Authorities: Dead bear under Obama signs a prank
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, December 2, 2009
CULLOWHEE (AP) ó Authorities now say a dead bear cub draped with Barack Obama campaign yard signs and left on the Western Carolina University campus was the result of a prank.
Campus Police Chief Tom Johnson said Tuesday afternoon that seven students were identified as being involved in the incident, and it was determined that it was not a political statement.
A statement from the school said the students found the bear during a weekend camping trip, drove it to school in the back of a pickup truck and dumped it at the main entrance to campus. Maintenance workers found the 75-pound bear cub Monday morning.
The students told authorities they used the campaign signs to cover up the animal’s head wound and to keep blood from spilling onto the truck.