Bear Guzzles Campers' Beer, Eats Food
Updated: Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2005 - 3:57 PM

DUNBAR, W.Va. (AP) - Larry Gaynor and his brother had to cut their latest fishing trip short after a black bear ate their food and guzzled their beer. Gaynor, 67, and his brother, Billy Bob Gaynor, 53, were camping at Summit Lake near Richwood on Friday when the bear wandered into their campsite at about 9 p.m.

Hearing a noise, they looked outside their tent and saw the bear with its mouth clamped on their cooler. Larry Gaynor said the bear dragged the cooler 30 yards into the woods and flung it against a tree, scattering a case of Coors Light.

"He only drank three cans," Larry he said. "He would've drank all of them if it would've been Budweiser."

Billy Bob Gaynor said the bear ate all of their food so they returned to Dunbar the next day.

"Either relocate them or let me eat them," he said.

"He would've drank all of them if it would've been Budweiser."

Nah, he probably will whizz Budweiser out though!:p

knowing what Coors is like, the bear's probably crapping its brains out as we speak.

How does a bear open a beer can? And what were Larry and Billy Bob doing shacked up in their tent at 9 PM?

How does a bear open a beer can ? Presumably there's a ring pull ??

Simple ! ;)

Bet the bear feels like...well...like a bear with a sore head !

If it was Coors, as you say, well, does a bear Sh!t in the woods?

I always thought that if you "followed the Bear" you would find that it drank Hofmeister!

Who's been eating my .... EEK :uhoh:

Bears opening beers?

Shouldn't be a problem with those claws. You can twist a can and split it if you get a good grip.

Don't make 'em like they used to....Grump, whinge........ :E

I guess to a hungover bear, "hair of the dog" means something totally different.