Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Did anyone else see this story from the Deseret News?

Bear breaks up marijuana operation
Published: September 4, 2008
PANGUITCH — Maybe this is Smokey's other job.
A large bear helped break up a marijuana growing operation this week, according to the Garfield County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators from the sheriff's office and the U.S. Forest Service found 888 young plants and about 4,000 bags containing seeds, dirt and chemical plant food this week, police said.
Officials also found broken pipes, food items that had been ripped apart, beer cans with teeth marks and claw marks on trees around the camp.
Garfield County Sheriff Danny Perkins said he believes a large bear came through the camp and scared off the people responsible for the marijuana plants.
The plants were being destroyed Wednesday.


For some reason, this cracks me up. Maybe it's the visuals. I can just see the bear, getting high on beer and marijuana. Or the stupid dopeheads being chased around by the bear. There were claw marks on the trees. Did the bear chase one of them up there?

Maybe what we need are drug-sniffing bears.

1 comment:

Joe said...

Yeah, I saw this. I seem to remember some quote by the sheriff that he felt like he should deputize the bear.