Beer-guzzling bear lands up with sore head

Staff at the Baker Lake Resort, about 130km northwest of the US city of Seattle, discovered the large and furry visitor sound asleep in the campground when they turned up for work, staff member Lisa Broxon told AFP.

"It is very unusual to see a bear just lying there sleeping on the lawn, so the camp host started looking around to find out what had happened," she said.

"He found that some campers had left out some coolers and that the bear had broken into them and started drinking their beer after opening the cans wit his teeth.

"The strange thing is that he appeared to like only Rainer (a local brand) beer, and he tried one can of Busch but didn't even finish it," Broxon said of the picky wildlife reveller.