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[No Fences]

The downloaded pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and the bear he had to kill. (killed in self defense). [IMG]outbind://2-00000000A5FE4626E7CBE645B8D60401847188160700D46F44 624E02174785D2C45B68C2106C0000002230B30000C33781A9 4D1F924E9B2CC812968F078500000054801F0000/image.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]outbind://2-00000000A5FE4626E7CBE645B8D60401847188160700D46F44 624E02174785D2C45B68C2106C0000002230B30000C33781A9 4D1F924E9B2CC812968F078500000054801F0000/image-1.jpg[/IMG]He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head.The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. It stood 12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world.Of course, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him keep it as a trophy, but the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport to remind tourists of the risks involved when in the wild.Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past 72 hours including a missing hiker.The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. Not far from the pistol were the remains of the hiker. The other body has not been found.Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly with four shots (the Service ultimately found four 38 caliber slugs along with twelve 7mm slugs inside the bear's dead body), it only wounded the bear and probably angered it immensely.The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker.Think about this:

If you are an average size man; You would be level with the bear's navel when he stood upright. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! To give additional perspective, consider that this particular bear, standing on its hind legs, could walk up to an average single story house and look over the roof, or walk up to a two story house and look in the bedroom windows.

[No Fences]

I can't get the photo's downloaded. If someone can help, send me your e-mail and I'll forward this to you.

[sprigkiller09]

Not seeing the image.......if you want you can e-mail it to me I can post it if you are having trouble....

[Rustyoar]

:lurk:

[No Fences]

coming soon to a theater near you.

[Chug]

If its the bear, I am thinking about.. it was True.. but the story was Media enhanced...

I might still have the story of it... Or least the new linky to it.

[Chug]

Whew.. had to shoot the Carrier pigeon for the Linky

Someone can post the story, My system will not allow Cut & Paste to this site...

Dang, I was close on the info... Still say it was taken, in Orygun By a 8 year old girl coming up from T-day hunting.

Linky: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp

[sprigkiller09]

Here is the pics...

[Eagleclaw]

that's one big bear

[jnicholson]

That guy still looks in shock.

[Thehunter]

I saw this picture at least 5 years ago...could have been more like 8 years ago. I've herd about 20 differnt stories....let's try to find a published one...

[No Fences]

Originally Posted by Thehunter

I saw this picture at least 5 years ago...could have been more like 8 years ago. I've herd about 20 differnt stories....let's try to find a published one...

Look at Chug's post. He put up the proper story and it's from 2001.

[Steeleman]

This is an old story. I remember reading how the State will stuff the bear and place him in one of the major airports to remind visitors to be careful!

If I saw that in an airport, I would get back on the plane! JK

It was a cool story though; too bad one person didn't survive the bears rath.

Steeleman

[gobeavs79]

I will try and post the real story. It did not kill any hikers. The original story was in the Alaska papers. It was a big bear but not a record.

[No Fences]

As I've already stated, the real story is linked above in Chug's post. Just scroll up, no need to re-post the link, unless the one that is already there isn't the correct one.

[Chug]

La- Bump
Linky to the Story..

Dang, I was close on the info...

Linky: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp[/quote]

[AnnaDraMoss]

I know when we see a cougar we say " here kitty kitty kitty",
What do they say when they see a Grizzly that large? Besides "RUN".

[Rank Amateur]

Originally Posted by AnnaDraMoss

I know when we see a cougar we say " here kitty kitty kitty",
What do they say when they say a Grizzly like that? Besides "RUN".

Oooppps! I should have brought a bigger gun! Momma!

[boatman]

This is the main reason you always hunt with a pardner that is much slower than you

[Nw dukn]

WAHOO that a biggin...

[riverswild]

This one will never die nor cease to amaze me at the crazy stories that get made up about it. Definately a nice bear though.

[beretta686]

There is a HUGE bear that is mounted and on display in a glass enclosure in the Anchorage Airport. I wonder if this is the same bear.

[12pulls]

Originally Posted by beretta686

There is a HUGE bear that is mounted and on display in a glass enclosure in the Anchorage Airport. I wonder if this is the same bear.

No, that one has been there for a long time.