Storybook Land — In an emotional reunion, Goldilocks and Baby Bear met for tea and waffles at the Three Bears’ House near the Enchanted Forest. Joining Goldilocks, now 53, was her husband Rudolph, 57, a woodsman. This was the first time the pair had met since their famous encounter when the then 16-year-old runaway startled the three-year-old bear and his parents by sleeping in his bed.
Insisting the family has no hard feelings, Baby Bear noted that sales of the book and film rights to the story of their ordeal allowed Mother and Father bear to retire comfortably in Palm Beach and renovate the family home where Baby Bear now lives, adding “I guess you could say this story ended…. just right.”
The real story: A Russian couple adopted a 300-pound bear who lives in their house. Story, more photos at the Daily Mail.
See I would hesitate to live with an animal of a non-domesticated species that is THREE TIMES my size. What if there is a misunderstanding?What do people do when a non-domesticated species animal reaches the age when it wants to reproduce? I can’t believe there is a lot of veterinary experience with fixing bears or much understanding of the long-term effects of doing so.
Things like this always remind me of that show “Dangerous Obsessions” (or something like that) on Animal Planet, or as I liked to call it “What Did You Think Was Going to Happen When You Decided to Keep [insert name of wild animal] as a Pet?” There would be one or two nice stories each season from people who had some common sense although not enough to recognize that these animals shouldn’t be pets, but the rest were like I kept a tiger in my Harlem apartment (not a joke)
I remember the tiger in the Harlem apartment story! There’s just no way to wrap your mind around that – I envision a tiger in a Manhattan apartment and my mind freezes.
I was about to make a comment along the line of ‘Man, Russians are weird,’ and then you go make it all irrelevant by mentioning the person the who kept a tiger in a Manhattan apartment. (Unless, THEY were Russian TOO.) 😉 😀
It was a young man and not Russian, though that’s a funny idea.
I’m with you Dub…I would never live with an animal that could easily kill me.
Oh, and just for the record, Storybook Land is a real place in south Jersey. 🙂
https://storybookland.com
I read the article, it seem they got the bear at 3 months and that he is now 23 so I guess if he was to turn wild on them he would have done it already. I also watched the video provided and I didn’t like that near the end the woman pushes a dog away with her foot, she doesn’t actually kicks the dog but it gave me a bad feeling.
The dog was lurking in the background and did not look happy
Yes, it pays to remember the difference between “tame/trained” and “domesticated”. My parrot, for example, is merely tame. Parrots are not domesticated the way that dogs & cats are. Every once in a while when my bird is having a bad day, or a hormonal swing, I am super glad that I’m bigger than he is and that I control the opening / shutting of doors, windows, the fridge and the pantry. The house rules very quickly fall away when they aren’t feeling calm. I think you can live with a wild animal incident-free for a long time but Lord help you that day when they wake up on the wrong side of a good mood.
Sorry, but I just can’t see anything cute in irresponsible, dangerous idiots. I’m glad they’re not my neighbors.
I was thinking “morons” but “idiots” will do nicely.
“Moron” is my go-to word, these days. When I watch/listen to the news the phrase “f***ing morons” comes out a lot. Luckily I’m usually alone in my house or my car.
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P.S. Sorry if I harshed anyone’s mellow. Truly. I couldn’t stop myself on this one.
P.P.S. I still think Mike’s commentary is great. Props to Mike for finding the funny side.