A bear in the American state of Arizona emerged unscathed from quite the power trip when it became stuck on a utility pole.
Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative, a utility company based in the southern Arizona city of Willcox, was notified on Monday (local time) that a bear was tangled in power pole wires on the outskirts of town.
Werner Neubauer, a company lineman, said they immediately disabled the power so the animal would not get electrocuted. Neubauer then went up in a bucket lift and used an 8ft fibreglass stick to try to nudge the bear to go down. He even tried talking to it.
"I think I told him I was gonna help him get down the pole," Neubauer said. "I know he couldn't understand me. But it did get his attention."
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