Boatjacked!

Boatjacked by a bear! I swear this is the most ridiculous story I've heard for a while - and I'm including Bush's protestations that "the US does not advise Israel on its military policies"

Marty Descoteaux was fishing on Esten Lake west of Sudbury in Canada when he saw a bear swimming in the water. The bear swam up to his boat and climbed in. While Marty dove out of the boat and swam for his life the bear accidently hit the throttle and sped away. "I was sitting on the shoreline watching a bear trolling in my boat" said Marty. The bear panicked and jumped overboard after the boat hit a rock. Marty spent the next half-hour watching the now pilotless boat spinning in circles around the lake until it ran out of fuel, and pondering the fishing story he'd have to tell his mates at the bar that night.

Read the full story in the Toronto Star here