North Adams police request people please not chase bears with hatchets

[sprite75]

Yeah, don't chase bears with hatchets;

Police in North Adams are urging residents to refrain from chasing bears through the woods in the Western Massachusetts community while wielding a blade — in case it wasn't already obvious.

"We certainly don't need anyone going all Davy Crockett chasing it through the woods drunk with a dull hatchet. It is just a bad idea and not going to end well. It will, however, certainly end you up in jail ... which it did," police said in a notice posted to the department's Facebook page Monday night.

Two dispatchers who answered the phone at police headquarters Tuesday morning confirmed that the notice on the department's Facebook page was legitimate, but could not comment on the incident. The post was shared more than 1,000 times.

North Adams police sergant James Burdick said the report about the bear-chasing man was a first for him.

[LilCerberus]

Here in Virginia, people really hate bears... I'm not sure why.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Yeah, don't chase bears with hatchets;

Police in North Adams are urging residents to refrain from chasing bears through the woods in the Western Massachusetts community while wielding a blade — in case it wasn't already obvious.

"We certainly don't need anyone going all Davy Crockett chasing it through the woods drunk with a dull hatchet. It is just a bad idea and not going to end well. It will, however, certainly end you up in jail ... which it did," police said in a notice posted to the department's Facebook page Monday night.

Two dispatchers who answered the phone at police headquarters Tuesday morning confirmed that the notice on the department's Facebook page was legitimate, but could not comment on the incident. The post was shared more than 1,000 times.

North Adams police sergant James Burdick said the report about the bear-chasing man was a first for him.

Use an axe instead.

[retrorussell]

STAY AWAY FROM OUR PICKANICK BASKETS!!!

[Jack]

I think it would be best to just let nature take its course with that one.

[Newt]

Guess they don't want them to walk off with ALL this year's Darwin Awards.

[Derf]

I once shot a bear in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know. *Groucho cigar wag*