Is That a Bear In Your Pool Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?

I continue to be conflicted about bears.

1) Totally cute.

2) Overgrown weasels.

3) "Nature's little Wookies."

4) Kill-crazy murder-machines who will hunt you down and rend you into pieces just because you gave them a "funny look."

But awwww...

It's virtually a sitcom already. She looks like she's waiting for someone to rub PDF 15 on her back.

A 140-pound bear wandered into a suburban neighborhood and took a dip in a swimming pool before being tranquilized and returned to the wild.

The female bear ambled into the San Fernando Valley's Porter Ranch area shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday, bumping into doors and windows before taking a few splashes in a backyard pool, fire spokesman Brian Humphrey said.

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"It looks like it's possibly in heat," [an animal control officer] said. "She probably just made a wrong turn and ended up in a neighborhood. She belongs up in the hills and that's where she lives."

In heat. So she decided to throw an impromptu pool party, and was disappointed when no one else showed up.

Sounds like me in seventh grade.

Thanks to Chickpea.

posted by Ace at 03:35 PM

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