The pounding woke Jim's son, Montana, who ventured from his bedroom to the front room . honestly, considering the state of our planet. Nor was it a killer bear, the site reported. The man . 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." Since i live in alaska and have seen the bear with my own eyes i can personally verify its authenticity. This story just seems to get better and better as it circulates around the 'net. I wish people would stay out of bear territory unless willing to sign releases exempting bears from responsibility in maulings. 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. The size seems a bit overblown -- seeing is believing I guess. "We advise that outdoorsmen wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren't expecting them. Admittedly, snopes is not my favorite debunker, but it says the story was updated early last year. According to the internet, the last man eaten by the giant bear, shot on Hinchinbrook Island. ), the grizzly bear is a subspecies of brown bear that inhabits western Canada and the northwestern United States. The world-record skull was found by a hiker in 1976, and is just 7/16ths of an inch larger. i HEAD THAT IT WAS 2 FLOORS HIGH STANDING UP. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. . Duh. Why do people comment on an article they didnt read? I have pictures on my e-mail of this bear, but if Trizey thinks they will be pulled I won't post them. 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. It was both deerand bear hunting season at the time. Thankfully, the bear was more interested in the salmon than he was of me. The 2 photos included are from a 1,200 pound bear that was killed. I know of 10 other 45 acp grizzy DLP kills. A photograph of gnawed human remains. Here are some transcipts from the show in exact format. in short it is a shame that the bear could not be apreciated for what it was. Winnenthen shot it through the head andshot into the bears vital area to confirm it was dead. In 2014, a second largest grizzly skull was recorded from a hunter who shot a bear with a skull measuring 27 and 6/16th inches in length. The largest ever topped 2,000 pounds and lived out its life at the Dakota Zoo in Bismark, N.D. This sounds like the same bear story from years ago. I can make schit up too. A stunning video captured a moment few are lucky enough to experience: a group of travelers in Alaska came face-to-face with a giant grizzly bear as it roamed . thts just the guy who found it tht bloody all over its face is from when i beat the shit out of it.he took it out of my house after i served it a nice meal of hiker and he came in and shot it.but ill get tht guy i swear. Fimrite, like Phillips, tried to debunk the story of the man-eating monster bear. 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. not let him keep it as a trophy, but the bear will be stuffed and The largest grizzly bear ever recorded was actually not alive when discovered. This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing: Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. Two hunters shot and killed a grizzly Thursday after she charged them with her cubs, Idaho Fish and Game reports. Grizzly bears, Ursus arctos horribilis, are a member of the brown bear species, U. arctos, that occurs in North America, Europe and Asia. What would you do if you were doing just that and a huge bear charges you? they can pick up the front end of a family size car with it's mouth and ripe the tires of with it teeth. It is the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. 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 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 bear was not 14 feet tall, it was not a new world record, and it did not kill anyone. 10.5 feet at the sholder and 1000 to 1200 pounds and no dead people. From homernews.com: A Homer man shot and killed a charging sow brown bear at Humpy Creek last Friday. emptied. Thats gunna give me nightmares 2nite!!!!! JB. That's one hell of a big bear. "The hunters shot and killed the bear during its charge and were not injured," wildlife officials said Wednesday in a news release. To give additional perspective, this bear, standing on its hind legs, could walk up to an average single story house and look over the roof; or stand beside a two story house and look in the upperbedroom windows. Young reflexes saved him, as he ducked and the bear hit the pack, knocking him down. Maybe not a world record but nothing to be scoffed at either.. u tree huggers back off! Of course, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did - Abe Lincoln, If you do a google search for ("record grizzly" + alaska + airport). It stood 12 6 high at the shoulder, 14 to the top of his head. To comment to one of the persons commenting what if there was more of them? Relax. The super-size Hinchinbrook bear is a myth from cyberspace. Heres an update on the Worlds Largest Bear for all who continue to follow and seek the truth behind this story. this makes me want to jerk off until my penis bleeds from the pee hole. It was a big bear, but it did not stand 12 feet, 6 inches tall. 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 while standing on all 4 legs. THE BEAR IS MINE!AND LIKE OUR CHILDREN; WE CAN LEARN MUCH FROM THE ANIMALS TOO, IF WE WOULD ONLY SEEK THE KNOWLEDGE INSTEAD OF FEEDING OUR EGO'S AND IGNORANCE! Although the pictures are real, the story is largely hogwash.". The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him, the post says. If an Albertan does mistakenly shoot and kill a bear, they should immediately report the incident to their local Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Office to bring matters like this to a quick and fair resolution.". Fact check: Experts say flour is not a natural treatment for burns. October 13, 2021 7:28 pm ET. 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. Was chased by wild boar in AL. we kill millions of animals every year. I would have needed clean clothes after that and air freshner. Honestly, why would he favor bears over humanity? The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. "The big bear was still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head. The fake story has been repeated through the years and is still going strong. go hunters! Fourteen-foot grizzly killed in Alaska By D.A. 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. These magnificent creatures are considered as intelligent as the great apes by several current researchers and emotionally complex. Two elk hunters in Stamp Meadows near Island Park were charged by a grizzly. They are photos of the remains of a human reportedly mauled by a bear. To comment to one of the other responders quote,What if there was more out there? A giant 450-pound grizzly bear has been shot in Alberta in a drive by shooting. The bears were officially declared a threatened species in 2010 and it's illegal to hunt them there. All rights reserved. Scary! Fitter . The bear in question was shot by Airman Ted Winnen, of Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, Alaska, on Oct. 15, 2001, according to the North American Bear Center. 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. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. Stay out of deep woods and go to a resort to have fun ,deep woods are uncharted and you might not make it back. 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 . Now, this big grizzly cannot reproduce and make more big grizzly bears. Narrator: It was complete right down to the wonderfully descriptive assessment of how big this bear would appear if you met it in the woods. Yellowstone National Park rangers have put down a grizzly bear that killed a hiker and ate part of his body. JavaScript is disabled. 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. Although Fitzgerald shot the bear last September, Boone and Crockett, which certifies hunting records, has only now determined the grizzly, with a skull measuring 27 and 6/16ths inches, is the . I hate to break it to you, but you re-posted a chain mail hoax. 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. top of his head. Ughthe last picture in that Snopes article is quite disturbing. Then cut it open and found 2 other hikers iternal oregans in the bears body. I recently received an email from my wifes work regarding a supposed grizzly bear attack in Alaska. This post has been carried over from our forum which has since been removed from the site. Spotted something? It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. "With this case still open and an investigation ongoing, we cannot comment on the specifics of the incident," a spokesperson for Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement told Newsweek. Thanks to some photographs with a distorted perspective the made Winnen's bear look huge, that animal took on an afterlife of its own on the Internet and just kept growing and growing and growing after it was shot. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. yea its on snopes the bear's real the story about the people are fake. My comment is as follows. It was amazing, he said. 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 while standing on all 4 legs. 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. 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 . In fact, there is no evidence in either case that the bears had ever attacked humans. . Numbers are way up and lots getting into farm land and residential areas causing issues. 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. The B.C. July 9, 2021 / 12:13 PM / CBS/AP. The dead body is from a totally different incident. It stood 12 6 high at the shoulder, 14 to the top of his head. twelve 7mm slugs inside the bears dead body) it only wounded the hey thats not cool i mean i'm glad the bear didn't kill anyone else but its the hunters that invaded their territory Is there a picture of the stuffed bear on display anywhere on the web??? The pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest Service in. "I cant let them (the South) go. They would soon learn that they could overpower any human, and would most likely maul anyone that tried to stop it digging through their garbage cans. 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 US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. John C. Tolman, customs agent, Wrangel Is. i JUST ACNT BELIEVE THAT HUNTER KILLED A BEAR. "You wouldn't believe the number of calls we've received about that story," said Willow Gaber of the Alaska Dept. Based on the 2002USDA Forest Servicereport,the animal measured 10-feet, 6-inches from nose to tail, and its front claws were three to four inches long. Yes, that is gross. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. Posted on 07/26/2006 8:03:17 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim, By D.A. exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. 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. The story appeared in a post (archived here) published on Facebook on January 3, 2014. The following (first two) pictures are of a guy who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear. The man-eating monster Alaska bear that refuses to die in cyberspace was shot in fall 2001 on Prince William Sound's Hinchinbrook Island by a then-22-year-old airman from Eielson Air Force Base named Ted Winnen. But it was not 12 feet, 6 inches tall nor did it weigh 1,600 lbs. To the skeptics: A 14 ft Grizzly IS INDEED possible. Some Canadians don't agree with the ban on hunting grizzly bears. 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. Here's the real deal: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp, HOW DID YOU GET THAT BIG SON OF A GUN OF THE WOODS, how the hell did they drag that big beast out of the woods. Did a hunter in Alaska kill the largest grizzly bear on record? Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here. "The bar has officially been. 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. I have been fortunate enough to go to Alaska about a half dozen times. It's measurements were determined by a skull found by a taxidermist in 1976. LOL @ at the comments from folks who didnt read the full article. Backtracking from where the bear had originated, the US Forest Service found the hiker's emptied 38-caliber pistol. ?the maths dont add up to me here. theres no way in hell thats real. Someone sent it to me a couple of years back. 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. We rate this claim FALSE, based on our research. Dr. Tom Smith Research Wildlife Biologist USGS Alaska Science Center: Phillips failed to do much to cut it down to size. There were 14 .22 caliber . I am so gload that man had a weapon to kill it with. A Canadian man was attacked by a bear and shot by his friend. story house and look over the roof, or walk up to a two story He says that the bear was actually ten feet high and weighed between 1,000 and 1,200 pounds. Hunters who hunt bears in Alaska are also very familiar with the fee associated with taking a trophy bear in addition to the cost of a hunting license. It weighed in at about 1,200 pounds. An employee of the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska recently faced just that scenario. That bear is like humungo. 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. If that werent bad enough, some joker along the line decided to embellish the story with a gruesome prologue, complete with photographic evidence. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. Much of this was copy and pasted from other times this claim has been posted, but at the end, Botts adds his own note. The bear's skull measured 27 6/16, making it the largest grizzly taken by a hunter ever recorded. While it was a large grizzly bear the hunters killed, it did not charge them, was not as big as claimed or a world record, and did not eat hikers. Wasn't the guy who shot that bear doing threesomes with supermodels in his single-wide? Thats the stuff of campfire stories, and definitely not true. Next time, make sure that bear is down! Aim small. The first two photos above were taken by Urban and were posted on several hunting boards and shared among hunting enthusiasts. I dont feel badly for the Anyways huge bear!! I am confused about this story. Ya know I got to get that straight. But the size of the bear isnt the most shocking part of the claim. 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. And did the grizzly kill two hunters beforehand? I looked it up on snopes, and they said it is a 5 year old story. the past 72 hours. The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear, and it dropped a few feet from him. He was deer hunting last week when the large grizzly charged him from about 50 yards away. These precious creatures need our respect and support.Submitted by: Karen V. Stefanini,Beautiful Back Bay, Boston, MA. NRA Life, MN Trappers-Life, GA Trappers-Life, TN Fur Harvesters-Life. He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. It claims the man, an employee with the US Forest Service in Alaska, was deer hunting when a grizzly charged him from about 50 yards away. It stood 12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. It was a big bear, no doubt. While backing away from the sow, Woodman fell and accidentally shot himself in the left foot . So, the bear was actually killed in October 2001, but the "news article" that starts this thread has a dateline of July 26, 2006. His mother insisted that he start carrying a .44 . Although it was not bear season in the Last Frontier State, he was justified in killing the bear in self defense. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here. Looks like we need to post this helpful Bear Warning again: >>>>The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear, and it dropped a few feet from him. NOTE:I would like to point out that the Padres at San Antonio Mission in California had a plaster cast of a bear's foot the was 14" across and a tracing on parchment that was 16" across, which would make it bigger than this bear. The bear never killed attacked or ate anyone that officials or the hunter know about. Multiple inaccuracies in the story of Ted Winnen shooting a large grizzly bear in Alaska in 2002. That creature was truly spectacular, its really to. 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. If people continue to over populate there will be no bears left in the wild. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Oh man. The big bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. No, neither assertion is true: This meme is a still-circulating exaggeration of a real grizzly killing that occurred in 2001, but that bear was not record-setting size and no evidence was found that it had killed anyone. If you actually read the article it says that the last picture wasn;t associated with the bear attack or even that bear or even that area of the country. Ill dig up the info for you but the story has been quite twisted as its been around for quite some time. Hes still a record hes just not the world record. bear and probably angered it. Photos -- and the exaggerations -- hit the Internet in 2002. Grizzly bears have a multitude of strengths. On my first trip to Craig, Alaska, the guide gave me a 44 Magnum pistol and told me that black bears were numerous in the area and to only shoot if one was on top of me. At 3:30 a.m. one morning, Jim Landess heard banging on his Sterling, Alaska, home. For several nights in a row, the man had fended off the tenacious advances of a grizzly bear that had attacked him a few days earlier at a mining camp some 40 miles outside Nome. These hapless creatures generally are protecting their territory, especially if they have cubs. 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! Bad This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing: (Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Wed Sep 30 20:26:40 2020 UTC). I wonder if it is photoshot???? In cold climates where the food sources are scarce in winter, grizzly bears hibernate for 5-7 months each year. I do understand theres a problem on Stitka Island where bears have learned a gunshot during deer season equals an easy meal, a gut pile .. Youre allowed to kill bear if its a threat to your life but not over the ownership of a deer .. In 2021, it was estimated that the Alberta grizzly bear population stood at between 856 and 973. I hike and I love it. An article bythe Standard Times reprinted inthe North American Bear Center here saysTedWinnenwasa 22-year-oldUnited States Air Forceairman,nota forestserviceworker, when heshota brown grizzly bear on Oct.14, 2001 onHinchenbrookIslandinAlaska. The version of the eRumor that claims the bear was a killer and was shot by a forest service employee are false. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Seeing as this stated a hiker being killed and thought, here we go this is something. This story has been a somewhat exaggerated. Here are some info and photos but as I mentioned take it for what its worth. 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. 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. What do grizzly bears look like? The post says the man emptied his rifle into the bear and shot it several times in the head while it was still alive. B.C.'s Conservation Officer Service is investigating whether a grizzly bear in B.C.'s Elk Valley was shot and killed by a hunter over the weekend. He says the bear did not stand up then drop down and charge. Idaho Fish and Game staff cleared the area so they could . Officials killed the bear on Thursday after tests confirmed it had eaten part of. But then, those are real bears that don't keep growing after death. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. The largest bears in the wilds of Alaska generally top out at about 1,500 pounds, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. MamaEagle Bear season was open, so when the bear was 10 yards away, Winnen shot it through the head with a .388 Winchester Magnum and bowled it over, according to the North American Bear Centers fact-check. Relax. Because of the temporal closeness of these two accounts, the two stories became confused. Still a fun story to read though. Grizzly bears don't always hibernate. Thank you for supporting our journalism. The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker. Narrator: I picked up the paw and it was like, good God. The thing was as wide as my chest.. Let us know!. 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. (same reason it was deleted previous times before). 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