Bizarre News of the Day

Posted by Jennifer on September 6th, 2008

Sep 5, 2:21 PM EDT
Black bear busts secret Utah pot farm

PANGUITCH, Utah (AP) — One Utah community is cheering a special bear – but don’t call him Smokey. Investigators say a large black bear raided a clandestine marijuana growing operation so often that it chased the grower away.

“This bear is definitely law-enforcement minded,” said Garfield County Sheriff Danny Perkins. “If I can find this bear I’m going to deputize him.”

Deputies found food containers ripped apart and strewn everywhere, cans with bear teeth marks, claw marks and bear prints across the Garfield County camp on Tuesday. Read Full Story Here