Bear Jumps Off Bridge & Survives

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.

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Somehow the bear caught the ledge and was able to pull itself to safety. 

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Authorities decided that nothing could be done to help Saturday night… 

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so they returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep on the ledge.

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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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This ain't no Teddy Bear! Good Work Guys!

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Posted on October 8, 2007 | Permalink | Trackback
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5 Responses to “Bear Jumps Off Bridge & Survives”

  1. dean Says:
    October 8th, 2007 at 10:02 pm

    Well I guess bear had a burden to bare. Without the help of search and rescue workers, those two motorists would have had to bear the brunt of the blame, bare their souls to the media, and as a result barely be able to hold their heads high at the next Greenpeace meeting.

    Well done Johnny!

    Dean

  2. Issaquah Undressed » Blog Archive » Have You Heard The Story About The Bears? Says:
    October 10th, 2007 at 12:13 pm

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  3. Teresa Boardman Says:
    October 11th, 2007 at 1:14 am

    wow! life must be hard there for bears if they want to jump that bad. Hi John. :) how are you?

  4. John Harper Says:
    October 11th, 2007 at 2:23 am

    Hey Teresa - I’m not winning all of those awards you are but life is good! I’m not planning on jumping off any of the local briges!

  5. esther Says:
    October 15th, 2007 at 7:09 pm

    dear john
    so good to see and hear good news!!

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