The Associated Press 4:39 PM EDT, September 5, 2007HAGERSTOWN -
A rabid black bear trying to rip out a window air conditioner lost its tug-of-war with a terrified housewife when her husband blasted the beast with a shotgun.
The bear rushed the house after Charlotte Stanton yelled out her screen door to try to scare it away from a goat pen.
Stanton, 39, of rural Grantsville in Garrett County, said she was losing her tussle with the 134-pound sow when Michael Stanton pulled the trigger.
"I finally yelled at my husband, because I couldn't hold on to that air conditioner much longer," she said.
Spiker said the agency tested the bear for rabies because she was so aggressive.
"That behavior was just completely out of the ordinary," Spiker said.
"Usually the environmentally conscious bears just try to replace the old light bulbs with energy efficient bulbs."
(OK, I added the last line.) LOL!
Edited by Rogerdodger, 05 September 2007 - 10:54 PM.
