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Wednesday, Jul 3, 2024

Did Colorado wildlife workers try heavy metal music to scare a bear out of a tree?

Justin George, The Colorado Sun
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They began blasting “Iron Man,” the loud, rousing metal anthem from the English heavy metal band at the black bear, which had not budged after wildlife officers had sent up a drone to buzz by it. The bear had gotten into area trash, fallen asleep in a tree before coming down and treeing itself again in another, creating a six-hour stalemate and stakeout for state parks officers.

“Black bears don’t mind Black Sabbath,” Colorado Parks and Wildlife tweeted. 

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