Don't drunkenly chase bears with hatchets, police advise

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A Massachusetts police department has issued an extremely specific request to residents: Please don't get drunk and chase bears through the woods with a hatchet.

"If you see a bear, LEAVE IT ALONE and call us," a post on the department's Facebook page read. "We certainly don't need anyone going all Davy Crockett chasing it through the woods drunk with a dull hatchet. It is just a bad idea and not going to end well."

According to the post, a man was taken into protective custody after committing such an act.

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