[xjer]

My brother sent this to me today via email.
What do you think? Is it true?

Mike



> Subject: Bear Attack in Alaska
>
> The following pictures are of a guy who works for the Forest Service in
> Alaska. He was out deer hunting. A large world record Grizzly charged him
> from
> about 50 yards away. The guy unloaded a 7mm Mag semi-auto into the
> bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The monster was still alive so he
>
> reloaded and capped it in the head. The bear had killed 2 other people.
> His
> last meal was the poor fellow on a nature hike. The Forest Service found
> his 38-caliber emptied. He shot 6-times and hit the grizzly 4 (they found
> seven
> 7mm slugs and four 38 caliber slugs in him) but obviously they only
> wounded him
> since it was estimated to be 3 days prior to the bears death by
> the Forest Service man.
>
> It was over one thousand six hundred pounds, 12'6" high at the shoulder,
> to the
> top of his head 15 +' tall. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded
> in the world. Of course, the game department did not let him keep it. It
> will
> be mounted and put on display at the Anchorage airport (to remind
> tourist's of the risks involved when in the wild). Think about it.
> You would be level with the bears belly button when he stood, he would
> look you
> in the eye when walking! This bear on its hind legs could walk up to the
> average single story house and look over the roof at eye level.
> <<TedPaw.jpg>> <<Tedbear1.jpg>>



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[xjer]

Trying the pictures again.

[Highland Ranger]

Looks pretty big to me. Wouldn't want to run into that without mobile artillery . . . .

[xjer]

Picture #2

[Newt]

I've seen that before. My boss and I did some research on that (actually just googled it up) and found this. Bear Myth (http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-grizzlybear5.htm)

[Newt]

And again....

Bear Myth (http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-grizzlybear.htm)


Bear Myth Contd... (http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-grizzlybear2.htm)

Don't want to bust anyones bubble, but we were skeptical when we got two different emails containing the same pictures. That's what we found.

[Bruz]

And again

And again, and again...do a search on it, it comes up about once a month on the forums. Most of the time he gets bigger and bigger and harder and harder to kill. :D Still a huge bear that I would not like to share my tent with.

[Dave R]

Yup, I know the story behind it is 'exaggerated', but that is still a big bear. If its not a world-class bear, then I would like to see a picture of a world-class bear.

[inGobwetrust]

Like these?
file:// Pics/HUGE BEARS

Shoot! Pic didn't post. I'll email it to anyone who wants to see it.

[Balog]

I'll take an e-mail of that pic. soakedgnoll@yahoo.com

[H&Hhunter]

It's not true.........

It was actaually killed by one of our members with a shotgun. Using buckshot....;)

Just kidding guys....You can kill me later.:uhoh:

[El Tejon]

I heard the bear was shot while riding a magic unicorn.

I figure it's just as accurate as anything else bear related.:D

[Byron Quick]

No, tell me it's not true. The bear wasn't killed with the world's deadliest projectile...buckshot.:D

It was defracted Nytrillium coated unobtainium buckshot, I'll bet.

[JShirley]

Fang-faced, at that!

Oh, the humanity!

[Matt G]

Unobtanium, you say, Byron? Where's that on the Periodic Table? Ah! Right after Superduperium, and just before Kickassium.

Element symbol: $

[stevelyn]

Shhhhhhhhhh.............be very quiet and don't talk about them. They're sleeping now.

This was discussed on another thread sometime back. The bear was real, his last meal a hoax.