Bling Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 HAGERSTOWN - A rabid black bear trying to rip out a window air conditioner lost its tug-of-war with a terrified housewife when her husband blasted the beast with a shotgun, the woman and a state wildlife official said today.The bear rushed the house after Charlotte Stanton yelled out her screen door to try to scare it away from a goat pen. Stanton, 39, of rural Grantsville in Garrett County, said she was losing her tussle with the 134-pound sow when Michael Stanton pulled the trigger."I finally yelled at my husband, because I couldn't hold on to that air conditioner much longer," she said. "It seemed like forever, but I'm sure it was just seconds."The load of buckshot didn't kill the bear, which lay bleeding and moaning in the yard of the Western Maryland home for about 30 minutes Aug. 29 before a state Natural Resources Police officer arrived to remove it.All four family members -- including daughter Caitlin, 10, and son James Winebrenner, 15 -- will receive a series of rabies shots because of their exposure to the animal's blood and saliva, Mrs. Stanton said."We cleaned up the blood and stuff from the house," she said today in a telephone interview. "All of us had pretty much blood on us."Michael Stanton, 49, won't be charged with a wildlife violation because the state allows killing bears out of season to defend people and livestock, The Cumberland Times-News reported.The bear was the first known case of a rabid black bear in Maryland, said Harry Spiker, who heads the state's bear management program. Rabid bears have been confirmed in Pennsylvania and Canada, he said.Spiker said the agency tested the bear for rabies because she was so aggressive."That behavior was just completely out of the ordinary," Spiker said.Stanton said bears often come into her yard and most are easily chased away. But now, "when I see a bear in the yard, I'm not going to think twice about running for the house or even getting a gun out," she said.http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-bear0905,0,5543864.story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted September 6 Author Report Share Posted September 6 Chet is telling everyone about his bear story] Chet: So when you go to bed tonight, and you hear a noise, whatever you do, don't look out the window... [Chet shouts while he tosses some of his alcoholic beverage into the fireplace causing a huge fireball shooting out of the chimney] Chet: because there might be a bear! (name the movie people) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oni1414777741 Posted September 7 Report Share Posted September 7 Chet is telling everyone about his bear story] Chet: So when you go to bed tonight, and you hear a noise, whatever you do, don't look out the window... [Chet shouts while he tosses some of his alcoholic beverage into the fireplace causing a huge fireball shooting out of the chimney] Chet: because there might be a bear! (name the movie people) The Great Outdoors. Hi Danny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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