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. It was complete right down to the wonderfully descriptive assessment of how big this bear would appear if you met it in the woods. standing on its hind legs, could walk up to an average single 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. Craig Medred is a former writer for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News. It was amazing, he said. I was supposedly the result of a ferral dog attack in Singapore, where the avarage height of the population is around 5.4. Idaho Fish and Game staff cleared the area so they could . JavaScript is disabled. And there was someone that left a comment claiming to be Jesus Christ. They will either be killed off or they will end up in a zoo. I heard about the gross pictures of the chewed up man that went along with this story. 2022 Anchorage Daily News. According to the two hunters, the bear may not even have been aware of their presence. (I)t was taken in the 1960's and weighed around 1,700 pounds. It was shot by rangers from Katmai National Park and Preserve. Ray Massey Forest Service Spokesman Alaska Region: The other body has not been found. I have put my art on WEBSHOTS (karenvstefanini) for bear protection fundraising. Anyways huge bear!! Nor was it a killer bear, the site reported. The first two photos are legitimate images of a giant grizzly brought down by a hunter in Alaska. He bases that conclusion on a sobering calculus of time and distancethe two seconds required for a Wyoming grizzly bear to cover 20 yardsand the fact that Kezar somehow managed to get off seven shots from his 10mm in . It was bagged in 2013 near the Totatlanika River, Alaska. go hunters! Thank you for supporting our journalism. To the skeptics: A 14 ft Grizzly IS INDEED possible. [9] What would you do if you were doing just that and a huge bear charges you? theres no way in hell thats real. Previously, he was political editor at The Tampa Tribune and also worked for three other Florida newspapers. Out of curiousity, what is the record for the biggest grizzly, and how big is the actual grizzly bear in the two legit photos? The fake story has been repeated through the years and is still going strong. forgive my morbidity on this, but can anyone verify this story, which l have pasted below: Many regards piedipers Backtracking from where the bear had originated, the US Forest Service found the hiker's emptied 38-caliber pistol. For what it is worth, I remember that third photo was circulated on a website and that the site claimed it to be the result of a dog attack. of Fish and Game. The human remains picture is totally unrelated and was tacked on to make the story more scary. Two young couples are driving through a remote forest when their car breaks down. Like a giant centipede with fur! Thats another picture that gets associated with my bear. A giant 450-pound grizzly bear has been shot in Alberta in a drive by shooting. If you look at the vegetation in there its not quite tropical but it certainly is not Alaskan. That is amazing! Disclaimer: A Canadian man was attacked by a bear and shot by his friend. Casiano claims he found himself about 10 feet from the animal when the beast started moving toward him. Dude, I'm going to the Anchorage Airport! Two hunters shot and killed a grizzly Thursday after she charged them with her cubs, Idaho Fish and Game reports. Grizzly: Directed by William Girdler. 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. i feel bad for the bear. He doesnt know how the bear he killed got to be the worlds biggest bear in cyberspace. one thousand six hundred pounds It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head while standing on all 4 legs. hunting for sport is despicable and for cowards, animals have the same right to live just like humans, we are too many taking up space, therefore animals-human encounters will increase until humans exterminate all animals. EEEEEWWWWW thats gross i can not believe that that guy killed that huge grizzly bear. times in the head. To comment to one of the other responders quote,What if there was more out there? FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson, http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp. That photo was attached somewhere along the way when the story was circulating. Fimrite afterward noted that "my own wife was stunned, sending me a note saying, 'I'm happy grizzlies don't live in California. I looked it up on snopes, and they said it is a 5 year old story. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A man on a day hike in a rural area was killed when a bear bit his head, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday. Thanks to our readers, the truth about these pictures has been found. Officials killed the bear on Thursday after tests confirmed it had eaten part of. Multiple inaccuracies in the story of Ted Winnen shooting a large grizzly bear in Alaska in 2002. They are photos of the remains of a human reportedly mauled by a bear. Please select all the ways you would like to hear from Lead Stories LLC: You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. To comment to one of the persons commenting what if there was more of them? Of course, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did The grizzly bear is a massive animal with humped shoulders and an elevated forehead that contributes to a somewhat concave profile. The US Forest Service, backtracking from Carry a bigger gun and enjoy the wild. Money will buy you a fine dog, but kindness will make him wag his tail. 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. After seeing the story on the 14-foot grizzly, hunters . mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport (to remind grizzly bear, (subspecies Ursus arctos horribilis), common name for one of the brown bears (Ursus arctos) belonging to the subspecies U. arctos horribilis. It's Ron Whitegood story, but probably not true. He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. debunk the story of the man-eating monster bear, 1600 lb Man Eating Grizzly Killed in Alaska, link at Montana Hunting to read the full account of this bear, grizzly that killed and partially consumed a hiker. But not that big. The bear was 10 feet, 6 inches, which is large for a grizzly in the Prince Williams Sound area, but not a world record, according to Snopes. A local Eskimo hunter in Wales AK took a ten foot Polar Bear with a 22LR rimfire with one shot behind the ear at 20 feet. The story about the 1,600 bear with human remains is a 100 percent fabrication. Fact check: Experts say flour is not a natural treatment for burns. He says he has had it forwarded to him in the past. where the bear had originated, found the hikers 38-caliber pistol There were 14 .22 caliber . hundred pounds. It is just weird that my Dad asked me just today about it. Contact Craig Medred at craig(at)alaskadispatch.com. The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker. Deer hunting is one of the major seasons in Oklahoma. What actually happened is that in October 2001 a 22-year-old airman from Eielson Air Force Base named Ted Winnen killed a grizzly bear on Hinchinbrook Island. I hate to break it to you, but you re-posted a chain mail hoax. Its weight at the time was estimated at 1,000-1,200 pounds. That bear is like humungo. ?the maths dont add up to me here. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. Grizzly bears, Ursus arctos horribilis, are a member of the brown bear species, U. arctos, that occurs in North America, Europe and Asia. Past 94 years 5 Billion people And this is their way of showing how they don't give a crap about laws," one Facebook user said in response to the statement. They are absolutely gorgeous yet at the same time as adorable as a Steiff plush toy. I looked into the animal attacks archives here on this site and came up with the Alaskan Hiker Killed by Bear. i'm a 13 yr old girl and i think hunting ROX!! Asearch forFish and Wildlife Commission in Alaskashows no results the posts likely refer tothe Alaska Department of Fish and Game ( www.adfg.alaska.gov/ ). The man that is showed mauled in the photo is not related to the bear itself. Grizzly bear excrement has little bells in it and smells like pepper. USA Today debunked it September 28, 2020, as did Reuters on September 30, 2020. The largest ever topped 2,000 pounds and lived out its life at the Dakota Zoo in Bismark, N.D. If this bear were in my living room he could bust his head through the ceiling and I could go up stairs and stand eye eye with him. The posts make several claims, some of which are false. So did plenty of others over the years. A super bear as big as any ever seen. holy shit that 1 big ass bear hate to see that while im hunting, Ron White (Comedy Central-Jeff Foxworthy) worked this bear story into his act at the Rialto Theater/Joliet Illinois on October 28, 2006. Solution STOP CREATING!!! Female bears with cubs tend to be more prone to attacking out of protectiveness. Now, that would be a big, bear. - Abe Lincoln, If you do a google search for ("record grizzly" + alaska + airport). 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 . The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear, and it dropped a few feet from him. the third picture below. Even if it was .38 and would only make it madder, its still a way of defending yourself and you aint got any other choice. It is the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Then again, Alaska bears don't have to grow that big to be dangerous. It could walk up to a two story house and look in the bedroom windows. Still a fun story to read though. The posts also say that the Fish and Wildlife Commission established that the bear had killed at least two humans in the 72 hours before it was shot, including a hiker who went missing two days prior. The bear that ate him also died. . They usually measure 8 ft (2.4 m) in length, usually have a shoulder height of about 4 to 4 1/2ft or 1.22 to 1.37 meters (137 cm), and a hindfoot length of 11 in (28 cm). If people continue to over populate there will be no bears left in the wild. Winnen was deer hunting with a friend on Prince William Sounds Hinchinbrook Island in Alaska, when they saw a bear fishing on the river. The B.C. The myth has grown larger than the bear ever was. Check out the info at the link. 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. this makes me want to jerk off until my penis bleeds from the pee hole. . Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly with four (that the Service ultimately retrieved, along with twelve 7mm slugs, inside the bear's body), it only wounded the bear and probably angered it immensely. The victim, Charles W. Mock IV, 40, of West Yellowstone, was carrying a fishing pole and bear mace when he was attacked on Thursday afternoon by what Mr. Jacobsen described as a large older male . The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. Lead Stories is a U.S. based fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, misleading, deceptive or ", https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/10/fact-check-grizly-bear-killed-by-alaska-hunter-not-the-largest-on-record.html, Fact Check: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Ballot Incident Was NOT Related To Anti-GOP Postal Workers, Fact Check: The United States Has NOT Labeled Antifa A Terrorist Group, Verified signatory of the IFCN Code of Principles, Facebook Third-Party Fact-Checking Partner. Now, this big grizzly cannot reproduce and make more big grizzly bears. Hard to imagine an animal that large. the guy you are in referance to has no idea of hunting and what a charging grizzly is capable of. Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife in short it is a shame that the bear could not be apreciated for what it was. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. The big bear was still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. I recently watched a special on National Geographic and a portion of the show was dedicated to this very same bear and the actual hunter. Then cut it open and found 2 other hikers iternal oregans in the bears body. For information about our privacy practices, please visit our website. A mid-size Alaska grizzly bear shot by a Fairbanks hunter has claimed a hunting record that has the national media tripping all over itself to get things wrong. Although it was not bear season in the Last Frontier State, he was justified in killing the bear in self defense. .22 H&R 9 shot revolver, grizzly bear. The pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear. Sam Kezar reckons he'd be either dead or disfigured if he hadn't spent all summer fast-drawing his Glock. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! A photograph of gnawed human remains. The real story was in Big Game Adventures a couple of years ago. house and look in the bedroom windows. Permits for grizzly bear hunting were stopped completely in 2006, and a plan was drafted for the species' recovery. One study found that the average weight for a coastal male was around 408 kg (899 lb), and 227 kilograms (500 pounds) for a female. Looking back at what happened, The Anchorage Daily News explained the phenomenon in a story May 10, 2013, which it updated September 27, 2016. ', "Only one problem. i know we as humans need to come first,and we have for a very long time. I think there was a little truth and a little tale to that one. The myth, however, refuses to follow the bear into the grave. It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14'. Posted: 1/5/2018 11:03:51 PM EST. "The big bear was still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head. Thanks to precous Knut I have become an avid bear fan. Fitter Well, a four hundred pounder showed up across the stream from me and let me tell you, that was an eye opener. Much of this was copy and pasted from other times this claim has been posted, but at the end, Botts adds his own note. "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. I had to go check this out at the truth or fiction site goto when wondering about some emails i recieve. . The post says the man emptied his rifle into the bear and shot it several times in the head while it was still alive. Stay out of deep woods and go to a resort to have fun ,deep woods are uncharted and you might not make it back. yea its on snopes the bear's real the story about the people are fake. Ughthe last picture in that Snopes article is quite disturbing. Hunters in Montana shot and killed a grizzly bear recently in what they described as a self-defense encounter as they processed an elk carcass in the backcountry . Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. tourists of the risks involved when in the wild). Winnen bagged the bear with a .338-caliber Winchester Magnum, not a "7mm Mag. It stands as the second-largest ever killed. Ive seen this picture before. 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. When starving, they do consume humans when possible, and once again, people should enter bear territory at their own risk and sign a release exempting the bears. It can look into a two story house?!?!?! Thats pretty terrible, I guess that blows the play dead technique out the window, that guy is dead! Kenneth Cates, 53, was found Wednesday morning on a horse trail in a heavily wooded area of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near his hometown of Soldotna. MamaEagle Analyzing 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, including a hiker missing two days prior to the bear's own death, the post said. 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 really bizarre part of the story started when the bear was examined by the United States Forest Service. That is crazy that the bear ate that man like that. greg morin thank you. But the size of the bear isnt the most shocking part of the claim. "We advise that outdoorsmen wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren't expecting them. It stood 12' 6 high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head.. Experts say flour is not a natural treatment for burns, Raised dots on steering wheel are not Braille, Alaska Department of Fish and Game confirmed that the bear was not responsible, Debunking the myth of a '1600-pound man-eating grizzly' from Alaska. Worlds biggest grizzly killed by a coward with an ego problem. Bad All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the Although his telling was very close to these facts, his sense of humor made me wet myself.Bob Spraker. Thanks for this and the reply. Wildlife officials said they shot and killed a Montana grizzly bear Friday that they believe pulled a California woman from her tent and killed her earlier this . there homes and places to roam are shrinking rapidly. In cold climates where the food sources are scarce in winter, grizzly bears hibernate for 5-7 months each year. The post, shared way back in 2014 by Joseph E. Botts, has a picture of a man posing next to a giant dead bear. 2009 6.8 Billion people BIG HUGE BEAR. And did the grizzly kill two hunters beforehand? Based on the bears measurements, an Alaska master guide estimated the bears weight at 1,000 to 1,200 pounds.( here ). or does it have to crouch down a few foot! An exceptionally fine polar bear skin rug with full mount head, complete with claws and full head, with black felt backing and black felt border, fitted with hooks for suspension. The population used to be more widespread across the Canadian province, but in recent years their numbers have dropped significantly. A grizzly that killed and partially consumed a hiker in Denali National Park and Preserve in the summer of 2012 was only about half the size of the bear shot in 2001 by Winnen. 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. He was out deer hunting when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. The big bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. The true world-record Alaskan brown bear still stands, exhibited in a glass case at the Anchorage Airport. 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. The origin of those photographs is not clear, but they appear to trace back to a bear or other wild animal attack in Russia. 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. 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. the world. Problems Poverty, starvation, global warming, hole in ozone layer, crime, polution, land destruction A grizzly bear that dragged a woman from her tent and killed her in Montana has been shot dead. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! Here's the TRUE storyStill one HECK of readI'm the Anon who recently ported, just had to go get the link.http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp, All you tree huggers out there need to leave us hunters alone. That creature was truly spectacular, its really to. Think about what was running through the mind of the U.S. Forest worker when this huge thing was charging. I would not like to run into something like that when i was out camping. Sounds like theres going to be some real problems here.. But then, those are real bears that don't keep growing after death. The bear's skull measured 27 6/16, making it the largest grizzly taken by a hunter ever recorded. I live in Alaska, and bears can get hugh and series (har har) so it's not hard to believe this story. The couples are trapped inside the disabled car and must come up with clever ways to . The person who shot the animal drove up, then left at high speed in a different direction, officials said. Yellowstone National Park rangers have put down a grizzly bear that killed a hiker and ate part of his body. It opened: These pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska, and his trophy bear. This story just seems to get better and better as it circulates around the 'net. What would you do if you were doing just that and a huge bear charges you? I know of 10 other 45 acp grizzy DLP kills. Ted Winnen, who shot the bear, was an airman with the, The bear was large, but not a "world record. Terry Bradshaw. inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet. Lloyd and his son-in-law Skeet Podrasky were hunting Continue reading Man Attacked By . 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It will be stuffed, mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport to remind tourists of the risks involved when in the wild. Photos -- and the exaggerations -- hit the Internet in 2002. These precious creatures need our respect and support.Submitted by: Karen V. Stefanini,Beautiful Back Bay, Boston, MA. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. "It's amazing how stories can change once they circulate around the Internet.". It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. It's just not called news when I do it. Duh. "The bear . We rate this claim FALSE, based on our research. Oh man. the pictures are accurate, but the story and details are incorrect. Winnenthen shot it through the head andshot into the bears vital area to confirm it was dead. Bear killed the brown with a recurve and cedar arrows tipped with his signature broadheads. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. Nor had it killed anyone. 11. Spotted something? 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. 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." In relation to the world record he wound up only being short by 2 inches and uh 2/16ths of an inch which put him at the rank of 145 out of the 347 of the largest, worlds largest bears ever taken. Not far from the pistol were the remains of the hiker. The bear was 10 1/2 feet long and weighed more than half a ton Big, but not a record. those are the same pictures that I had from the story that was sent to me. The pounding woke Jim's son, Montana, who ventured from his bedroom to the front room . There was no way . 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