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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | Home -> Forums -> Lottery News -> Bear draws lottery tickets Bear draws lottery tickets Insider Buzz: Bear draws lottery ticketsRating:You can't teach an old dog new tricks, but an animal trainer from New Hampshire proves you can teach a bear just about anything. A trained bear at Clark's Trading Post has learned a new trick that will help raise money to care for animals. Trainers have taught the black bear, named Echo, to spin a drum and draw a raffle ticket out of it. The person whose ticket is drawn will win a teddy bear made from real bear hair. Maureen Clark said that she began training Echo about a week ago. "I started to teach her to spin it, which she learned right away," Clark said. "The next trick was to get her to pick out one ticket — just one." Echo will be drawing the ticket for real on Monday. Clark's trading post came up with the idea of making a teddy bear out of real bear hair to raise money for the Lancaster Humane Society. Clark's sister, Nola Grant, knit the teddy bear, and the hair came from another resident bear, Victoria. Grant said the hair was easily available from grooming the bear. The teddy bear took about 20 hours to knit, but Grant said it was worth it to help a worthy cause. "While I was knitting, my pug dog sat beside me smelling the bear hair and wondering what on Earth I was doing," Grant said. "I feel very good about it because we all love animals here and we've just been really happy it's going to a good cause," Clark said. So far the raffle has raised more than $11,000. On Monday, all eyes will be on Echo as she performs her new trick by picking the winning ticket. Clark did not mention if the bear is being considered to replace the Tennessee Lottery's computerized drawing, but it does seem to be more reliable.  
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Don't you know bears are godless killing machines? They'll draw your numbers, and then eat your brains. | | |
Chief Bottle Washer New Jersey United States Member #1 May 31, 2000 19728 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 11, 2007, 8:34 am - IP Logged | |
Don't you know bears are godless killing machines? They'll draw your numbers, and then eat your brains. Huh?  | | |
Viva La Chance! Rockville, MD. United States Member #44542 July 30, 2006 3729 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 11, 2007, 9:22 am - IP Logged | |
Huh? Barely humor, but bearable nevertheless. | | |
Chief Bottle Washer New Jersey United States Member #1 May 31, 2000 19728 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 11, 2007, 12:00 pm - IP Logged | |
It just kills me that nobody picked up on the last line in the story. | | |
New Jersey United States Member #18150 June 28, 2005 17914 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 11, 2007, 12:31 pm - IP Logged | |
Clark did mention: The bear is being offered to the Tennessee Lottery to replace the flawed computerized drawings.  A mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions! | | |
nashville United States Member #50355 February 18, 2007 911 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 11, 2007, 12:39 pm - IP Logged | |
Huh? i think jimmy was making a reference to stephen colbert who always jokes that bears are the number one threat to americas safety  | | |
nashville United States Member #50355 February 18, 2007 911 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 11, 2007, 12:40 pm - IP Logged | |
It just kills me that nobody picked up on the last line in the story. even the bear would want us to go back to the ball drawing in tennessee so the bear would be an upgrade from rebecca anyday | | |
United States Member #6475 August 20, 2004 2660 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 11, 2007, 12:49 pm - IP Logged | |
Don't you know bears are godless killing machines? They'll draw your numbers, and then eat your brains. lol. I got a good laugh out of it. That's funny!  | | |
United States Member #4963 May 30, 2004 3230 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 11, 2007, 1:10 pm - IP Logged | |
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BEAR's are "better" than RNG ("eat" more CROW>>>TENNESSEE or FIX-IT...................NOW!!!!!) | | |
Buffalo United States Member #54866 August 17, 2007 223 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 11, 2007, 5:40 pm - IP Logged | |
You can't teach an old dog new tricks, but an animal trainer from New Hampshire proves you can teach a bear just about anything. A trained bear at Clark's Trading Post has learned a new trick that will help raise money to care for animals. Trainers have taught the black bear, named Echo, to spin a drum and draw a raffle ticket out of it. The person whose ticket is drawn will win a teddy bear made from real bear hair. Maureen Clark said that she began training Echo about a week ago. "I started to teach her to spin it, which she learned right away," Clark said. "The next trick was to get her to pick out one ticket — just one." Echo will be drawing the ticket for real on Monday. Clark's trading post came up with the idea of making a teddy bear out of real bear hair to raise money for the Lancaster Humane Society. Clark's sister, Nola Grant, knit the teddy bear, and the hair came from another resident bear, Victoria. Grant said the hair was easily available from grooming the bear. The teddy bear took about 20 hours to knit, but Grant said it was worth it to help a worthy cause. "While I was knitting, my pug dog sat beside me smelling the bear hair and wondering what on Earth I was doing," Grant said. "I feel very good about it because we all love animals here and we've just been really happy it's going to a good cause," Clark said. So far the raffle has raised more than $11,000. On Monday, all eyes will be on Echo as she performs her new trick by picking the winning ticket. Clark did not mention if the bear is being considered to replace the Tennessee Lottery's computerized drawing, but it does seem to be more reliable. that would be a refreshing Idea animals drawing the number and just think , no overhead except food ; In PA they have a ground hog who predicts weather now a Bear who draws lottery tickets ,and not state contrled numbers I like it already;Tenns. here we come its Bearly- fleasesiable: | | |
United States Member #10921 January 23, 2005 932 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 11, 2007, 10:53 pm - IP Logged | |
When they said "bear drawing" I thought they said "bare drawing" and there'd be a naked person drawing the numbers. OH well... hey, I think this is part of a super secret experiment as a solution for the TN Lottery. A bear picking the numbers is a LOT more honest and less problematic than their buggy new RNG system! I remember in the "Pepsi Billions" game they had a monkey pick those winning numbers. | | |
Wandering Aimlessly United States Member #25708 November 5, 2005 4403 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 12, 2007, 12:10 am - IP Logged | |
Wow! Clark's is still in business? When I was a kid I thought it was so cool to feed the bears at Clark's and take a ride around on the railroad. The last time I went there, I wasn't a kid any more. I watched the bears sitting on these tiny platforms way up high in the trees. The idea was for the visitor to buy a treat and then put it in a cup. The bears were trained to pull on the rope until the cup reached them and they lowered the pulley so you'd do it again. I was so disturbed that I began to cry. I know the Clarks give money to charity and recently saved a local animal shelter, but it's also a lot of free national advertising for them. It's sad that their lives as a circus act is actually better than living in the wild where these magnificent creatures used to live for over 30 years, but now average 5 to 7 if they're lucky. Too bad they don't know how to build a condo or shoot a gun. Maybe a good compromise would be if the Clarks took some of the money they've been raking in from this roadside attraction for over 70 years and allow these animals to roam in a protected sanctuary. After all, the state motto in NH is "Live Free or Die." | | |
Roslindale, MA United States Member #5472 July 1, 2004 125 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 12, 2007, 7:20 am - IP Logged | |
Clark did mention: The bear is being offered to the Tennessee Lottery to replace the flawed computerized drawings. Unfortunately I doubt he'd get the job - he'd be considered overqualified for it.... | | |
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LOUISVILLE United States Member #56103 October 11, 2007 17 Posts Offline | | Posted: October 12, 2007, 10:13 am - IP Logged | |
me thinks all computerized drawing are flawed. but what do i know?i was dumb enough to join the army in 1991 because i believed what they were saying. young and dumb i guess? | | |
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