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Stuck Bear Climbs To Safety On Ladder (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post   First Posted: 9/28/09 Updated: 5/25/11

This bear wasn't caught with his paws in the honey jar but close to it. He was trapped in a skateboarding park in Colorado. After spending the night in the skateboard park, the ensnared bear climbed to safety on a ladder which was lowered into the skating bowl by the Snowmass Colorado Parks and Recreation Department. Check out our slideshow of the event.

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This bear wasn't caught with his paws in the honey jar but close to it. He was trapped in a skateboarding park in Colorado. After spending the night in the skateboard park, the ensnared bear climbed t...
This bear wasn't caught with his paws in the honey jar but close to it. He was trapped in a skateboarding park in Colorado. After spending the night in the skateboard park, the ensnared bear climbed t...
 
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Willow207
03:31 PM on 09/06/2009
Where is his skateboard­?
12:07 AM on 09/02/2009
Put lipstick on it and we'll call it Sarah.
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crayola 08b
i'm just a little crayon in a big box.
12:56 PM on 09/01/2009
aww, that's great. glad the fuzzy guy was able to figure it out.
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starrianna
02:33 AM on 09/01/2009
ALREADY this bear is smarter than

* George Bush
* Sarah Palin
* Michelle Bachman
* Carrie Prejean
04:12 PM on 08/30/2009
did he have to cross the road?
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02:46 PM on 08/30/2009
How do the kids get out?

:D
05:12 PM on 08/30/2009
Hopefully they don't
11:31 AM on 08/30/2009
Hey Hey Hey, smarter than the average bear boo boo!
11:30 AM on 08/30/2009
The amazing thing about this is that they put the ladder in so the bear could leave rather than shooting it.
Thank you Snowmass!
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ChaiKat
Just trying to keep what little I have.
09:37 AM on 08/31/2009
I agree.
10:52 AM on 08/30/2009
Proves bears are smarter than Republican­s. Will use assistance to get themselves out of a pit instead of trying to dig themselves deeper.
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11:03 AM on 08/30/2009
This was clearly a communist bear. Why did the government have to lower the ladder? Where was private enterprize­?
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grandma58
http://parkersnowefiberartblog.blogspot.com/
02:25 PM on 08/30/2009
thanks for the laugh
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ahoyhoy
Whatever You Are, Be a Good One. --A.Lincoln
10:33 AM on 08/30/2009
I can't imagine being the guy who has to carry the ladder, drop it into the skate-park­, steady it to make sure it's sturdy enough for the bear---ACK­! Surely the bear was not in a feeding state of mind right then, but you never know! Autumn is their peak eating season.

I'm just saying it takes balls I don't have to spend the minute or so it would take to place that ladder. ACK!
In the words of Monty Python---"­Run away!!!!"
10:12 AM on 08/30/2009
He was just taking cover - heard Palin was in in the vicinity
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TAC
10:35 AM on 08/30/2009
That's why she needs the helicopter­...
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10:10 AM on 08/30/2009
This once again shows us the losss of wild area for bears and other wilflife. i have been fighting off a hawk , i have never seen a hawk at the beach before. since i wont hurt it i just go our waving my arms and yelling at it to get it away from my song birds and give the nieghbors a good show!
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AndyWright68
Freedom is inevitable!
09:53 AM on 08/30/2009
Heeee's smaaarter than the aaaverage bear!

Hey Boo Boo, let's go steel some picnic baskets!
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theiccemann
Spirited Event Horizon
09:43 AM on 08/30/2009
Any animal living in the wild, should know that if you climb on something, you should go up. It's like a hill. What is so amazing about this?

Put an inclined plain in a box with a rat, betcha he will climb out. Put a stick in an aquarium with a snake, betcha the snake will crawl out.

... Put a job in front of a lazy human being, who is broke and living off of mom, or the gov't, ... betcha, they won't climb out. See? We are so much more advanced than the typical animal. We know when it's better to stay trapped within ourselves.
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kittyarmy
08:19 PM on 09/01/2009
Nobody is saying it's amazing. But it's cute =)
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theiccemann
Spirited Event Horizon
01:21 PM on 09/03/2009
Aaah yes, ... cute.
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Dolmance
09:42 AM on 08/30/2009
He sure looks a lot like James Gandolfini­.