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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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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