Worlds Biggest Bear
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 bears
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.