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Bear caught on camera perched atop New Mexico utility pole before reportedly suffering fatal electrocution

Viral video shows a bear perched atop a utility pole along a rural New Mexico highway, panting and struggling to keep its balance on the precarious perch.

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A bear that climbed to the top of a utility pole in rural New Mexico became the subject of a viral video this week before reportedly later dying after the unusual encounter.

The video, recorded Monday near Gladstone, New Mexico, roughly 170 miles east of Santa Fe, shows the bear precariously perched on the crossarm of the utility pole while panting and trying to maintain its balance high above the ground.

Department of the Interior re-shared the video Wednesday, joking, "We appreciate the enthusiasm for American Energy Dominance, but this isn't what we meant."

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Grade A reflects 8/100 framing risk from vague attribution; each finding below is tied to stored wording.

A 8/100 risk

Confidence: 86%
Format: opinion
Findings: 1
Method: origin-framing-v2

Outlet context is separate. right (+65, 60% confidence). This profile does not change the article grade.

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Vague attributionbody

+8 · 80% confidence

Wildlife experts say bears can climb utility poles after becoming startled by people, traffic or dogs, treating them much like trees while trying to escape danger.

The claim is attributed to a broad or unnamed group, making the evidence harder to evaluate.

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