The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him, the post says. http://community.cnhi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/96110953/m/361109514/r/884105714#884105714. inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet. Admittedly l have to be honest l thought that there might be a hint of truth in some portion somewhere, but thought that in another area it wasnt quite right. The immense bear was shot by Roy R. Lindsley, who was a U.S. twelve 7mm slugs inside the bears dead body) it only wounded the USA Today debunked it September 28, 2020, as did Reuters on September 30, 2020. It stands as the second-largest ever killed. 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. THAT BEAR IS A MONSTER, WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THAT THING COMING AFTER ME!!!! . the world. JB. His last meal was the unlucky nature buff in The other body has not been found. Just imagine an animal of these proportions charging straight at you with nothing but hate and destruction in its very being. "What we can share is that the animal was an adult male grizzly bear weighing approximately 450 lbs. 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. The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker. It is the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Money will buy you a fine dog, but kindness will make him wag his tail. This trip is always exciting and offers spectacular fishing, scenery, and crisp air. But then, those are real bears that don't keep growing after death. The true world-record Alaskan brown bear still stands, exhibited in a glass case at the Anchorage Airport. 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. (same reason it was deleted previous times before). 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. spotted the bear. level with the bears belly button when he stood upright, the bear I heard about the gross pictures of the chewed up man that went along with this story. Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the As far as I know this bear didnt, ya know, kill nobody or maul nobody. BIG HUGE BEAR. 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. Contact Craig Medred at craig(at)alaskadispatch.com. 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. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Here are some transcipts from the show in exact format. ', "Only one problem. Eventually, the picture of Winnen became associated with the story of Casiano. Multiple inaccuracies in the story of Ted Winnen shooting a large grizzly bear in Alaska in 2002. 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). Scarface, it turns out, was felled by two bullets fired by an elk hunter along Little Trail Creek, just a few miles outside Yellowstone National Park's North Entrance in Gardiner, Montana. mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport (to remind of Fish and Game. Spotted something? 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. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. The hunter himself, pictured above, appeared on the show and offered some insight from his home. Lorenz originally filmed grizzlys without carrying a pistol. ******** or does it have to crouch down a few foot! Looks like a cat attack to me. Although his telling was very close to these facts, his sense of humor made me wet myself.Bob Spraker. I dont feel badly for the 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. What the hell would you do if you saw a bear as big as a 2 story building running at you? Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here. Thankfully, the bear was more interested in the salmon than he was of me. He says the bear did not stand up then drop down and charge. 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. Let us know!. NRA Life, MN Trappers-Life, GA Trappers-Life, TN Fur Harvesters-Life. Where upon a 14 foot grizzly bear was shot to death by a ranger out deer hunting. Dude, I'm going to the Anchorage Airport! It was a big bear and made B&C, but it didn't eat anyone etc. Although the pictures are real, the story is largely hogwash.". 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's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Backtracking from where the bear had originated, the US Forest Service found the hiker's emptied 38-caliber pistol. It was shot by someone who drove off at high speed. Fact check: Experts say flour is not a natural treatment for burns. It was added nearly a year after the most popular version of this story began circulating. Based on the contents of the bear's stomach, it was established that the bear had killed at least two humans in the 72 hours before its demise which included a missing hiker. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! This story of a monster man-eating bear astonished web surfers around the world. Of course, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did Worlds biggest grizzly killed by a coward with an ego problem. They are known to smash through the walls of a houses just like you run a 3000 pound car throught the walls of a house. Then again, Alaska bears don't have to grow that big to be dangerous. As the photos circulated around the Internet, the bear grew to "14 feet to the top of his head." 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. Copyright 2000-2023 24hourcampfire.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. According to the internet, the last man eaten by the giant bear, shot on Hinchinbrook Island. The myth, however, refuses to follow the bear into the grave. According to the two hunters, the bear may not even have been aware of their presence. EEEEEWWWWW thats gross i can not believe that that guy killed that huge grizzly bear. there homes and places to roam are shrinking rapidly. Was chased by wild boar in AL. 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 . John C. Tolman, customs agent, Wrangel Is. Then cut it open and found 2 other hikers iternal oregans in the bears body. "The hunters shot and killed the bear during its charge and were not injured," wildlife officials said Wednesday in a news release. That bear is like humungo. Before his death, Treadwell tried to create his own, monster-bear-size personal myth before his untimely end, but it died along with him. He was out deer hunting when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. To give inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet. Two elk hunters in Stamp Meadows near Island Park were charged by a grizzly. honestly, considering the state of our planet. 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. An employee of the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska recently faced just that scenario. The first bullet from Winnens 338 Winchester pierced the brain, but it took five more in the chest to bring him down. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. >>>I'm thinkin' it sprouted all those extra feet 'cause a' some secret gubmint nuclear test area up there. I picked up the paw and it was like, good God. The thing was as wide as my chest.. These hapless creatures generally are protecting their territory, especially if they have cubs. "Some folks out there are really angry that there isn't a season on grizzlies. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. imagine having the strength of a bear, you'll be one dangerous dude!!! If people continue to over populate there will be no bears left in the wild. 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. Its weight at the time was. the pictures are accurate, but the story and details are incorrect. MamaEagle I had to go check this out at the truth or fiction site goto when wondering about some emails i recieve. It was shot by rangers from Katmai National Park and Preserve. Narrator: If you think that is what Jesus Christ would say, then you understand the Bible very poorly. my comment is as follows that creature was tremendous its to bad it was destroyed. ;). His first shot brought the bear down, but he fired several more shots, probably to make sure. The U.S. Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. The human remains picture is totally unrelated and was tacked on to make the story more scary. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. He left the ADN in 2015. That is amazing! But what about that other photo claiming to show the Hinchinbrook bears last meal? After seeing the story on the 14-foot grizzly, hunters . times in the head. 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. The story appeared in a post (archived here) published on Facebook on January 3, 2014. "I cant let them (the South) go. Someone sent it to me a couple of years back. And better yet, it became a man-eater. Deer hunting is one of the major seasons in Oklahoma. Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the bear with four of those shots (the Service ultimately found four 38 caliber slugs along with twelve 7mm slugs inside the bear's body), it only wounded the bear and probably angered it immediately. 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. 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 All I can add if there was this one you can be sure there are more and possibly larger than that one. I would have needed clean clothes after that and air freshner. It stood 12 6 high at the shoulder, 14 to the top of his head. Ted Winnen, who shot the bear, was an airman with the, The bear was large, but not a "world record. He spent 11 Years as an executive editor and executive producer at CNN. i HEAD THAT IT WAS 2 FLOORS HIGH STANDING UP. You couldn't out run the dadgum thing what else are you going to do? management. Why do people comment on an article they didnt read? From homernews.com: A Homer man shot and killed a charging sow brown bear at Humpy Creek last Friday. JavaScript is disabled. standing on its hind legs, could walk up to an average single Craig Medred is a former writer for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News. 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. The person who shot the animal drove up, then left at high speed in a different direction, officials said. 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. 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. Fourteen-foot grizzly killed in Alaska By D.A. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. It's Ron Whitegood story, but probably not true. ."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? Admittedly, snopes is not my favorite debunker, but it says the story was updated early last year. It can look into a two story house?!?!?! pretty sure i read about that in the paper. Ill dig up the info for you but the story has been quite twisted as its been around for quite some time. Another Fish and Game official told the site: "That bear wasn't responsible for killing any humans.". The bears were officially declared a threatened species in 2010 and it's illegal to hunt them there. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several Social media users have shared photographs and a story of a man who killed a large grizzly bear. They spotted the bear,itdisappearedinto the underbrushat firstandreappeared about 10 yards away. And as for being level with its belly button while its standing on its back legs?! Not far from the pistol were the remains of the hiker. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! It was a big bear, no doubt. While backing away from the sow, Woodman fell and accidentally shot himself in the left foot . That such a magnificent specimen had to be destroyed. The confusion was frustrated by National Forest Service officials who mistakenly identified the photos to be from Casianos story. 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. Conservation officer Ryan Gordon, based in Fernie . It was big. Now, this big grizzly cannot reproduce and make more big grizzly bears. In fact, there is no evidence in either case that the bears had ever attacked humans. North American Bear Center, June 8, 2003. plus the bear is a MONSTER! Rifle was a 338winny and as stated above, both guys involved were airman from eilson. It weighed in at about 1,200 pounds. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. 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. . theres no way in hell thats real. 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 . 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. By decree of the Boone and Crockett Club, the nearly nine-foot grizzly bear taken by Larry Fitzgerald (not the Cardinals' wide receiver) near Fairbanks, Alaska, in 2013 is now officially the. Officials killed the bear on Thursday after tests confirmed it had eaten part of. They are photos of the remains of a human reportedly mauled by a bear. The bear, the post went on to say, was stuffed and put on display at the Anchorage airport. The story about the 1,600 bear with human remains is a 100 percent fabrication. And there was more. Good lord wasn't that a chain email 15+years ago. It was complete right down to the wonderfully descriptive assessment of how big this bear would appear if you met it in the woods. tourists of the risks involved when in the wild). i JUST ACNT BELIEVE THAT HUNTER KILLED A BEAR. Relax. All this despite the fact that Snopes had started clearing the issue up almost immediately, posting its conclusions on May 29, 2002: The North American Bear Center also debunked the exaggerated claims June 8, 2003, on its site website bear.org. Let us know!. : Arthur Brice is a fact checker at Lead Stories. I've had a rash of forwards lately that were passed around a long time ago too. Still a fun story to read though. 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. Brice was a national desk editor and reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for nearly 20 years. Ron White 14 foot Grizzly Bear | Adventures of TNT REACTION The Adventures of TNT 166K subscribers Subscribe 36K views 10 months ago In this video we react to Ron White 14 foot. The Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let the U.S. Forest Service employee keep the bear as a trophy. Grizzy killed with HI Point 45 ACP. 11. Backtracking from where the bear had originated, the US Forest Service found the hiker's emptied 38-caliber pistol. In cold climates where the food sources are scarce in winter, grizzly bears hibernate for 5-7 months each year. 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