Good advice about life, from a bear.

This is Rainbow Bridge / Donner Memorial Bridge on the Old Donner Pass Highway. It has a spectacular view of Donner Lake and Donner Pass.

A bear was walking across Rainbow Bridge on Saturday Sept 15th 2007 when two cars also crossing the bridge scared the bear into jumping over the edge of the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the ledge (see above).

And pulled itself to safety. Animal control wasn’t quite sure what to do in such a situation, and decided to do nothing that day. They returned Sunday to find the bear still asleep on the ledge.

After securing a net under the bridge.

The bear was tranquilized and pushed into the net.

Lowered

Then woke up and walked out of the net.

There is a moral to this story. This old bear made a wrong move and found he was hanging by his nails. Somehow he was able to pull himself up onto the ledge where he saw he was in a very bad, impossible situation so he took a nap, and sure enough the situation took care of itself while he was asleep.

So next time you are confronted with an impossible situation… That’s right! Take a nap.

This story has been verified by snopes. See: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearledge.asp