Vt. Governor Chased by 4 Bears in Backyard
Source: Associated Press (via ABC News)
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says he was chased and nearly caught by four bears that were raiding his birdfeeders.
Shumlin says he was in bed in his rented Montpelier home late Wednesday night when he heard what turned out to be four bears in the backyard.
He says he looked out and saw the bears, including two cubs. He tried to chase the bears away, but they kept coming back.
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Shumlin tells the Valley News editorial board that Vermont "almost lost the governor." He says he was within "three feet of getting 'arrrh.'"
Information from: Lebanon Valley News, http://www.vnews.com
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vt-governor-chased-bears-backyard-16131352#.T4hBY6tYsmQ
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flamingdem
(39,313 posts)You don't chase bears away like deer. I guess he's not a native?
cali
(114,904 posts)Born in Brattleboro, Vermont. Grew up in nearby Putney.
Raven
(13,890 posts)bird feeders out this time of years. The bears are awake from their winter sleeps and they're hungry. He should also know better than to confront bears with cubs. I guess he won't be doing that again! Glad he wasn't hurt.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)Botany
(70,501 posts)If a bear is eating like him or her eat and if a mother is w/ her cubs
leave them alone. BTW their has been very few cases of unprovoked
attacks of a black bear on a human .... they tend to run away.
Ian David
(69,059 posts)Lefta Dissenter
(6,622 posts)I hope people read that sign all the way to the end.
Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)it ended differently
colorado_ufo
(5,733 posts)AndyTiedye
(23,500 posts)That bear might get its revenge.
brooklynite
(94,520 posts)bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Really?
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)This is Vermont. No governor's mansion and very few trappings of office.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)I grew up in Maine and know plenty of Vermonters. They are just as loonie as anyone else.
The Governor should at least get Fish & Wildlife on his speed dial. They have that in Vermont, don't they?
bvar22
(39,909 posts)...don't FEED them.
24601
(3,961 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)IDemo
(16,926 posts)Were these pirate bears?
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)You would think living in part of the country that is bear habitat one would know better.
handmade34
(22,756 posts)they used to try to get to my beehives... I was too smart for them
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)(I was, and remain, a huge fan of Governor Dean).
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)Yavin4
(35,438 posts)Sabriel
(5,035 posts)Just doing my best to help Corey unseat Chuck Norris from the Badass Meme throne.
Behind the Aegis
(53,956 posts)Botany
(70,501 posts)DFW
(54,370 posts)A Republican in a southern state would have come out with both assault guns
blazing, missing the bears (though scaring them off), but fatally hitting three
members of families in neighboring houses.
After which, the cops would have patted him on the back for standing his ground,
made him coffee and gone home.