Thread: Poor Bears....

Dog Destroys Elvis' Teddy Bear at Museum
From Associated Press
August 02, 2006 9:07 PM EDT

LONDON - A guard dog has ripped apart a collection of rare teddy bears, including one once owned by Elvis Presley, during a rampage at a children's museum.

"He just went berserk," said Daniel Medley, general manager of the Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, England, where hundreds of bears were chewed up Tuesday night by the 6-year-old Doberman pinscher named Barney.

Barney ripped the head off a brown stuffed bear once owned by the young Presley during the attack, leaving fluffy stuffing and bits of bears' limbs and heads on the museum floor. The bear, named Mabel, was made in 1909 by the German manufacturer Steiff.

The collection, valued at more than $900,000, included a red bear made by Farnell in 1910 and a Bobby Bruin made by Merrythought in 1936.

The bear with Elvis connections was owned by English aristocrat Benjamin Slade, who bought it at an Elvis memorabilia auction in Memphis, Tenn., and had loaned it to the museum.

"I've spoken to the bear's owner and he is not very pleased at all," Medley said.

A security guard at the museum, Greg West, said he spent several minutes chasing Barney before wrestling the dog to the ground.

I know what "Bears" you were thinking!!!

Elvis isn't dead, but know his bear is.


Wookey Hole Caves??? Ok.......

"westvirginiavikings" wrote:

Elvis isn't dead, but know his bear is.


Wookey Hole Caves??? Ok.......

Those Brits are a crazy bunch with the names they use, but their alright otherwise. :lol:

"FedjeViking" wrote:

I know what "Bears" you were thinking!!!

man.. i was gonna laugh at the expense of da bears!! then i read it and i laughed at the $ amount that dog just chewed up!!!

i bet his owner is saying.. "just bite off my n&ts it'll be cheeper"


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