of all the hazards on train tracks that train crews have to beware of, would you have guessed that drunk Grizzlies would be listed?

Train conductor Paul Summers confirmed to Cowboy State Daily that grizzly bears and other wild animals frequently get intoxicated on fermented grain spilled from rail cars, and too many of them end up getting killed as a result.

“Especially in the summertime, it’s common to see bears, including grizzlies, drunk on grain. You will see them wobbling,” he said. “You will see them staggering.”

Summers worked on BNSF Railway trains as a conductor from 2013-2022. He now lives in Seattle and works for Amtrak.

Summers said grizzlies' own stubbornness works against them, as they don’t move off the tracks despite warning horns from trains.

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