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For you viewing pleasure. Scary stuff.
The 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 7 mm 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 was 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 7 mm 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.
The 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 7 mm 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 was 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 7 mm 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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