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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:13:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:17:23 AM EDT
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Gotta be a fake.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:18:02 AM EDT
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That's got to be one strong ass rope!!!! Otherwise, it's a fake.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:18:36 AM EDT
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Why? By the way, in the last picture, it looks like if that bear falls, he'll be impaled on that steel rod in the ground. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:19:21 AM EDT
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That rope doesn't look like steel cable.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:20:24 AM EDT
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My vote is fake
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:21:31 AM EDT
[#6]
Getting the bear in all the perfect positions to photoshop in would be next to impossible. That rope sure is tied tight, but it is not out of the question for it to support the bear's weight. I think they're real.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:21:49 AM EDT
[#7]
cool! I always wanted to have a cub for a pet, but they always shoot 'em when they wander over from PA.
 Looks real to me. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:22:28 AM EDT
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It looks like yellow nylon rope.
That stuff could be strong enough, I think. I did a quick google search and found some 3-strand twisted 3/4 inch rated at 1650 lb tensile strength. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:23:05 AM EDT
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I think they're real too. Patty
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:25:42 AM EDT
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not that big of a bear i would guess maybe #180 to #200 .
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:25:56 AM EDT
[#11]
fake or not, those are some funny pictures. i wouldnt guess that bird seed tastes that good.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:26:58 AM EDT
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Pics are real, bear is fake (it's a guy dressed in a bear suit).
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:29:25 AM EDT
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Sweet, I need that thing for halloween. I wonder wear he got it......so realistic! 
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:32:47 AM EDT
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my vote is real.
She (I'm guessing) must really like bird seed or the birds in it. That's one impressive bear. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:33:39 AM EDT
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I just don't think a bear could get across a line like that. Maybe a chimp could, but a bear's paws aren't like human fingers. I doubt it could hold on to the line properly much less make it all the way across while balancing itself to get to the bird feeder. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:36:08 AM EDT
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they look real to me. I don't see anything that would make me think it is not. they thick nylon cord and the way a black bear bends his body seems realistic to me. I'm guessing the guy was quite far away taking these shots or else the black bear would not be there. Also seems the bear has done this before since he didn't fall this time. They learn pretty quick.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:36:14 AM EDT
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The feeder probably has suet in it. Only thing i can think of right off hand that would attract both song birds and bears. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:36:22 AM EDT
[#18]
You havent been around many black bear cubs then. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:37:35 AM EDT
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It's got top be
George Bush's fault. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:38:41 AM EDT
[#20]
Real
and IBTP |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:50:57 AM EDT
[#21]
Removed. I had no intention of starting an argument.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:53:22 AM EDT
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I would say they have to be fake. Look at the following:
1. First pic - The Squirrel stopper (round flat disk) is right between the bears paw and head, and looks to be maybe 8-12 inches in diameter. In all the rest of the pics, it looks dish shaped (like for a dog that had ear surgery) and at least 18 inches in diameter. 2.First pic the bear is staring directly at the camera??? 3. If you were watching a bear from that close, would you move in closer and change angles for each picture???? 4. If the rope is strong enough to hold the bear does any one see a branch that would be strong enough to hold up the bear in the first pic?? Of course in the 2nd pic the birdhouse does appear to moving (as it should with a bear hanging on the rope), where as it appears to be stationary in the other pcs. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:54:06 AM EDT
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Real.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 11:55:02 AM EDT
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OMG its on the Intarweb it must be a photoshop.
You guys are silly, not every pic on the net is photoshop.
A#1 the rope is holding the bear up. #2 the rope is moving cuz the bear is hanging from it. #3 whatever #4 the top of the bidhouse is weathered so it looks brighter, besides how much light do you think BLACK bear fur will reflect? |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:08:45 PM EDT
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FAKE.
The edges of the bear look fake. And I think it would be possible for someone to take some bear pictures and twist them into the right positions. Well done though. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:10:03 PM EDT
[#26]
Real,
I see very little aritfating in these photos that would suggest that it has been erased, or had an image inserted. 
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:11:50 PM EDT
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Those pictures were posted in the Juneau Empire a few months ago. Some lady took them from her backyard........Ill see if i can find the article. Also the black bears really arent that big, the picture i think in exaggerating the size of the bear more than his acrobatics.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:16:52 PM EDT
[#28]
Removed
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:17:59 PM EDT
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ARFCOM'er #1: It's real.
ARFCOM'er #2: Is not. It's a Photoshop ARFCOM'er #1: Is too. ARFCOM'er #2: Is not. ARFCOM'er #1: Is too. ARFCOM'er #2: Hey, Mr. Know-it-all, I work full time as a commercial artist so I should know a fucking fake when I see one. ARFCOM'er #1: Yeah, well the only fucking fake I see is the one claiming that the pic is Photoshopped. ARFCOM'er #2: Fuck you, asshole! You talk a lot of shit from the other side of that keyboard. ARFCOM'er #1: FUCK YOU! ARFCOM'er #2: NO FUCK YOU! It's a fake! ARFCOM'er #1: Is not! ARFCOM'er #2: Is too! <SYSTEM MESSAGE> Locked and moved to the Bear Pit. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:20:55 PM EDT
[#30]
the bear is real, everything else is fake!
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:22:14 PM EDT
[#31]
both
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:24:09 PM EDT
[#32]
These are definitely real.
Although if you do want to see some top-notch photoshopping you'll love this site: www.worth1000.com/ Bwahaha: this one is GREAT: www.worth1000.com/cache/gallery/contestcache.asp?contest_id=7285&display=photoshop Images are copyrighted so I can't post any here. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:24:28 PM EDT
[#33]
The first photo of the birdhouse is mirrored, look at the knots above the feeder.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:26:46 PM EDT
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They are real %100. I got them a while back from a Florida Park Ranger. They are of a Black Bear in someones back yard. I could probably dig up the data.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:29:57 PM EDT
[#35]
The first one looks fake, while the others look real.
In the first picture, the bear's fur comes around the bark of the tree in front of him, although it is several feet behind the tree. 
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:31:49 PM EDT
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I believe they are authentic.
If you doubt a black bear is capable of doing this, you obviously have not spent much time around them. They are very determined and resourceful when it comes to getting food. JD |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:33:14 PM EDT
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Thats what I was thinking however if you blow it up in Photoshop (I'm using PS7) you will see that the fur that is coming arond the tree is from the way the bear is holding himself to the tree. At first I thought the bear was on the ground, he is using his left arm to hold onto the rope and has his rear leg wrapped slightly around the tree trunk, he is uning his claws on that rear leg to dig into the tree. |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:33:29 PM EDT
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I vote real. I once caught a sperm whale with a peanut and some sewing thread.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:35:58 PM EDT
[#39]
That's not a person in a bear suit.
Look at how the bear has it's hind legs, a person could not do that unless they were a midget, and then their trunk/abdomen wouldn't be long enough to have their arms in the position there were in. Those nylon ropes are strong as hell if they haven't been weathered very much. If you don't think a black bear could do that, you know nothing about them. They are EXPERT tree climbers, I've seen a few climb up trees faster than squirrels can. ETA: My thought is that the bird feeder was on the pole, and thats how the bear found out he/she liked it, bear kept eating the stuff, the owner didn't know why the stuff was being eaten so quickly, assumed it was squirrels or something. So what do you do when animals keep eating stuff out of your bird feeder? You hang it in the air between two trees. The photo's were probably taken off someone's back porch, most likely with a telephoto lens. Because who puts a bird feeder where they can't see the birds? |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:36:28 PM EDT
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Here is a blown up photo of the first pic 
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:37:50 PM EDT
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They're fake! I can prove it because I found one of the original pics that those were Photoshopped from..
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:39:11 PM EDT
[#42]
They're all real.
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:40:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:40:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:41:12 PM EDT
[#45]
Real
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:41:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:41:50 PM EDT
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I guess now that any pic post will have to have
IBTL In before the looter |
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:51:54 PM EDT
[#48]
Looks pretty real to me. The angles of the rope to where the bear is hanging look right. Also
in the first picture the bear may be in a fork on that tree hence the fur pushed around the tree so to speak. I also think it is a small bear, like a cub judging the comparison of the size of the bird feeder to the size of the bear, probably 30-40 lbs of bear. Does look a little mature for a cub though. I bet if I put a milk bone in the bird feeder, my jack russell could do that in no time 
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:52:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/30/2005 12:55:21 PM EDT
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Quoted:
They're fake! I can prove it because I found one of the original pics that those were Photoshopped from..
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