As noted from a television show on National Geographic with the actual hunter that killed the bear. Box 42029 Atlanta, Ga , 30311 Its the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. the world. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. A viral Facebook post that has been circulating online for years claims to tell the story of the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world being shot. Think about this: If you are an average size man; You would be level with the bear's navel when he stood upright. Who would pay for the government?" Grizzly bears don't always hibernate. THAT BEAR IS A MONSTER, WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THAT THING COMING AFTER ME!!!! A Canadian man was attacked by a bear and shot by his friend. The following (first two) pictures are of a guy who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear. 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. To comment to one of the other responders quote,What if there was more out there? 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. I saw the pict of the AIr Force guy who supposdely killed the Kodiak with a 223 M-16. That's one hell of a big bear. These hapless creatures generally are protecting their territory, especially if they have cubs. Was chased by wild boar in AL. those are the same pictures that I had from the story that was sent to me. Sam Kezar. Thanks to precous Knut I have become an avid bear fan. The subspecies U. a. horribilis is limited to North America and . u tree huggers back off! The person who shot the animal drove up, then left at high speed in a different direction, officials said. The bear in the picture is supposedly as you mentioned: The bear was over one thousand six hundred pounds. Ted Winnen, who shot the bear, was an airman with the, The bear was large, but not a "world record. 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. It is the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. However, the bear was shot and killed at the scene. I hike and I love it. He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. We rate this claim FALSE, based on our research. 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. 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). Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. Grizzly bear excrement has little bells in it and smells like pepper. This is total bullshit. North American Bear Center, June 8, 2003. 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. my comment is as follows that creature was tremendous its to bad it was destroyed. Fact check: Experts say flour is not a natural treatment for burns. 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. To give If that werent bad enough, some joker along the line decided to embellish the story with a gruesome prologue, complete with photographic evidence. 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. In an interview with the Anchorage Daily News, Winnen said while he was deer hunting, he had hoped for a shot at a bear, picking up proper permits before and bringing the right gun. I heard about the gross pictures of the chewed up man that went along with this story. Think about this: If you are an average size man; you would be level with the bear's navel when he stood upright. Ray, outdoor correspondent The Sun Deer hunting is one of the major seasons in Oklahoma. i do feel bad for the people envolved, however,we do hunt them, perhaps they are simply learning to return the favor. 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. The Biggest Grizzly Bear Ever Killed In Alaska Top 10 Videos 3.2K subscribers Subscribe 1.9K Share 804K views 7 years ago The Biggest Grizzly Bear Ever Killed In Alaska The Biggest. The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to 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! We also advise outdoorsmen to carry pepper spray with them in case of an encounter with a bear." The US Forest Service, backtracking from The bear's skull measured 27 6/16, making it the largest grizzly taken by a hunter ever recorded. An employee of the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska recently faced just that scenario. What followed beneath the headline was the same story Fimrite tried to torpedo in 2008. It stood 12 6 high at the shoulder, 14 to the 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 fur is brownish to buff, and the hairs are usually silver- or pale-tipped, giving the grizzled effect . The bear in the picture is supposedly as you mentioned: The bear was over one thousand six hundred pounds. The human remains picture is totally unrelated and was tacked on to make the story more scary. Although the They were widely circulated at one time as photos of Timothy Treadwell, a would-be actor and filmmaker who spent many summers in Alaska trying to make friends with the bears before one of them killed and ate him. Did a hunter in Alaska kill the largest grizzly bear on record? Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. "You wouldn't believe the number of calls we've received about that story," said Willow Gaber of the Alaska Dept. The other body has not been found. Narrator: The U.S. Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the hiker's 38 caliber pistol emptied. lol. Maybe not a world record but nothing to be scoffed at either.. BUT WHAT AN HONOR!.MUCH MORE SO THAN TO BE KILLED BY ONE OF YOUR OWN.JUST THINK OF THE GREATNESS OF SUCH A TOTEM! 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 bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear, and it dropped a few feet from him. Winnenshot the bearas itapproachedhimand his hunting partnerusinga .338 Winchester Magnum, not a 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle. But what about that other photo claiming to show the Hinchinbrook bears last meal? January 1, 2010. MamaEagle Use a Kanawa Bear Killer! This post has been carried over from our forum which has since been removed from the site. Huge bear!!!! Thats another picture that gets associated with my bear. "I cant let them (the South) go. "It's amazing how stories can change once they circulate around the Internet. The bear was killed at around 4 pm on October 14, the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement said in a statement. What would you do if you were doing just that and a huge bear charges you? The confusion was frustrated by National Forest Service officials who mistakenly identified the photos to be from Casianos story. The immense bear was shot by Roy R. Lindsley, who was a U.S. It was a big bear and made B&C, but it didn't eat anyone etc. Im pretty sure that more than just his upper leg would be gone, and plus dinosauers dont exist, neither do Spearing mouse fish!!! 10.5 feet at the sholder and 1000 to 1200 pounds and no dead people. And to all of you whom insulted the hunter, you really need to buzz off and mind your own business if you cant keep your fowl mouth shut. Bad ", 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. of Fish and Game. And another plus, that leaves a lot of deer and elk for us good ol boys to eat GIT-R-DONE, imagine seeing that shit looking into you window as you go to take another hit from the bong. Other people said that grizzly bears are occasionally causing issues by wandering into residential properties. Brice was a national desk editor and reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for nearly 20 years. He spent 11 Years as an executive editor and executive producer at CNN. I have seen pictures of this bear all over the web, it is definitely impressive. My Dad called me this morning and asked me to check it out. The other body has not been found. Although I am sure an encounter with a bear this size is very rare, encounters happen just the same. Seeing as this stated a hiker being killed and thought, here we go this is something. Note to self: You might as well be unarmed as carry a .38 in grizzly country. The posts say that the U.S. Forest Service found the hikers pistol near the remains of his body and that the body of the second alleged victim had not been found. The big bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! What the hell would you do if you saw a bear as big as a 2 story building running at you? With Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Joan McCall. If this bear stood up, as reported in the web, it could be watching you take a shower on the second floor of your home. BUT NASTY AT THE SAME TIME The organization said it called officials in Alaska for confirmation. Fitter 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. The Standard Times confirmed with the Alaska Department of Fish and Gameat the timethat the bear didnt cause any human deaths ( here ). A grizzly bear on a road at night, captured by a trail camera in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. I picked up the paw and it was like, good God. The thing was as wide as my chest.. I would not like to run into something like that when i was out camping. The other body has not been found.. Partly false. inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet. "The bar has officially been. or does it have to crouch down a few foot! 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. this is to toby norman you are an absolute idiot to call him a coward , let me guess you would stand there with your gun in hand while the grizzly was charging you not firing a shot and let the bear keep charging still not firing a shot and watch it until it finally reached you and absolutelly ripped you a part without letting up until you were dead if he is a coward for shooting him then i guess i would be a coward and alive and you would be a idiot and dead. Then cut it open and found 2 other hikers iternal oregans in the bears body. The bear was not 14 feet tall, it was not a new world record, and it did not kill anyone. He doesnt know how the bear he killed got to be the worlds biggest bear in cyberspace. Grizzly bears are long-lived mammals, generally living into their mid to late 20s, although some wild bears have lived for over 35 years. Asearch forFish and Wildlife Commission in Alaskashows no results the posts likely refer tothe Alaska Department of Fish and Game ( www.adfg.alaska.gov/ ). Scary! The second- and third-place bears were also taken on Kodiak.. I wish people would stay out of bear territory unless willing to sign releases exempting bears from responsibility in maulings. To bad this looks like a beautiful bear," another Facebook user said. The world-record skull was found by a hiker in 1976, and is just 7/16ths of an inch larger. inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet. Aim small. The bear was killed at around 4 pm on October 14, the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement said in a statement. Narrator: Before his death, Treadwell tried to create his own, monster-bear-size personal myth before his untimely end, but it died along with him. Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly with four shots (the Service ultimately found four 38 caliber slugs along with twelve 7 mm slugs inside the bear's dead body), it only wounded the bear and probably angered it immensely. i know we as humans need to come first,and we have for a very long time. house and look in the bedroom windows. The service did not report on any bodies or details about the hiker.. The guy emptied his 7 mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. While backing away from the sow, Woodman fell and accidentally shot himself in the left foot . ."It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head while standing on all 4 legs".How do you work out that it would look you in the eye when on all fours if its 14 foot to the top of its head on all fours?.is that if your standing on a ladder? Thats gunna give me nightmares 2nite!!!!! The bear that ate him also died. . The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. Fourteen-foot grizzly killed in Alaska By D.A. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game confirmed that the bear was not responsible for killing any humans. And if you go to the link at Montana Hunting to read the full account of this bear, be forewarned there are graphic and horrifying photos at the end of the story. I agree with Dr. Smith. I am confused about this story. greg morin thank you. That such a magnificent specimen had to be destroyed. It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14'. In fact, there is no evidence in either case that the bears had ever attacked humans. ), the grizzly bear is a subspecies of brown bear that inhabits western Canada and the northwestern United States. I mean no offence, but seriously people, quit being selfish jerks. 1915 1.8 Billion people Backtracking from where the bear had originated, the US Forest Service found the hiker's emptied 38-caliber pistol. Conservation officer Ryan Gordon, based in Fernie . Ministry of Environment confirmed the experienced hunter and taxidermist is currently in stable condition. The super-size Hinchinbrook bear is a myth from cyberspace. Six months later, Sigfredo Casiano, was hiking in Alaska and had a similar experience with a large bear. Weve pulled over the top 10 forum conversations that were not specific to future content areas which we will be posting. bigfoot iis an UNDERSTATEMENT! These magnificent creatures are considered as intelligent as the great apes by several current researchers and emotionally complex. And yes, the famed bear he shot was mounted on the wall in the interview. Money will buy you a fine dog, but kindness will make him wag his tail. Fitter Numbers are way up and lots getting into farm land and residential areas causing issues. 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.". That has nothing to do with my bear. Grizzly: Directed by William Girdler. He says the bear did not stand up then drop down and charge. mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport (to remind I have pictures on my e-mail of this bear, but if Trizey thinks they will be pulled I won't post them. I dont feel badly for the Of course, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did Two young couples are driving through a remote forest when their car breaks down. humans are the worse animals ever, selfish, hateful, wasteful, unhappy, abusers, destructive, Water and Woods - http://waterandwoods.net, MDC reminds snaggers that paddlefish season begins March 15, Trout stocking and fishing suspended at Bear Rock Lakes WMA, Six New Delaware Sportfish Species Records Set in 2022, Youth Bass Fishing Championship headed for Lake Hartwell, Tribal CWD surveillance contributes to statewide effort. Outdoorsmen should recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear excrement: Black bear excrement is smaller and contains lots of berries and squirrel fur. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. 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