Thanks for this and the reply. Scary! He rolled, drew the .44 Magnum pistol in his chest holster and emptied it into the bear, ending the encounter. To comment to one of the other responders quote,What if there was more out there? Someone sent it to me a couple of years back. I think there was a little truth and a little tale to that one. In October 2001, a hunter legally shot a bear on Hinchinbrook Island off Alaskas southern coast. Here's the TRUE storyStill one HECK of readI'm the Anon who recently ported, just had to go get the link.http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp, All you tree huggers out there need to leave us hunters alone. That's one hell of a big bear. Admittedly, snopes is not my favorite debunker, but it says the story was updated early last year. The largest grizzly bear ever recorded was actually not alive when discovered. Yellowstone National Park rangers have put down a grizzly bear that killed a hiker and ate part of his body. [9] It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. I didn't think this was the same story. The post says the man emptied his rifle into the bear and shot it several times in the head while it was still alive. USA Today debunked it September 28, 2020, as did Reuters on September 30, 2020. Two elk hunters in Stamp Meadows near Island Park were charged by a grizzly. The other body has not been found. thats incredible! The bear was 10 1/2 feet long and weighed more than half a ton Big, but not a record. This storywas clarifiedby Snopes in May 2002(graphic warning, www.snopes.com/fact-check/bear-hunt/ ), the North American Bear Center explainedthe inaccuracies on its websitefrom a reprintedarticle dating June 2003( here ), and the Associated Press wrote about the hoax in May 2003( here ). 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. The US Forest Service, backtracking from A grizzly bear on a road at night, captured by a trail camera in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Disclaimer: Analyzing 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 hiker missing two days prior to the bear's own death. If people continue to over populate there will be no bears left in the wild. Blogs and websites claimed the Hinchinbrook Island bear stood 12 1/2 feet tall on its hind legs. this makes me want to jerk off until my penis bleeds from the pee hole. As for the real record-breaking bear, it's under glass, said bear.org. http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp, Partly true, partly not. holy shit that 1 big ass bear hate to see that while im hunting, Ron White (Comedy Central-Jeff Foxworthy) worked this bear story into his act at the Rialto Theater/Joliet Illinois on October 28, 2006. "We advise that outdoorsmen wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren't expecting them. All rights reserved. I wish people would stay out of bear territory unless willing to sign releases exempting bears from responsibility in maulings. 2009 6.8 Billion people Winnen was deer hunting with a friend on Prince William Sounds Hinchinbrook Island in Alaska, when they saw a bear fishing on the river. It weighed in at about 1,200 pounds. The 2 photos included are from a 1,200 pound bear that was killed. Winnenthen shot it through the head andshot into the bears vital area to confirm it was dead. Now, that would be a big, bear. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. The bear's skull. He says the bear did not stand up then drop down and charge. The bear was 10 feet, 6 inches, which is large for a grizzly in the Prince Williams Sound area, but not a world record, according to Snopes. 10.5 feet at the sholder and 1000 to 1200 pounds and no dead people. greg morin thank you. The big bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. What do grizzly bears look like? i know we as humans need to come first,and we have for a very long time. He emailed photos of himself posing with the bear to friends. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the That creature was truly spectacular, its really to. An exceptionally fine polar bear skin rug with full mount head, complete with claws and full head, with black felt backing and black felt border, fitted with hooks for suspension. It claims the man, an employee with the US Forest Service in Alaska, was deer hunting when a grizzly charged him from about 50 yards away. It was amazing, he said. The true world-record Alaskan brown bear still stands, exhibited in a glass case at the Anchorage Airport. It appeared to be the victim of a tiger attack from the Indian sub-continent. I have put my art on WEBSHOTS (karenvstefanini) for bear protection fundraising. I'm pretty sure that guy was an airman from Eielson AFB that shot that bear and no, it was no where near 14 feet, not shot . I know of 10 other 45 acp grizzy DLP kills. What the hell would you do if you saw a bear as big as a 2 story building running at you? Grizzly bear excrement has little bells in it and smells like pepper. If an Albertan does mistakenly shoot and kill a bear, they should immediately report the incident to their local Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Office to bring matters like this to a quick and fair resolution.". The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. The grizzly bear is a massive animal with humped shoulders and an elevated forehead that contributes to a somewhat concave profile. - On Oct. 3, a group of hunters shot and killed a grizzly bear that reportedly charged them in the backcountry east of Gardiner. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! Weve pulled over the top 10 forum conversations that were not specific to future content areas which we will be posting. Its hide measured 10 feet 6 inches and it weighed between 1,000 to 1,200 pounds, officials said. It came with three photographs, 1] displaying overall size of grizzly and hunter together, 2] displaying size of paw and 3] graphic portrayal of hiker practically eaten. They are photos of the remains of a human reportedly mauled by a bear. HOW MANY SHOTS DID IT TAKE TO KILL THE LARGE BEAST. It was a big bear, a grizzly -- or "brown bear" as the coastal version of the species is often called -- whose hide measured 10 feet, 6 inches from head to toe. 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. Past 94 years 5 Billion people ******** But then, those are real bears that don't keep growing after death. house and look in the bedroom windows. This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing: (Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Wed Sep 30 20:26:40 2020 UTC). The world-record skull was found by a hiker in 1976, and is just 7/16ths of an inch larger. Narrator: This story has been a somewhat exaggerated. Winnen bagged the bear with a .338-caliber Winchester Magnum, not a "7mm Mag. I agree with Dr. Smith. Sam Kezar. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. Stay out of deep woods and go to a resort to have fun ,deep woods are uncharted and you might not make it back. He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. It will be stuffed, mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport to remind tourists of the risks involved when in the wild. Oh man. So did plenty of others over the years. Money will buy you a fine dog, but kindness will make him wag his tail. http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp. Ted Winnen, who shot the bear, was an airman with the, The bear was large, but not a "world record. Permits for grizzly bear hunting were stopped completely in 2006, and a plan was drafted for the species' recovery. To bad this looks like a beautiful bear," another Facebook user said. Contact Craig Medred at craig(at)alaskadispatch.com. Looks like a cat attack to me. The other body has not been found. Thanks to some photographs with a distorted perspective the made Winnen's bear look huge, that animal took on an afterlife of its own on the Internet and just kept growing and growing and growing after it was shot. Problems Poverty, starvation, global warming, hole in ozone layer, crime, polution, land destruction This guy was out minding his own business when a 14 foot bear charged him. For what it is worth, I remember that third photo was circulated on a website and that the site claimed it to be the result of a dog attack. Fish & wildlife officers believe it's possible that the person(s) responsible mistook the grizzly bear for a black bear and are asking them to contact the Report a Poacher Hotline," the statement said. Yes, that is gross. Oct 13, 2021 Updated Jun 30, 2022. Alaska hunter kills record grizzly bear By Rob Chaney Missoulian May 9, 2014 0 Hunter Larry Fitzgerald of Fairbanks, Alaska, displays the record grizzly bear he killed. Check out the info at the link. By the time the late Natalie Phillips, an Anchorage Daily News reporter, got around to debunking the story for the first time in fall 2001, the bear "towered 12 feet, 6 inches tall and weighed more than 1,600 pounds." In 2014, a second largest grizzly skull was recorded from a hunter who shot a bear with a skull measuring 27 and 6/16th inches in length. I do not hunt for sport but will shoot if in danger. I have pictures on my e-mail of this bear, but if Trizey thinks they will be pulled I won't post them. Thankfully, the bear was more interested in the salmon than he was of me. The confusion was frustrated by National Forest Service officials who mistakenly identified the photos to be from Casianos story. It's measurements were determined by a skull found by a taxidermist in 1976. Research it. Fitter And yes, the famed bear he shot was mounted on the wall in the interview. Its weight at the time was. theres no way in hell thats real. And there was someone that left a comment claiming to be Jesus Christ. The U.S. Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. Looks like we need to post this helpful Bear Warning again: >>>>The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear, and it dropped a few feet from him. I wonder if it is photoshot???? They were posted by a hunter who used the nickname Dalliwacker but who is, according to published articles, Jim Urban. It showed no aggression at all. mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport (to remind It is well documented and has been featured in various places, including the history channel. B.C.'s Conservation Officer Service is investigating whether a grizzly bear in B.C.'s Elk Valley was shot and killed by a hunter over the weekend. shot a bear through the eye with his winchester in Oct. 1889 near English bay, the bear was actually weighed on a scale after blood and entrails removed: 1,656 pounds, fresh skin squared 13 ft 6 nose to anus by 11 ft 6 arm to arm, head . Multiple inaccuracies in the story of Ted Winnen shooting a large grizzly bear in Alaska in 2002. A giant 450-pound grizzly bear has been shot in Alberta in a drive by shooting. Hunters in Montana shot and killed a grizzly bear recently in what they described as a self-defense encounter as they processed an elk carcass in the backcountry . Read more about our fact-checking work here . A local Eskimo hunter in Wales AK took a ten foot Polar Bear with a 22LR rimfire with one shot behind the ear at 20 feet. That's hefty, but coastal brown bears have been known to get bigger. It was complete right down to the wonderfully descriptive assessment of how big this bear would appear if you met it in the woods. They were widely circulated at one time as photos of Timothy Treadwell, a would-be actor and filmmaker who spent many summers in Alaska trying to make friends with the bears before one of them killed and ate him. If this bear were in my living room he could bust his head through the ceiling and I could go up stairs and stand eye eye with him. Ray, outdoor correspondent The Sun. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear, and it dropped a few feet from him. That such a magnificent specimen had to be destroyed. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. An employee of the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska recently faced just that scenario. Thats gunna give me nightmares 2nite!!!!! It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. And better yet, it became a man-eater. Especially the hunter who shot the bear. I have been fortunate enough to go to Alaska about a half dozen times. A grizzly bear that dragged a woman from her tent and killed her in Montana has been shot dead. the pictures are accurate, but the story and details are incorrect. NOTE:I would like to point out that the Padres at San Antonio Mission in California had a plaster cast of a bear's foot the was 14" across and a tracing on parchment that was 16" across, which would make it bigger than this bear. The largest ever topped 2,000 pounds and lived out its life at the Dakota Zoo in Bismark, N.D. October 13, 2021 7:28 pm ET. I have seen pictures of this bear all over the web, it is definitely impressive. I dont feel badly for the We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. Heres an update on the Worlds Largest Bear for all who continue to follow and seek the truth behind this story. 11. yea its on snopes the bear's real the story about the people are fake. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several This is the very definition of ignorance. Powered by UBB.threads PHP Forum Software 7.7.5. Neither did it weigh 1,600 pounds. the bears own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker. Narrator: Bear. Ya know I got to get that straight. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. Note to self: You might as well be unarmed as carry a .38 in grizzly country. It looks like 90% of you read the first paragraph, looked at the pictures and wrote your comments. Humans that were eaten, the animal was only doing what they do. The organization said it called officials in Alaska for confirmation. The bear, the post went on to say, was stuffed and put on display at the Anchorage airport. It stood 12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. The U.S. Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the hiker's 38 caliber pistol emptied. Grizzly bears are typically 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 meters) tall at the shoulder when standing on all fours and can reach almost 9 feet (2.7 m) tall when standing . The post, shared way back in 2014 by Joseph E. Botts, has a picture of a man posing next to a giant dead bear. Six months later, Sigfredo Casiano, was hiking in Alaska and had a similar experience with a large bear. Kim Woodman, 57, shot the bear five times with a GLOCK 10mm Auto semi-automatic handgun before the bear fell about 6 feet from him. Although the pictures are real, the story is largely hogwash.". Although I am sure an encounter with a bear this size is very rare, encounters happen just the same. Since i live in alaska and have seen the bear with my own eyes i can personally verify its authenticity. Do it again. A bear of mythical and horrifying proportions. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. If you are an average size man, you would be level with the bear's navel when he stood upright. The size seems a bit overblown -- seeing is believing I guess. That is amazing! "They need to do a raffle and have a limited number of these bears harvested each year . It does make you understand a little bit more that bears arent cuddly animals in the wild. I love bears.at a safe distance. Some Canadians don't agree with the ban on hunting grizzly bears. This trip is always exciting and offers spectacular fishing, scenery, and crisp air. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Copyright 2000-2023 24hourcampfire.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A man on a day hike in a rural area was killed when a bear bit his head, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday. The bear's skull measured 27 6/16, making it the largest grizzly taken by a hunter ever recorded. hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly with four Then again, Alaska bears don't have to grow that big to be dangerous. He fired one shot in its brain (just under the eye) then 5 into the chest.The bear MAY have been stalking them but did not display any agressive moves and did not charge, but it WAS moving toward them at the time he shot it.But it did make a good urban legend. Its the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. It is, however, legal to hunt black bears, which are abundant across the province, Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. They spotted the bear,itdisappearedinto the underbrushat firstandreappeared about 10 yards away. 1915 1.8 Billion people ', "Only one problem. Larry Fitzgerald poses with the largest grizzly bear taken by a hunter. 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