Anecdote of the Bear that Got into the Jar in Tennessee

Anecdote of the Jar
Wallace Stevens


I placed a jar in Tennessee,
And round it was, upon a hill.
It made the slovenly wilderness
Surround that hill.

The wilderness rose up to it,
And sprawled around, no longer wild.
The jar was round upon the ground
And tall and of a port in air.

It took dominion everywhere.
The jar was gray and bare.
It did not give of bird or bush,
Like nothing else in Tennessee.


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/07/21/us/AP-US-ODD-Bear-Jar.html?_r=1


Tenn. Black Bear Saved From Jar Stuck on Its Head
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 21, 2011 at 12:09 PM ET


NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) — A black bear is back in the woods in Tennessee after getting help with a problem — a plastic jar stuck on its head.

State wildlife officers looked for the bear for three weeks after reports he was caught in the jug. The Knoxville News Sentinel said the male bear was roaming around Newport, in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

On July 17, wildlife officer Shelly Hammonds was checking another report of the bear when the animal ran in front of her vehicle. Hammonds fired a tranquillizer dart and the bear collapsed in downtown Newport.

The bear weighed just 115 pounds, about half its expected weight. It was released into the Cherokee National Forest. Wildlife officials believe the bear got into the jar while foraging through garbage.