What, you mean loud rock music won't deter a hungry bear?

Not even loud rock 'n' roll music could discourage a 350-pound bear that repeatedly raided plums and watermelons from a couple's garden.

Eldon and Gerry Nihues hung a radio from the plum tree, tuned it into a rock station and turned it up loud in hopes of scaring off the bear, which helped itself to about 50 watermelons, including 11 in one night.

"It was this crazy rock stuff that was playing, but it didn't bother him," Gerry Nihues said. "He'd eat the plums right out from under where the thing was playing."

The local Wildlife department trapped, tranquilized, and relocated the bear. I think a 12 gauge shotgun and some hefty bags would have been cheaper. Better yet, have the guy made into a nice throw rug in front of your fireplace.