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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Bear Wanders into U.S. Mall, No One Hurt
2012-07-24
[An Nahar] Shoppers at a Sears department store in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania were evacuated after an unwanted guest -- a young female bear -- wandered in over the weekend, local media said.

The animal became trapped Saturday night after entering the Sears store in the Pittsburgh Mills mall, located northeast of the city of Pittsburgh, through the automatic doors, the reports said.

Shopper Matt Marcinik told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that he had seen the bear running across the mall's parking lot before it went into the store.

"It was running up and down the aisles," Marcinik told the newspaper. "It darted past several people. They didn't even know it was a bear."

Wildlife officials shot the roughly 125-pound (57-kilogram) bear -- which was wearing a tracking device -- with a tranquilizer and captured it.
Posted by:Fred

#12  please ignore #10, premature subumission.....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2012-07-24 23:30  

#11  She went into Sears looking for tools, but being a she-bear she couldn't tell the difference between a ' Craftsman,' and a 'Grizzly.'
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2012-07-24 23:28  

#10  He went into Sears looking for tools, but being a bear he couldn't read ' Craftsman,' when what he really wanted was 'Grizzly.'
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2012-07-24 23:27  

#9  And once again, Virginia, we learn why we always take the Left Turn at Albuqurque.

He went innocently hunting for the new Sweet Wasabi Honey sauce for Chicken Nuggets, .... then suddenly all hell broke loose.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-07-24 22:50  

#8  I've seen worse in shopping malls
Posted by: European Conservative   2012-07-24 20:44  

#7  Go to your room.
Posted by: Pappy   2012-07-24 19:02  

#6  So it is a Bear Market.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-07-24 14:19  

#5  "The animal became trapped Saturday night after entering the Sears store in the Pittsburgh Mills mall, located northeast of the city of Pittsburgh, through the automatic doors, the reports said."

Have you ever noticed how malls are designed deliberately so you can't find your way out quickly? This little incident might teach them why that's not totally a good idea.
Posted by: Raider   2012-07-24 10:30  

#4  Wildlife officials shot the roughly 125-pound (57-kilogram) bear female -- which was wearing a Blueberry tracking device -- with a tranquilizer happy juice and captured it.

Reads basically like a lot of Saturday night encounters.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-07-24 09:08  

#3  "It darted past several people."

Heading for the 'Women's Plus' department?
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2012-07-24 08:31  

#2  At least someone's going to Sears.
Posted by: Perfesser   2012-07-24 07:44  

#1  Do bears Piss in the W..Ummm.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2012-07-24 01:10  

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