# Drop Bears **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099 "2012-04-27T03:00:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/1 "2012-04-27T03:00:13Z")
Australia - Boulder, Colorado calls and raises. > **[Bear tranquilized after climbing tree at CU-Boulder’s Williams Village dorms](https://www.dailycamera.com/2012/04/26/bear-tranquilized-after-climbing-tree-at-cu-boulders-williams-village-dorms/)** > > Rhonda Chestnutt, who works for a leadership program at the University of Colorado, was pumping coins into a parking meter shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday when she felt shaggy fur brush up against h… This is two blocks from my daughter’s house. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/2 "2012-04-27T04:22:05Z")
Meh. A true drop bear would use the razor sharp claw on its pinkie to slice that thing into stir fry, while setting a whole new benchmark in nonchalance. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/3 "2012-04-27T05:45:54Z")
That article was filled with great ridiculous quotes. _“A bear falls from a tree after wildlife officers tranquilized a bear that climbed about 15 feet up a tree”_- great captioning there. Chestnutt realized she just had a brush with a black bear. _“It was like, ‘Excuse me, pardon me, coming through.’ It was running full speed,” she said. “I felt privileged to have the encounter.” \* \* “Now that it’s knocked out, we should be able to pet it,”_ said Josh B. \*“I’m going to be late for class,” \*said Kristina L., a CU freshman from New York who had never seen a live bear. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/4 "2012-04-27T12:34:14Z")
That first picture is an instant classic. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/5 "2012-04-27T13:50:57Z")
Also it’s not ironic that it was near Bear creek, there’s probably a reason why it got the name. Morons. The entire article sounds like it was written by monkeys with typewriters and edited by a 2nd grader. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/6 "2012-04-27T14:23:48Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > “Chestnutt realized she just had a brush with a black bear. \*“It was like, ‘Excuse me, pardon me, coming through.’ It was running full speed,” she said. “I felt privileged to have the encounter.” \*” I love the “excuse me, pardon me” bit, but the speaker should feel privileged/relieved that the bear wasn’t pissed off, really… ---
**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:** [April 27, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/7 "2012-04-27T16:41:09Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > That first picture is an instant classic. Strangely, the Rapture only applied to bears. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/8 "2012-04-27T17:17:05Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > That first picture is an instant classic. I can only hope the bear bounced off the trampoline and onto a police car just off camera in a Loony Toons fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/9 "2012-04-27T17:56:30Z")
I’m afraid I must insist the photoshop experts get to work on this one right now. I want that bear image to appear in all kinds of settings. Tight-rope walking, reclining on a beach holding a drink, standing in between Danny Devito and The Governator…everywhere. Now get busy! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/10 "2012-04-27T18:05:28Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I’m afraid I must insist the photoshop experts get to work on this one right now. I want that bear image to appear in all kinds of settings. Tight-rope walking, reclining on a beach holding a drink, standing in between Danny Devito and The Governator…everywhere. > > Now get busy! Behind the fellas speaking at press conferences. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/11 "2012-04-27T18:15:40Z")
Multiplied and doing a line dance ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/12 "2012-04-27T18:22:31Z")
That photo was too funny. I propose the title “vertigo bear”. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/13 "2012-04-27T18:29:41Z")
Wading through skyscrapers ala Godzilla Preparing to throw a spear (right-pawed) Dribbling a basketball while being guarded by several Lakers ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/14 "2012-04-27T18:33:14Z")
I wish I had gotten to pet the bear! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/15 "2012-04-27T18:51:08Z")
. . . standing next to Angelina Jolie at the Oscars . . . ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/16 "2012-04-27T18:52:56Z")
[![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m344a5vSlc1ruhrxxo1_500.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m344a5vSlc1ruhrxxo1_500.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/17 "2012-04-27T18:59:17Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > [Tumblr: Image](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m344a5vSlc1ruhrxxo1_500.jpg) “Wheeeeeeeeeee!”, the bear was qouted whilst making its escape. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/18 "2012-05-04T17:26:59Z")
The bear was struck by two cars and killed. [Link](http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/04/11538230-famous-falling-bear-tranquilized-on-colorado-campus-is-killed-by-cars-days-later?lite) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/19 "2012-05-04T19:08:09Z")
No, Johnny, no! I can’t hear you. La la la _sniff_ lalalala. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-bears/620099/20 "2012-05-04T20:08:42Z")
My brother in suburban NJ had a bear cub up in a tree four houses down from him. From the videos my nieces took, I think that with a just a little more chutzpah (or perhaps mom/dad not being there, since neither seems to lack that quality), they probably could’ve petted the darn thing.