Two cars converging on the Old Donner Pass Highway scared a bear who had wandered into the middle of a bridge causing it to jump over the side. The massive animal managed to arrest its fall and sat on a support for the 280-foot-high for a day until animal control darted it, pushed it into an army-surplus nylon net with a pole, and then lowered it to the ground. I’m envious of these people and their jobs. Imagine driving to army surplus stores trying to find a net that’s big enough to hold the animal, and then stopping at your friend’s house to borrow the pole he uses to vacuum his in-ground pool to push a bear off a bridge. It happened on September, 15^th; you can see all the pictures at Snopes.

via Snopes [thanks Bryant]

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