You've got to be kidding me. This is insanity.
http://www.chron.com/outdoors/article/In-Tahoe-please-don-t-spank-the-bears-5240760.php?cmpid=hpts
I give up. Now, I've heard it all.
http://www.chron.com/outdoors/article/In-Tahoe-please-don-t-spank-the-bears-5240760.php?cmpid=hpts
At Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, some students unaccustomed to bears have made it a game on campus to "spank" the animals with a pat on the butt, another game to "pet" one.
I give up. Now, I've heard it all.