Grizzly Bear Story

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Grizzly Bear Story

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Gord ...i'm sure you'll let me
know if this is true or not ! :)

The downloaded pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest
Service in Alaska and his trophy bear.


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 was 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.

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Yikes!
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big griz

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GULP!!

I saw some big griz while living in Montana but that one is scary! That guy must have been cool under pressure to be able to shot well enough to kill it while charging.
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Post by socalrob »

Wow, thats one big bear.

I've never been that unhappy that brown/grizzleys are extinct in California. I've often wondered how people in India view western protection of tigers.

Showed this to my wife who worked for several field seasons as a surveyor in Alaska & she was very impressed. She has a few bear stories of her own.

I do feel this is what happens when we limit hunting too much.
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Some of the story's true... But not all....

Post by toner87 »

Some of the story's true, but if you want the "real" story go here:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp

If anything ever sounds too fantastic, check http://www.snopes.com...

Still a damn big bear I wouldn't want to meet unless heavily armed...

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Post by jonothan »

It's a very close call, but I think that, on balance, I'd rather spend time with my mother-in-law than that bear.

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