Tripoli, Wisconsin: Gas Station Black Bear (Gone)
The mounted hide of a black bear that weighed 660 lbs alive was preserved behind glass at a gas station. The station (and bear) burned up in 2022.
- Directions:
- West of County Rd T, south side of US Hwy 8.
- Hours:
- Destroyed by fire in 2022.
- Status:
- Gone
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The original station burned down in 2022, which also destroyed the bear.
[Gerald Harris, 08/25/2024]Gas Station Black Bear
Inside a BP station on US highway 8 we stumbled across a 660 lb. (dressed weight) stuffed Black Bear in a display case.
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The man who shot the bear owns the BP station. He shot it in 2009. It's only five pounds lighter than the world record stuffed black bear, which is also in a display case in Wisconsin.