), the grizzly bear is a subspecies of brown bear that inhabits western Canada and the northwestern United States. 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. The myth, however, refuses to follow the bear into the grave. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. Relax. Yes, whoever said 10.5 feet 1000-1200lbs is correct.It's unusually large especially for Prince William Sound, where it was ACTUALLY killed.The photo IS real but the bear was not a proven maneater. All I can add is You Bet Your A there are and more than likely even larger. The U.S. Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly with four Ughthe last picture in that Snopes article is quite disturbing. Its the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. That bear is like humungo. 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. exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet. : ). "It's amazing how stories can change once they circulate around the Internet. Another Fish and Game official told the site: "That bear wasn't responsible for killing any humans.". They are highly intelligent and have excellent memories. 12. the past 72 hours. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. Although it was not bear season in the Last Frontier State, he was justified in killing the bear in self defense. Powered by UBB.threads PHP Forum Software 7.7.5. Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife Well, a four hundred pounder showed up across the stream from me and let me tell you, that was an eye opener. 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. Neither of the hunters was injured. The hunters were processing a harvested elk near Bull Mountain during an early-season rifle hunt when the bear appeared and charged at them, FWP wrote in a release. Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. According to Idaho Fish and Game the bear was shot . Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. The pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear. This is the very definition of ignorance. Remember this is the internet, which is worse than the lying porch. Brice was a national desk editor and reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for nearly 20 years. 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. Fitter management. Winnenshot the bearas itapproachedhimand his hunting partnerusinga .338 Winchester Magnum, not a 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle. He says the bear did not stand up then drop down and charge. My Dad called me this morning and asked me to check it out. The big bear was still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head. The truth: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp. I live in Alaska, and bears can get hugh and series (har har) so it's not hard to believe this story. "I cant let them (the South) go. Permits for grizzly bear hunting were stopped completely in 2006, and a plan was drafted for the species' recovery. ?the maths dont add up to me here. 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. The B.C. His last meal was the unlucky nature buff in house and look in the bedroom windows. 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). This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing: January 1, 2010. It was added nearly a year after the most popular version of this story began circulating. Where upon a 14 foot grizzly bear was shot to death by a ranger out deer hunting. 10.5 feet at the sholder and 1000 to 1200 pounds and no dead people. tourists of the risks involved when in the wild). Actual Hunter: 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. or does it have to crouch down a few foot! The grizzly bear is a massive animal with humped shoulders and an elevated forehead that contributes to a somewhat concave profile. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. The really bizarre part of the story started when the bear was examined by the United States Forest Service. subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. The bear, the post went on to say, was stuffed and put on display at the Anchorage airport. Grizzly bears, Ursus arctos horribilis, are a member of the brown bear species, U. arctos, that occurs in North America, Europe and Asia. PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE BY THE THOUSAND'S EVERY DAY!AT LEAST THE BEAR KILL'S TO EAT!AND OF COURSE, THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT THE BEAR JUST GOT PISSED OFF THAT SOME BIG WHITE HUNTER PUT BULLETS INTO IT.IT WOULD BE A VERY TERRIFYING WAY TO GO OUT OF THIS WORLD! Admittedly, snopes is not my favorite debunker, but it says the story was updated early last year. 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. The first two photos above were taken by Urban and were posted on several hunting boards and shared among hunting enthusiasts. The guy emptied his 7 mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. Maybe not a world record but nothing to be scoffed at either.. we kill millions of animals every year. 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 photos became an internet sensation and soon, stories appeared along with the images. Im pretty sure that more than just his upper leg would be gone, and plus dinosauers dont exist, neither do Spearing mouse fish!!! 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 . Partly false. Yellowstone National Park rangers have put down a grizzly bear that killed a hiker and ate part of his body. EEEEEWWWWW thats gross i can not believe that that guy killed that huge grizzly bear. Its weight at the time was estimated at 1,000-1,200 pounds. I am so gload that man had a weapon to kill it with. But what about that other photo claiming to show the Hinchinbrook bears last meal? And yes, the famed bear he shot was mounted on the wall in the interview. Dear ACTIVIST this bear is currently mounted and stuffed in the anchorage international airport in anchorage ak. THE TRUTH USA TODAY reached out to him for comment. not let him keep it as a trophy, but the bear will be stuffed and ******** Spotted something? The story was in Big game adventures and was of a hunter and allbut he was not expecting to find a bear of that proportion where he wasi have the issue somewhereand no the bear did not eat anyone Yea well, something ate that guys legg offand it ain't pretty "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough, Deer and Small Game Hunting and Trail Cams, edited due to graphic material at bottom of page. . Thanks to precous Knut I have become an avid bear fan. 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. 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. So where did the photo come from? It is the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Very interesting happenings over the weekend.. Warwoman Bear Firearm Opener AAR: I've got questions. Tyler Freel. Christ. 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 complete right down to the wonderfully descriptive assessment of how big this bear would appear if you met it in the woods. After seeing the story on the 14-foot grizzly, hunters . Two young couples are driving through a remote forest when their car breaks down. The bear's skull. According to the two hunters, the bear may not even have been aware of their presence. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire 14-foot Grizzly: Forums Member List Calendar Active Threads: Previous Thread: Next Thread : Print Thread: Hop To : Page 1 of 2 : 1: 2: 14-foot Grizzly #15355198 10/28/20. You couldn't out run the dadgum thing what else are you going to do? Sounds like theres going to be some real problems here.. This is total bullshit. To comment to one of the persons commenting what if there was more of them? That's hefty, but coastal brown bears have been known to get bigger. It is well documented and has been featured in various places, including the history channel. A giant 450-pound grizzly bear has been shot in Alberta in a drive by shooting. greg morin thank you. Scary! Research it. 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 . man that would be a great full body mount! 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. 1915 1.8 Billion people the world. 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. 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. Think about this: If you are an average size man; You would be level with the bear's navel when he stood upright. Since i live in alaska and have seen the bear with my own eyes i can personally verify its authenticity. At 3:30 a.m. one morning, Jim Landess heard banging on his Sterling, Alaska, home. I would have needed clean clothes after that and air freshner. The version of the eRumor that claims the bear was a killer and was shot by a forest service employee are false. The other body has not been found.. 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. I am confused about this story. The myth has grown larger than the bear ever was. Grizzly bears don't always hibernate. Relax. Use a Kanawa Bear Killer! So did plenty of others over the years. Thanks to our readers, the truth about these pictures has been found. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him, the post says. Although his telling was very close to these facts, his sense of humor made me wet myself.Bob Spraker. 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. ", 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. I would like to point out that the Padres at San Antonio Mission in California had a plaster cast of a bear's foot that was 14" across and a tracing on parchment that was 16" across, which would make it bigger than this bear, he wrote. While the origins of the third picture remain unknown, we do know that it has nothing to do with either Winnens or Casianos bear encounters. The super-size Hinchinbrook bear is a myth from cyberspace. The bear in the picture is supposedly as you mentioned: The bear was over one thousand six hundred pounds. This is what I found attached to this same story and pictures. I'm thinkin' it sprouted all those extra feet 'cause a' some secret gubmint nuclear test area up there. Kim Woodman, 57, shot the bear five times with a GLOCK 10mm Auto semi-automatic handgun before the bear fell about 6 feet from him. Grizzly bear excrement has little bells in it and smells like pepper. This trip is always exciting and offers spectacular fishing, scenery, and crisp air. In fact, there is no evidence in either case that the bears had ever attacked humans. Thats pretty terrible, I guess that blows the play dead technique out the window, that guy is dead! Sam Kezar reckons he'd be either dead or disfigured if he hadn't spent all summer fast-drawing his Glock. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. Officials killed the bear on Thursday after tests confirmed it had eaten part of. The size seems a bit overblown -- seeing is believing I guess. I know of 10 other 45 acp grizzy DLP kills. Because of the temporal closeness of these two accounts, the two stories became confused. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. The bear was killed at around 4 pm on October 14, the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement said in a statement. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. I looked it up on snopes, and they said it is a 5 year old story. It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14'. Female bears with cubs tend to be more prone to attacking out of protectiveness. THAT IS CRAZY THAT IS A BIG BEAR. Why can't this story just die? 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. I looked into the animal attacks archives here on this site and came up with the Alaskan Hiker Killed by Bear. Blogs and websites claimed the Hinchinbrook Island bear stood 12 1/2 feet tall on its hind legs. As the photos circulated around the Internet, the bear grew to "14 feet to the top of his head." The world-record skull was found by a hiker in 1976, and is just 7/16ths of an inch larger. As for the real record-breaking bear, it's under glass, said bear.org. . 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. Welcome to 2001, Phyllis, thanks for joining us!:-). Think about this: If you are an average size man; you would be level with the bear's navel when he stood upright. posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its All rights reserved. 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.". I agree with Dr. Smith. "We advise that outdoorsmen wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren't expecting them. That has nothing to do with my bear. Just imagine an animal of these proportions charging straight at you with nothing but hate and destruction in its very being. In this case, the bear was a brown bear, not a grizzly, and between eight and nine feet tall. So, the bear was actually killed in October 2001, but the "news article" that starts this thread has a dateline of July 26, 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. It was bagged in 2013 near the Totatlanika River, Alaska. Honestly, why would he favor bears over humanity? 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. It stood 12 feet, six inches high at the shoulder and 14 feet to the top of his head. The man that is showed mauled in the photo is not related to the bear itself. Google 14 foot grizzly bear and get a true story. "You wouldn't believe the number of calls we've received about that story," said Willow Gaber of the Alaska Dept. "What we can share is that the animal was an adult male grizzly bear weighing approximately 450 lbs. I dont feel badly for the . The story was back again on montanahunting.org just a few months ago under the headline "1600 lb Man Eating Grizzly Killed in Alaska.". Oh man. I recently received an email from my wifes work regarding a supposed grizzly bear attack in Alaska. 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. He was deer hunting last week when the large grizzly charged him from about 50 yards away. ;). Sam Kezar. - On Oct. 3, a group of hunters shot and killed a grizzly bear that reportedly charged them in the backcountry east of Gardiner. 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. Effectively cloaked by their camouflage hunting gear, the pair had plenty of time to take their shot. I'm glad the forest ranger shot it Lord knows how many people that thing coulda killed. Check out the info at the link. - Abe Lincoln, If you do a google search for ("record grizzly" + alaska + airport). The other body has not been found. 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. Still a fun story to read though. The dead bear at the side of the road. This post has been carried over from our forum which has since been removed from the site. Based on the bears measurements, an Alaska master guide estimated the bears weight at 1,000 to 1,200 pounds.( here ). 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