1915 1.8 Billion people Its hide measured 10 feet 6 inches and it weighed between 1,000 to 1,200 pounds, officials said. Scarface, it turns out, was felled by two bullets fired by an elk hunter along Little Trail Creek, just a few miles outside Yellowstone National Park's North Entrance in Gardiner, Montana. go hunters! "You wouldn't believe the number of calls we've received about that story," said Willow Gaber of the Alaska Dept. This poor bear has been killed on social media several times since he was originally shot in 2001, and he has gotten larger -- in mythological stature and actual purported size. Now, that would be a big, bear. From homernews.com: A Homer man shot and killed a charging sow brown bear at Humpy Creek last Friday. Fourteen-foot grizzly killed in Alaska By D.A. BUT WHAT AN HONOR!.MUCH MORE SO THAN TO BE KILLED BY ONE OF YOUR OWN.JUST THINK OF THE GREATNESS OF SUCH A TOTEM! He rolled, drew the .44 Magnum pistol in his chest holster and emptied it into the bear, ending the encounter. They are photos of the remains of a human reportedly mauled by a bear. Good lord wasn't that a chain email 15+years ago. this is to toby norman you are an absolute idiot to call him a coward , let me guess you would stand there with your gun in hand while the grizzly was charging you not firing a shot and let the bear keep charging still not firing a shot and watch it until it finally reached you and absolutelly ripped you a part without letting up until you were dead if he is a coward for shooting him then i guess i would be a coward and alive and you would be a idiot and dead. It was a big bear, no doubt. MamaEagle I had to go check this out at the truth or fiction site goto when wondering about some emails i recieve. Next time, make sure that bear is down! I'm glad the forest ranger shot it Lord knows how many people that thing coulda killed. Leah Lokan, a 65-year-old nurse from California, was on a mountain biking trip with two friends. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. 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. Ya know I got to get that straight. The other body has not been found. They are absolutely gorgeous yet at the same time as adorable as a Steiff plush toy. Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. But, if the climate is warm and/or food is very plentiful year-round, they don't hibernate, for example, the California grizzly. He also says the bear was not shot on Hitchenbrook Island but, like all good hunters, he wont be specific about where he got it .*************. Two elk hunters in Stamp Meadows near Island Park were charged by a grizzly. would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! It was "happened upon" by a hunter and his partner.The hunter was after deer but had a .338 magnum rifle in case of bear attack. . The B.C. THAT IS CRAZY THAT IS A BIG BEAR. If you look at the vegetation in there its not quite tropical but it certainly is not Alaskan. But it was not 12 feet, 6 inches tall nor did it weigh 1,600 lbs. The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to You couldn't out run the dadgum thing what else are you going to do? Craig Medred is a former writer for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News. ', "Only one problem. He worked in cooperation with a scientific expedition headed by Melville N. Lincoln, which was sponsored by a habitat group affiliated with the Los Angeles County Museum. Although the TheStandard Times(a Massachusetts newspaperpart of South Coast Media Group www.southcoasttoday.com/ ),saidthe bear did not charge the pair. LOL @ at the comments from folks who didnt read the full article. But the species do not attack humans unless they feel provoked or threatened in some way. As the lead guy pushed through the thick brush along the river a very large grizzly bear stood up and took a swing at his head. Still a fun story to read though. "A hair-raising yarn describing this supposed man-eating monster attacking a poor hapless deer hunter accompanies the photographs" of the bear, the San Francisco Chronicle reported in 2008. thats incredible! Out of curiousity, what is the record for the biggest grizzly, and how big is the actual grizzly bear in the two legit photos? Here are some transcipts from the show in exact format. I am so gload that man had a weapon to kill it with. Next 500 years 32 Billion people or more 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." Dear ACTIVIST this bear is currently mounted and stuffed in the anchorage international airport in anchorage ak. "It's amazing how stories can change once they circulate around the Internet. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. Hes still a record hes just not the world record. Narrator: Neither of the hunters was injured. As far as I know this bear didnt, ya know, kill nobody or maul nobody. It can look into a two story house?!?!?! hundred pounds. A bear of mythical and horrifying proportions. 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. Social media users have shared photographs and a story of a man who killed a large grizzly bear. Hard to imagine an animal that large. The pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear. The other body has not been found. Like a giant centipede with fur! Use a Kanawa Bear Killer! Think about this: If you are an average size man; you would be level with the bear's navel when he stood upright. i feel bad for the bear. lol. I didn't think this was the same story. It is the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. The bruin squared more than 10 feet, weighed more than 1,000 pounds, and had a 28-inch skull. Permits for grizzly bear hunting were stopped completely in 2006, and a plan was drafted for the species' recovery. North American Bear Center, June 8, 2003. Fact check: Experts say flour is not a natural treatment for burns. 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. Just imagine an animal of these proportions charging straight at you with nothing but hate and destruction in its very being. HOW MANY SHOTS DID IT TAKE TO KILL THE LARGE BEAST. Problems Poverty, starvation, global warming, hole in ozone layer, crime, polution, land destruction Backtracking from where the bear had originated, the US Forest Service found the hiker's emptied 38-caliber pistol. [9] He spent 11 Years as an executive editor and executive producer at CNN. A viral Facebook post that has been circulating online for years claims to tell the story of the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world being shot. Worlds biggest grizzly killed by a coward with an ego problem. The myth, however, refuses to follow the bear into the grave. So, the bear was actually killed in October 2001, but the "news article" that starts this thread has a dateline of July 26, 2006. The last price I heard ran in the $3000 range. The man that is showed mauled in the photo is not related to the bear itself. Thats pretty terrible, I guess that blows the play dead technique out the window, that guy is dead! I can make schit up too. The super-size Hinchinbrook bear is a myth from cyberspace. Thankfully, the bear was more interested in the salmon than he was of me. They remain solely within Alberta's Rocky Mountain and Foothills Natural region. Female bears with cubs tend to be more prone to attacking out of protectiveness. 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. This guy was out minding his own business when a 14 foot bear charged him. Two hunters shot and killed a grizzly Thursday after she charged them with her cubs, Idaho Fish and Game reports. a 14 foot bear, at 1600 has the strength of 16 men (can kill 40 men at the same time) and can easily pull a 800 pound moose 50 yards away. And yes, the famed bear he shot was mounted on the wall in the interview. EEEEEWWWWW thats gross i can not believe that that guy killed that huge grizzly bear. - Abe Lincoln, If you do a google search for ("record grizzly" + alaska + airport). The pounding woke Jim's son, Montana, who ventured from his bedroom to the front room . What would you do if you were doing just that and a huge bear charges you? Authorities in Idaho are seeking help in locating the person who illegally shot and killed a grizzly bear last month, leaving its cub to die. Ive seen this picture before. Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in Standing as tall as 2.5 m (8 ft) and weighing up to 360 kg (800 lbs. 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. It stood 12 6 high at the shoulder, 14 to the top of his head. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. 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. 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. This sounds like the same bear story from years ago. If you think that is what Jesus Christ would say, then you understand the Bible very poorly. The dead body is from a totally different incident. MamaEagle 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. I've sheep hunted with one of the guys involved. Fitter Think about this If you are an average size man; You would be That such a magnificent specimen had to be destroyed. Despite being a huge-arsed animal, it wasn't anywhere close to the reports of being 14', it didn't chow down on a couple of hikers. In light of the rising frequency of human/grizzly bear conflicts, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is advising hikers, hunters, and fishermen to take extra precautions and keep alert of bears while in the field. ."It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head while standing on all 4 legs".How do you work out that it would look you in the eye when on all fours if its 14 foot to the top of its head on all fours?.is that if your standing on a ladder? It was added nearly a year after the most popular version of this story began circulating. the guy you are in referance to has no idea of hunting and what a charging grizzly is capable of. The bear in the picture is supposedly as you mentioned: The bear was over one thousand six hundred pounds. Spotted something? I think there was a little truth and a little tale to that one. Based on the bears measurements, an Alaska master guide estimated the bears weight at 1,000 to 1,200 pounds.( here ). humans are the worse animals ever, selfish, hateful, wasteful, unhappy, abusers, destructive, Water and Woods - http://waterandwoods.net, MDC reminds snaggers that paddlefish season begins March 15, Trout stocking and fishing suspended at Bear Rock Lakes WMA, Six New Delaware Sportfish Species Records Set in 2022, Youth Bass Fishing Championship headed for Lake Hartwell, Tribal CWD surveillance contributes to statewide effort. 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 . And as for being level with its belly button while its standing on its back legs?! Tyler Freel. grizzly bear, (subspecies Ursus arctos horribilis), common name for one of the brown bears (Ursus arctos) belonging to the subspecies U. arctos horribilis. Christ. Although his telling was very close to these facts, his sense of humor made me wet myself.Bob Spraker. Idaho Fish and Game staff cleared the area so they could . subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. Conservation officer Ryan Gordon, based in Fernie . And if you go to the link at Montana Hunting to read the full account of this bear, be forewarned there are graphic and horrifying photos at the end of the story. The post also says a U.S. Forest Service worker shot the bear with a 7mm Magnum semi-automatic Rifle after it charged him and his hunting partner. After seeing the story on the 14-foot grizzly, hunters, hikers, and fishermen will be more aware of the potential dangers traveling the wilderness in Alaska. It stood 12 6 high at the shoulder, 14 to the top of his head. I remember that one too. The bear, the post went on to say, was stuffed and put on display at the Anchorage airport. plus the bear is a MONSTER! The hunter himself, pictured above, appeared on the show and offered some insight from his home. 2009 6.8 Billion people honestly, considering the state of our planet. The big bear was still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head. Sam Kezar reckons he'd be either dead or disfigured if he hadn't spent all summer fast-drawing his Glock. Its the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in This is the same story that usually accompanies the picture of the big bloody grizzly.I would post a link, but I remember it being pulled before. . . Thatt is freaking rediculous, me and my do alot of hunting northern oregon and we have seen some huge black beers,no bigger then 10 feet tho,i think that sucks they didnt let the guy who killed it keep,if i shot that monster i would have stuffed that son of a bitch and cleared out a room just for that monster,ide sue the people that took it from me, thats bullshit,and Toby Norman your an idiot,you know how old that bear probly is,he probly has breeded more than 30 times already. Young reflexes saved him, as he ducked and the bear hit the pack, knocking him down. It's just not called news when I do it. Its weight at the time was estimated at 1,000-1,200 pounds. exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. 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 in self defense and was not a man eater. Looks like a cat attack to me. "The hunters shot and killed the bear during its charge and were not injured," wildlife officials said Wednesday in a news release. Actual Hunter: It is, however, legal to hunt black bears, which are abundant across the province, and it's possible that the individual responsible for hunting the bear mistook it for a black bear. bear and probably angered it. The following (first two) pictures are of a guy who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Do it again. "We advise that outdoorsmen wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren't expecting them. Lead Stories is a U.S. based fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, misleading, deceptive or My Dad called me this morning and asked me to check it out. Read more about our fact-checking work here . But what about that other photo claiming to show the Hinchinbrook bears last meal? Now, this big grizzly cannot reproduce and make more big grizzly bears. Lead Stories is a U.S. based fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, misleading, deceptive or JavaScript is disabled. He was out deer hunting when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. He left the ADN in 2015. The post says the bear that was shot is the "largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world" at over 1,600 lbs and standing at "12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head".. the bears own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker. Duh. These magnificent creatures are considered as intelligent as the great apes by several current researchers and emotionally complex. The grizzly started charging toward the group. 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