big bear in alaska.

[Fox17]

This Is One BIG BEAR !!!!!!
 

Trophy bear (killed in self defense).This man works for the US Forest Service in Alaska.

I am speechless, to say the least! 



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.



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[Fox17]

a friend emailed this to me this mornin. i thought it was pretty cool so i figured id post it here.

[shirah86]

i remember reading about this a few months ago

[Fox17]

yea i guess it happened a while back. this is the first time i had seen it. it would suck to have that thing comin toward ya.

[digginfool]

Here's the real story:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp

If you look closely, you will notice in the foreground of the man picture whats appears to be a palm frond of some sort.  Last time I checked, there are no palm trees in the wilds of Alaska.  Plus, the lush green grass in the one picture contrasting with the browns of fall in the other is another clue that the pictures have nothing to do with one another.