10/08/2025
Even we are impressed this time 🐻
Wyoming Man Arrested for DUI After Riding a Bear Near Yellowstone
YELLOWSTONE, WY - A man from rural Wyoming was arrested late Saturday after being caught on police body cam riding a full-grown grizzly bear while drinking from a bottle of vodka.
According to the Park County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred on Highway 14 just outside the Yellowstone boundary. The man, identified as 38-year-old local “outdoors enthusiast” Lars McCready, was reportedly “traveling westbound on a bear at approximately 7 miles per hour with a visible open container.”
Body cam footage shows McCready wearing a fur hat and striped shirt, appearing unconcerned as an officer approached. “I told him to dismount the animal,” the deputy’s report reads, “but he said, quote, ‘It’s fine, he’s the designated walker.’”
The bear, described as “surprisingly cooperative but unimpressed,” was released back into the wild after the encounter. McCready, however, faces multiple charges including DUI, wildlife endangerment, and “operating an unlicensed mode of transportation.”
When asked for comment, a Wyoming Game & Fish & Insects spokesperson simply sighed and said, “We’ve seen a lot, but this is new.”
Casper Planet obtained the footage under the state’s public record law and can confirm that while the bear didn’t say anything, it definitely looked disappointed.