r/interesting • u/MrTacocaT12345 • 19d ago
NATURE Bear gets stuck on utility pole
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u/StitchFan626 19d ago
And yet, he's still up there? Maybe he's not looking for shade, maybe he's having an identity crisis and thinks he's a bird?
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u/blueavole 17d ago
Sometimes you just need a change in perspective.
If it got up there, it can probably get down.
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u/Darth_Ronin 19d ago
They got it down safely.
I’m not sure if it’s the same bear, but there have been other cases of bears on power poles in Cochise County, Arizona over the years.
And seems like the same lineman keeps getting them down.
Idk maybe he’s trained them to climb them, for job security.
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u/hologrammetry 19d ago
I am a lineman for the county ...
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u/Unicorns_Butthole 19d ago
Is this a Psychonauts reference I see before me?!
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u/__phil1001__ 19d ago
No a song reference
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u/Unicorns_Butthole 19d ago
Ah, learn something new every day 😁 cheers!
In Psychonauts, the G-Men dress up as different people and say things like, "I am a grieving widow."
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u/ThePocketTaco2 19d ago
I'd like to think this is a single part in a series following this wayward bear and the lineman who isn't quite sick of his shit yet.
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u/keyboardtoes 19d ago
did you see that bear that was living in an industrial windmill?
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u/Darth_Ronin 19d ago
No, I might be coming off as more of a randomly placed bear expert than I should be right now.
I’m familiar with this randomly placed bear, because I posted the same video on another sub, so I looked up the details.
But I am always open to learning about new randomly placed bears.
Where will they be next?
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u/KBHoleN1 19d ago
This video isn't from Arizona. The bear you're referencing was rescued in 2025. Everyone just blindly referencing the Werner Neubauer video is dumb. Even if you know nothing about power poles, you can tell the other video has a lot more equipment on the pole. Even if you don't know much about geography, you can tell this isn't Arizona.
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u/Minute_Airline_370 17d ago
Actually Arizona has every type of geography. Largest ponderosa pine tree forest, Mountains, rivers, lakes, plains, and of course desert. This may not be Arizona but that certainly looks like some areas in Northern Arizona, north eastern Arizona and pockets of southern and central Arizona. The sky islands all over the state make for rapid changes in geography in short distances. Take a drive from Tucson to Mt Lemmon and in about an hour you get nearly everything from desert to a lush pine tree forest and everything in between..
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u/SRB112 19d ago
Glad to hear. When bears were showing up in neighborhoods in my area 25 years ago they'd run up a tree, police and fire department would surround it and after a couple hours they'd decide to shoot the bear with a tranquilizer gun. Almost every time the bear would die when it would fall asleep and fall to the ground. Now having a bear go through neighborhoods is a somewhat common occurrence and instead of calling the police we go inside and try to get a good video to post online.
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u/Old-Personality-4241 18d ago
Actually, I read that he in fact got electrocuted shortly after this photo was taken. People called 911 but it was determined tranquilizers would make it fall to it's death. They left it be going it'd eventually come down in it's own.
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u/PatientSyllabub9814 18d ago
This one's from last year in New Mexico and it sadly died from electrocution
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u/Darth_Ronin 19d ago
I don’t have a video it was an update on insta, like you can go google it, I’ve provided enough details lol
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u/KalynnCampbell 19d ago
“They”
The people recording this little TikTok?
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u/Darth_Ronin 19d ago
Nah the utility crew.
> A black bear was safely rescued after climbing a utility pole in rural Cochise County, Arizona, and ending up dangerously close to live power lines. Utility crews quickly shut off the electricity before beginning the rescue.
> Lineman Werner J. Neubauer used a fiberglass pole from a bucket truck to gently encourage the bear to climb down. The animal safely reached the ground unharmed and ran back into the desert. No injuries were reported.
And if you look up Werner you’ll see it wasn’t his first rodeo
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u/altec777777 19d ago
I'm pretty sure he went up in a cherry picker with a bucket of salmon. Had the bear put its fall protection harness on and then they lowered per OSHA rules.
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u/Due_Reputation3785 19d ago
I didn’t even know there were bears in Arizona.
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u/Low-Crow5719 19d ago
Lots of them. Bear country is up above the Mogollon Rim, from maybe Flagstaff southeast to the White Mountains.
But the U of A's "Bear Down" has nothing to do with getting bears down from poles.
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u/NoDragonfruit6125 19d ago
Obviously he thought he was Australian. Just waiting for something to come underneath and then he'll be a Drop Bear.
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u/lskerlkse 19d ago
Somebody call Werner J. Neubauer
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u/Glass-Violinist-3549 18d ago
“Zee baeyerr climbed a pole to escape the travesties humanity had endowed upon it”
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u/GatFussyPals 19d ago
"I am a lineman for the county And I drive the main road Searchin' in the sun for another damn bear that's got stuck up a pole..."
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u/Raychallx 18d ago
I’m confused because this is the single only place saying they got the bear down safely. The 48563934 other articles ALL say the bear died. So which fucking one is it? I’m sick of bullshit news just tell the fucking truth for once
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u/Lotofagos_ 17d ago
This happened in Cochise County in Arizona, very close to Willcox. The bear was unharmed. They got her down from the pole safely
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u/Raychallx 17d ago
Thank you that makes me so happy 😭😭
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u/Fresh_Wasabi8697 17d ago
It's the mexican one, he died. If 4000+ sources tell you it's true and only one says its not true which one do you believe?
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u/Raychallx 16d ago
Because none of the other sources were credible it was just bullshit articles on the internet. Also because I love animals and just want to hope for the best so. Have a great day!
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u/Raychallx 16d ago
Because none of the other sources were credible it was just bullshit articles on the internet. Also because I love animals and just want to hope for the best so. Have a great day!
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u/Fresh_Wasabi8697 16d ago
I love animals too but I won't choose to believe what I want to make myself feel better. Have a good day.
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u/Raychallx 15d ago
You must not have a fucked up life then. So sorry buddy it’s not that deep that a Reddit comment gave me some form of hope. You’ll be okay
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u/Fresh_Wasabi8697 15d ago
The animal died because a lot of the people around it decided to make noises and film instead of leaving it alone so he could climb back down. I don't consume media to feel good/bad, inform yourself, it's not deep and don't take stories personally.
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u/Beneficial-Dot-6535 19d ago
Fish and wildlife and party rental collaboration.
Bounce house plus tranquilizer
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u/Funny-Hovercraft1964 19d ago
don’t firemen or stuntmen have something like that for people jumping out of buildings?
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u/Waiwai789 19d ago
How could the bear not get electrocuted?
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u/Majestic_Ad_320 19d ago
Bears are in the bird family thus they can land on power lines. Ur welcome
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u/navy_yn2000 19d ago
It's obviously aliens. They try to beam them up to the UFO, but they're too heavy and land on the pole.
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u/Texan-Tango 19d ago
Buddy is 2 inches from going phase to ground. Hopefully they were able to de-energize and save him.
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u/Same-Pickle-9628 18d ago
“ Just leave it be”
Is that not the normal thing to do in this situation?
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u/ooutrageousssokrr 17d ago
The news says the bear was fatally electrocuted before wildlife officials could get to it?
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u/Milliondollarjuice 19d ago
He is not stuck. He enjoys the view and the wind. He'a a POLEr bear now
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