In a saga seemingly taken from the works of , residents of a small Pennsylvania town were for at least 11 days. The 100-pound, jar-headed brown bear was first spotted on June 3, but eluded the game wardens attempting to free him from his glass prison.
The bear was finally rescued by a group of four residents who spotted the bear while leaving the Jamison City Hotel in the town of Benton. After a short chase through a local resident鈥檚 back yard, the impromptu rescuers were able to get a grip on the jar and pull it from the bewildered creature鈥檚 head using a rope.
Rescuers now believe it was the jar鈥檚 former contents, cooking oil, which drew the bear into its potentially deadly trap. 鈥淗e put his head in, and had a problem,鈥 said Mike Jurbala, one of the heroes of the rescue. 鈥淗e’d have died in a couple more days.鈥