{"id":2062,"date":"2008-05-15T14:31:08","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T18:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2062"},"modified":"2008-05-15T14:31:34","modified_gmt":"2008-05-15T18:31:34","slug":"bearzilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/bearzilla","title":{"rendered":"Bearzilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northjersey.com\/news\/northernnj\/Bears_are_fond_of_The_Elks.html\" target=\"_blank\">726-lb. bear was caught<\/a> in the town next to ours.<\/p>\n<p>In related news, Andrew Sullivan announced <a href=\"http:\/\/dir.salon.com\/story\/opinion\/sullivan\/2003\/08\/01\/bears\/\" target=\"_blank\">he&#8217;s moving out here<\/a>! (ba-dum-dum!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 726-lb. bear was caught in the town next to ours. In related news, Andrew Sullivan announced he&#8217;s moving out here! 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