Check out this POLE-er bear.
[Editor's Note: I left that pun in so y'all can see what I have to deal with every day 😭]
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Details from Fox News:
A bear that climbed to the top of a utility pole in rural New Mexico became the subject of a viral video this week before reportedly later dying after the unusual encounter.
The video, recorded Monday near Gladstone, New Mexico, roughly 170 miles east of Santa Fe, shows the bear precariously perched on the crossarm of the utility pole while panting and trying to maintain its balance high above the ground.
Bears are terrifying and all, but it's definitely sad to see the poor guy end up in that predicament.
[Editor's Note: Never feel sad for bears. That's how they get ya!]
The footage, verified by Storyful, also includes audio from a 911 caller reporting the unusual sight.
'I'm calling to report a bear on top of a light pole,' the caller tells a dispatcher.
The dispatcher responded that state officials had already been notified but said tranquilizing the animal while it remained atop the pole could have caused it to fall.
According to reports, the bear got himself electrocuted before wildlife authorities could get to it and attempt to bring it down safely.
Here is the original post from Texas NRA instructor Robin Dawson, who was traveling through the area at the time:
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The bear's untimely death didn't stop the U.S. Department of the Interior from capitalizing on the opportunity:
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Godspeed, bear. We hardly knew ye.
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