Comments on: Bear heads north to Shoreline, disappears

By: Silver

Silver — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:52:48 +0000

As penance we demand pie!

By: Silver

Silver — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:50:47 +0000

Swimming is the easiest way to get to Ballard from Magnolia, but it's totally worth it.

By: sleestak

sleestak — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:09:52 +0000

nobody reported him in Magnolia because 98.4% of all residents are ~178 years old, deaf and asleep by 3:30pm.

(Homer: "Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that." )

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:12:06 +0000

Bandit hightailed it out of Magnolia…smarter than the average bear! ;-)

By: Edog

Edog — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:52:43 +0000

I thought about that, but it seemed to me that with the words Black Bear it was best to stick with a B word.

By: sleestak

sleestak — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:47:26 +0000

great idea if you want to rekindle the great Magnolia/Ballard war again.

Remember, he was first spotted in Mongolia. I mean Magnolia.

By: Mike Buchman

Mike Buchman — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:23:14 +0000

Leif Bearickson!

By: JMS

JMS — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:37:52 +0000

HE SHOULD BE NAMED HOUDINI BECAUSE HE DOES A GREAT DISAPPEARING ACT!!

By: Tahomajim

Tahomajim — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:06:17 +0000

I'm to blame.
Several years ago I planted over 50 salmon berry plants in my yard near Gilman Park. My son said salmon berries attract bears. I laughed and planted them anyway, guess he's correct. Sorry Seattle, and Ballard.

By: Trix

Trix — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:24:58 +0000

Urban Phantom? I like Stan Bearison better.
But I'm liking Agent Chandler just fine: 'more chance of getting run over by the KIRO news van than being eaten by a bear.'
You can tell he's getting a little annoyed at the reporters by now.

By: Edog

Edog — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:20:56 +0000

According to the Seattle Times "The agents, led by state Fish & Wildlife Sgt. Kim Chandler, named the young bear the "Urban Phantom.""

That’s a horrible name. In fact it’s not a name, it’s a radio handle.

No, no, no... Urban Phantom is an insult to a majestic beast. Minus 10 to Urban Phantom!

We need to name this bear now, and reject the frames being handed out to paint this Bear as a monster!

As a fan of long animal names that simultaneously mocks the tradition of multiple titles for pedigree dogs, and celebrates the many wonderful traits of the animal at hand, I submit the following for this bears name.

Bjorn the Dashing Ballard Black Bear!

Here is to you Bjorn the Dashing!

Go Bear Go!

By: Trix

Trix — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:12:57 +0000

Agreed, Chopper_74. Geeky Swedes, you prove how much MyBallard rocks!
And are the reason it does. :-)

By: LukeR

LukeR — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:07:37 +0000

According to the Times, they named him “Urban Phantom”
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews...

By: Melyssa Rice

Melyssa Rice — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:16:53 +0000

How about Yogi, since he seems to like a pic-a-nic bas-ket?

By: gurple

gurple — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:13:16 +0000

How about Bjorn?

By: gooner

gooner — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:08:16 +0000

cheesy i know, but i am surprised we haven't had the name Bearllard suggested.

Free Bearllard!!

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:59:08 +0000

No, he took the 28 bus. Oh wait, there's no way he could have gotten here so quickly on a Metro bus.

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:57:23 +0000

Probably drawn to Shoreline by all the plump, slow moving people that will make good eats. Ballardites tend to be too skinny and fast moving. ;)

By: Silver

Silver — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:56:53 +0000

I like the name Stan Bearison, of course, and I also like Dash and Ironman Bear. But considering that speed seems to be Mr. Bear's hallmark, I'm proposing the name “Booker.”

It's got that alliteration thing going for it, too. ;-)

By: Silver

Silver — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:53:55 +0000

More video of our bear:

http://www.king5.com/video/index.html?nvid=362857

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:52:52 +0000

This morning, the bear is at large, and hadn't been spotted for several hours. He is definitely on the move, rapidly, covering a lot of ground. I was very pleased to hear that MYBALLARD.COM was getting plugged on the news channels for the incredible map of sightings and times found here. Great job, as always, Swedes!
And 'bandit' is the perfect name…he stole our hearts ;-)

By: pattr

pattr — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:30:12 +0000

IronMan Bear is my vote for the bears name. He swam. He Ran and then probably disappeared on a Bike

By: Silver

Silver — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:59:24 +0000

Did you hear about the Swedish daredevil, Evil Knudson?

He jumped over 43 barrels of lutefisk in a rototiller!

(rimshot)

By: I left my heart in Mukilteo

I left my heart in Mukilteo — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:56:31 +0000

Another vote for “Stan Beareson”. Perfect.

By: Homer J.

Homer J. — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:06:36 +0000

We're here! We're queer! We don't want any more bears!

By: Silver

Silver — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:35:16 +0000

Is it this one?

http://www.king5.com/video/index.html?nvid=362857

Seems like the latest info as of 6:34pm.

By: Bella

Bella — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:24:15 +0000

How funny. I saw them filming that this morning after I dropped my son off at school. My vehicle is stopped in the background waiting for someone to turn left at the end.

By: Trix

Trix — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:18:12 +0000

Stan Bearison! Love it!

By: ktown69

ktown69 — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:01:47 +0000

King 5 says it's still loose. They have a great story on it right now.

By: ktown69

ktown69 — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:58:26 +0000

apparently by walking…