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Cal of the Wild

Ep. 328: Bear Baloney, Hunter Accidents, and DOI

Cal of the Wild

MeatEater

Education, Sports, Wilderness

4.89.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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This week Cal, talks about Trump's pick for the Department of the Interior, public lands, and a record breaking trout.

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0:00.0

From Thursday, November 21st to Monday, December 2nd, take advantage of Black Friday sales from First Light, FHF Gear, Phelps game calls, Dave Smith decoys, and the Meat Eaters store.

0:12.0

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0:23.8

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0:27.4

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0:29.8

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0:33.3

Music From Meat Eater's World News Headquarters in Bozeman, Montana,

0:47.7

this is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan Cal Cal.

0:52.1

Here's Cal.

0:54.4

Four people were arrested in California last week for trying to defraud insurance companies

0:59.4

by claiming that a bear had damaged their luxury vehicles. Problem was, it wasn't a bear,

1:05.2

but one of the fraudsters dressed in a bear costume, thanks to the many of you who sent me that one.

1:12.5

The California Insurance Department told the AP that they launched the investigation,

1:16.9

known as Operation Bearclaw,

1:19.1

after reviewing video submitted as evidence for the insurance claims.

1:23.0

They were initially contacted by an insurance company

1:25.7

who said one of their customers had submitted a claim about scratches on the seats and doors of a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes-Benz.

1:33.0

They claimed that a black bear in the San Bernardino Mountains had broken into their cars back in January and damaged the luxury vehicles.

1:40.5

But when insurance agents reviewed a video supposedly showing a bear, they, quote, suspected it was not a bear inside, but someone in a bear costume.

1:49.9

They brought the video to state regulators who soon realized that the same four people had made two additional claims with two other insurance companies,

1:58.1

but the date of the loss and location were all the same, which was

2:02.0

even more suspicious. To make absolutely sure, they also sent the video to a biologist with the

2:07.9

California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The biologist confirmed it was, quote,

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