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Jul 8, 2007 5:42 pm US/Eastern

Bear Climbs Up Power Pole In So. California Desert

LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) ― Some are calling it a poler bear, but it was in fact a black bear that climbed 100 feet up a power pole in California's sweltering high desert Friday.

The sight brought traffic to halt on the highway below as motorists stopped to gawk and take pictures.

Game warden Martin Wall told K-CAL television there wasn't "a whole lot" they could do to help the animal except keep people away and wait until it decided to come down.

After a couple of hours taking in the view from a crossbar supporting electrical wires, the bear did if fact climb down. It
then crossed the highway and ran off into the desert scrub.

(© 2007 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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