Runaway bear finds new lair

“Hercules, the missing grizzly, could be heading over the sea to Skye, police said,” reported the paper. “Searchers found a fresh lair and bear prints leading down to the sea – nine days after the bear plunged off a beach at Benbecula while making a TV commercial.”

Hercules was found swimming off Benbecula 24 days later, and 20 stones lighter due to his inability to hunt wild food after being raised on a human diet.