I was listening to The Morning X this morning, as usual, when Jason and Deb bring up this news story on Fox News in Cleveland (while laughing hysterically): a report on a black bear a Cleveland resident spotted in her backyard. However, the bear ran off right after the resident saw it.
So what's a reporter (told to cover the story anyway) to do? Re-enact the bear siting, with a card board cut out, of course.
It was kind of like that ridiculous Alabama leprechaun news story that came out a few years ago: is this real?
Jason and Deb actually got the reporter, Todd Meany, on the phone to find out.
The answer? Yes. It's real.
When the story came in, Meany was told to go report on it. So he said, "Ok, is there a video?" No... "Well, are there pictures?" No... "So why am I reporting this story?"
So Meany went to the resident's home anyway. He found a Cleveland Metroparks Naturalist to talk to her about black bears. And what did she happen to have lying around? A black bear card board cut out. (And a rabbit costume, apparently, which Meany made use of.)
Annoyed with having to report on the story, Meany got a little creative and used the cut out for a re-enactment. It went a little something like this:
When Jason and Deb asked Meany if he had gotten in trouble for reporting the story, he said that they didn't even show anyone the coverage of the story before it was aired, so he was kind of nervous going into the newsroom, because he thought he might get in trouble. However, everyone loved it. No harm done.
Jason and Deb said they hope that he gets some recognition out of this...maybe a spot on Jon Stewart's "Daily Show." Meany seemed to like that idea.
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