Was it the bear who interrupted the golfers or vice versa?

ThatB次元官网网址檚 a question being asked after Coquitlam golfers were interrupted last Tuesday (May 25) by a black bear who bit their ball and tossed it away.

B次元官网网址淚t was totally intentional,B次元官网网址� said one of the golfers, Mark Pettie, who recorded the bearB次元官网网址檚 gesture at Westwood Plateau golf club.

B次元官网网址淭hat bear was seriously annoyed.B次元官网网址�

The animal was eating grass on hole 13 alongside another bear when a golf ball from Mike McClenahan landed his or her way.

B次元官网网址淲e waited for them a little while but had to get going,B次元官网网址� Pettie said.

When the golfers approached, one of the bears scampered back into a bush. The other bear went straight for the ball.

B次元官网网址淗e was like, B次元官网网址榝ine if you wanna interrupt me eating grass this is how itB次元官网网址檚 going to beB次元官网网址�,B次元官网网址� laughed Pettie.

Pettie and four of his long-time friends, including Todd Peryk and Gary Koley, play an afternoon round of golf on Tuesdays.

B次元官网网址淲e enjoy golfing the course because we see as much wildlife as we do. We see bears quite frequently on the course,B次元官网网址� Peryk said.

Sgt. Todd Hunter of the B.C. Conservation Services said humans have been known to encounter bears at the Coquitlam golf course.

Back in the summer of 2020, a black bear that charged golfers going through their golf bags was put down B次元官网网址� though no such conflicts have occurred at the course this year, he said.

B次元官网网址淚f the bears are chasing golf balls at least they are not chasing golfers.B次元官网网址�

sarah.grochowski@bpdigital.ca
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