Big Bear Rescue on the Donner Memorial Bridge

The photos below show the trapped bear, the dramatic rescue, and a very nonchalant bear sauntering off thereafter.  Stuff you won't see on Animal Planet (yet):

UPDATE, OCTOBER 1, 2007:
As word of this dramatic rescue has spread, many have quite naturally wondered if the story is a hoax. The Associated Press eventually reported on it, two pathetic weeks after the incident took place.  The tale told here is not a hoax, and there is now an urban-legends page at Snopes.com confirming the facts described and shown above.