Acrobatic Bear Gets A Little Help From Some Friends
November 14, 2007
Reader Gary Boothby sent me these photos along with a short story about the event.
These are some amazing shots. A bear was walking across Rainbow Bridge (Old Hwy 40 at Donner Summit, Truckee) on Saturday when two cars also crossing the bridge scared the bear into jumping over the edge of the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the ledge and was able to pull itself to safety. Authorities decided that nothing could be done to help Saturday night so they returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep, on the ledge. After securing a net under the bridge the bear was tranquilized, fell into the net, lowered, then woke up and walked out of the net.
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Wow…crazy story. I can’t believe this one ended with a happy ending! Thanks for posting this story, Tom, and thanks to the reader for submitting!