Big Bear

[[AK]Choozoo]

I mean really big, got this in an email over breakfast....

The following (first two) pictures are of a guy who works for the US
Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear.


He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. The guy unloaded his 7mm mag 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 tourist's of the risks
involved when in the wild).
Based on the contents of the bear's stomach, the Fish and
Wildlife Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans
in the past 72 hours. His last meal was the unlucky nature buff in this picture. (done this way for the weak stomach)

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 (they 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. 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 belly button 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.

[[AK]Bribo]

While the bear pictured above is indeed real, the true facts of the incident can be found here: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp

This is one of those stories that gets passed around and changes a little every time.

[[AK]Choozoo]

figures

[[AK]StitchJones]

Nice, mauled leg photo Choozoo.... That was almost too much to see.
Thank you for the warning, that I ignored ;-)