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are you english cause you sound like it?
I came.
Time for another panic comment
SONICBOOM!
First!
Joanne, you should be a little bit pink with embarrassment. I know it’s tempting to say that tidal turbines will mince fish, but there are lots of people doing lots of work to make sure it ain’t so.
Right now in Orkney, there’s a tidal and wave energy test centre called EMEC looking at these and other issues to do with marine renewable energy, and nary a minced fishy or bruised dolphin to be seen.
Those nice folks in New York’s own East River, Verdant Power, can tell you all about how the fish avoid their machines too.
Might be an interesting topic for a future episode
Bears are bastards!
-especially Polar Bears.
not even close kid. you are forgetting ego, everyday smiles and humor.. teaching sometimes requires some odd measures and at times just seeds planted for later, sorry if it is confusing.
I bear love and have all along, no one should bear such obvious malice.
Cool! Locations in Canada get mentioned twice in the same week! Yeah baby; we’re a happening place!
great episode!
TAILSBOOM!
My bear neighbor, Makwa, was a lovely and gentle creature. We would meet him on the trail at night, among other places. In the late fall and winter, I often must hike the last half mile to my cabin. It starts getting dark early and I often come home late. That trail is the only solid ground up or down in that draw for man or beast.
First time I met him I was petrified. Then when I heard his gate, I realized he had been in the bush next to me for a couple weeks.
While I stood there literally frozen, I was struck by how thoughtful and benign a creature he was. And that was something. Because I was also impressed by his size and power. I have met men a third his size I wouldn’t trust near as much.
He could squeeze his gigantic body under the 4.5′ clearance under my cabin to investigate a smell without disturb any of the boxes and tools. I, on the other hand would always bruise my head and knock things over.
He would leave calling cards on his first day down every season. (The bears come down to lower altitudes where there is still food just before hibernating.) One time he climbed a tree, tore a 20′ limb off and lay it across the steps to my porch.
It was a choice between love or hate. No gray area on something that scary. I got in the habit of buying two salmon steaks at the fish market on the way home. I’d toss his in the compost heap. I think one of the reasons I stayed there was for his 5 week long visit.
One summer we had a bad fire a few miles east. It was the worst fire in Oregon for a few weeks. (At one point it rated, three helicopters, one fire bomber, over 120 firefighters and numerous heavy equipment.) It displaced all the wildlife there.
The bears ended up at my place nightly. I estimate 3-6 additional bears. Lots of apples and bees nests and no shooting.
They were all extremely considerate. But I think Makwa was a very private type. He diverted his route through a ranch nearby. The rancher made the absurd claim that Makwa was attacking cattle. One night he walked right up to Makwa and shot him six times in the head with a revolver. Had Makwa been aggressive, the rancher never would have got off the second round.
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freeman
Forgot to mention, Makwa weighed in at 527 lbs, more than twice the average male weight. On hind legs he stood somewhere near 8′. He was jet black with big green eyes.
Touching story, Ook.
Thank you kindly.
It is Makwa’s story. I’ll get to tell it in full for him someday. And I’ll do what I can. He deserved to have his story told.
He was a good friend and neighbor in a time when being neighbors with wild things is at issue.
And I am having trouble living up to the peaceful example he set when confronted with his awful fate. I’d still like to get ugly about it.
wow its really too sad the bear did not disarm the rancher. what a downer dude! I cannot say I’ve seen anything posted like that here, ever.. whereabouts are you located freeman, it sounds like you are in a strange place.
He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks his tongue speaks. ~W.S.
I mean this in the least possibly lude way:
Is it wrong to be so turned on by the seemingly smart, British-sounding, snarky Rocketboom News Anchor?
I feel like my brain just got an erection.
-Qes
Awesome video loved it
Bah, I hate myself for my own comment.
…I feel dirty.
Still, smart funny women = goodness/happiness.
-Qes
lol dont feel bad man, I get turned on by her hotness and sexy ass accent, its all good man.
i like that Google Earth zoooming in…
Thank you for the story, Ook. That was touching.
And RocketBoom team, you guys did a truly excellent job on this episode! I loved how everything was spatially related. Seamlessly integrating google maps flybys was a nice feature. Sure you’ve done it in the past, but it seemed like it was used as a transition between every story this time, and it worked really well!
The architecture was quite amazing as well. I hope they actually get built. In this uncertain climate, I’m not so sure.
And incredibly rare =/
great installment
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easy on the eyes and ears with a spectacular vernacular to boot
Top secret material that can scrub Carbon Dioxide from the air is called trees.
It is found naturally in ever-decreasing quantities in the Amazon rainforest and runs on solar power with built in solar collectors.
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