Black Bear Sends Marijuana Farmers Packing: What Would You Name That Bear?

Investigators say a large black bear raided a clandestine marijuana growing operation so often that it chased the grower away. Utah deputies joked about deputizing a black bear after the animal raided an illegal marijuana farm so often that the growers fled. Here, an official points out claw marks in a tree. "This bear is definitely law-enforcement minded," said Garfield County Sheriff Danny Perkins. "If I can find this bear I'm going to deputize him." Deputies found food containers ripped apart and strewn everywhere, cans with bear teeth marks, claw marks and bear prints across the Garfield County camp on Tuesday. Perkins said the operation on Boulder Mountain included 4,000 "starter" sacks of pot and 888 young plants. "This particular bear apparently was not going to give up and basically chased these marijuana farmers away," Perkins said. "Our county is so tough on drugs that even the wildlife are getting in on the action."