaltvcalgary.com/Paws+Mounties+find+bevy+bears+grow/3414910/story.html) That’s, uh, a bit strange, but I guess if you don’t want anyone messing with your pot plants, having bears all around the grow op probably works. It might be unfortunate for the bears, though, if they have to be killed because they’re too habituated to humans. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/2 "2010-08-19T06:32:49Z")
I so hope they were eating the plants. The idea of a bunch of extremely stoned bears protecting anything just cracks me up. “Grrrr, get away from thos-Hey, is that a pic-a-nic basket?” ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/3 "2010-08-19T14:09:24Z")
We do things differently in BC. But seriously, I grew up going to Christina Lake every summer to stay at the Walkers’ place and go swimming and have fires and jump off the dock and stuff. It’s a treasured memory. Now it’s infused with pot-guarding bears overlaying innocent childhood. It’s odd. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/4 "2010-08-19T14:12:49Z")
Keep those youth groups away. A stoned bear will get the munchies and want to snack on a Brownie or two. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/5 "2010-08-19T14:16:25Z")
This completely changes my understanding of Yogi Bear. ---
**Author:** ![LunarPlexus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LunarPlexus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LunarPlexus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/6 "2010-08-19T14:17:33Z")
From the OP link: “Basically, her home is their home,” he said. “The rumours are that (the bears) come in and lounge on her couch and watch TV and they’re part of the family.” It’s like some parallel universe Goldilocks. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/7 "2010-08-19T15:05:00Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > This completely changes my understanding of Yogi Bear. Instead of a ‘pic-a-nic’ basket, he has a Buddha sack? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/8 "2010-08-19T15:08:27Z")
I didn’t get that they were talking about _guard_ bears when they talked about this on Headline News this morning. What I caught was that they were talking about unusually mellow bears hanging out where they found the pot plants. They also said they found a raccoon in a shack laying on its back spreadeagled. No word on whether the raccoon in question was ‘chillaxing.’ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/9 "2010-08-19T16:21:41Z")
You know how when you’re a young adult, you usually have one house where everyone just hangs out and drinks and smokes and eats pizza? I’m picturing this house like that, except with wild forest animals. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/10 "2010-08-19T16:24:50Z")
Am I the only one that thought an offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears was caught growing marijuana? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/11 "2010-08-19T16:52:15Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > This completely changes my understanding of Yogi Bear. His new little buddy is “Dooboo.” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/12 "2010-08-19T17:01:05Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > This completely changes my understanding of Yogi Bear. And mine of Smokey. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/13 "2010-08-19T17:10:47Z")
[I suppose it’s only a matter of time…](http://www.themostawesomepageintheuniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/bear-cavalry.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/14 "2010-08-19T17:28:21Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > This completely changes my understanding of Yogi Bear. … and Yellowstoned. Only you can prevent florist fires. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/15 "2010-08-19T17:30:22Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > This completely changes my understanding of Yogi Bear. That’s odd. It only reinforces mine. ---
**Author:** ![toxo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@toxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toxo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/16 "2010-08-19T18:48:53Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Am I the only one that thought an offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears was caught growing marijuana? Yes, but than I realized that they can’t even protect the QB much less a cash crop. I think it’s because the regular season is fast approaching ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/17 "2010-08-19T20:22:25Z")
And one of the other top stories is about a smokey haze over Alberta. So we’ve got smoky haze and hazy Smoky. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/18 "2010-08-19T20:40:34Z")
Has Steven Colbert been informed? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/19 "2010-08-19T23:39:13Z")
There’s some good jokes here but I don’t think anything can match the visual in my head of a bunch of stoned bears, raccoons and other woodland creatures. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719/20 "2010-08-20T02:04:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And one of the other top stories is about a smokey haze over Alberta. So we’ve got smoky haze and hazy Smoky. You know, with that much smoke coming here from all of BC being on fire, you’d think we’d all be in a better mood. Come to think of it, I have been pretty hungry lately. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-guard-marijuana-grow-op-in-bc/550719.md?page=2)