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Post by CRASHCOSBO »

I'm not sure if its been posted before but I just had this sent to me at work.....


The 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 the third
> >picture. The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had
> >originated, Found the hiker's 38-calibre 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
> >they ultimately found four 38 calibre 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.
> > P.S. I hope that everyone has a strong stomach!!!!!!!

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thepredator
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Post by thepredator »

Wow thats amazing. I had a hard time believing that the last picture was the hiker
bushmaster
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Post by bushmaster »

Sorry, but these pics ar at least 3 years old. But the bear was shot by a hunter.
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Post by Woody Williams »

This should be entitled " The bar that wouldn't go away"..

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp
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Post by CRASHCOSBO »

Thanks for the background woody.....still...mighty big bear....gotta bet charged or not charged those guys went home and changed thier shorts after that encounter!!
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