The downloaded pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear (killed in self defense). 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. http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=nx28tw
bear cubs are cuddly and playful, and their mothers are always looking for new friends for their babies. if you want to avoid a bear attack, i strongly suggest you befriend some lonely bear cubs and start playing and wrestling with them if you see them in the forest. trust me, mama bear will love you for it!
thats weird, my PE teacher just told us the exact same story today reading the same words this morning....that bear is so cool man
Ahh thats a huge bear! We have lots of bears around here, and i am scared of those! they are only like as big or a little bigger than a big human.
my dad killed a bear using a ordinary hammer once. It was winter, he was clearing some brush-land, and accidently ripped the top of a den. Mr. Bear was NOT happy to be woken up. Dad pinned him against the brush-pile with the front end of the CAT tractor, and hit it over the head, with a hammer, until it was dead. He had it made into a rug, that is now out at the cabin in front of the potbelly stove. but it was only a 6 ft black bear... not a grizzly
the hackeneyd tone and "hunters romantic" of that story makes you cringe. what kind of gun tooting asshole reads this bullshit...not directed at the poster above me, obviously.
