Think about this If you are an average size man; You would be If this bear were in my living room he could bust his head through the ceiling and I could go up stairs and stand eye eye with him. 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 the size of the bear isnt the most shocking part of the claim. Alaska hunter kills record grizzly bear By Rob Chaney Missoulian May 9, 2014 0 Hunter Larry Fitzgerald of Fairbanks, Alaska, displays the record grizzly bear he killed. 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). Please select all the ways you would like to hear from Lead Stories LLC: You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. Remember this is the internet, which is worse than the lying porch. of Fish and Game. of Fish and Game. Bear experts took a closer look and discovered that, wherever this man died, it probably wasnt anywhere near Alaska. All I can add if there was this one you can be sure there are more and possibly larger than that one. Let us know!. The hunter himself, pictured above, appeared on the show and offered some insight from his home. Now, that would be a big, bear. mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport (to remind greg morin thank you. The bear was just over one thousand six posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its 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 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. Winnenshot the bearas itapproachedhimand his hunting partnerusinga .338 Winchester Magnum, not a 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle. What would you do if you were doing just that and a huge bear charges you? Actual Hunter: Grizzly bears are infamous for having an aggressive temperament. 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. I've had a rash of forwards lately that were passed around a long time ago too. That has nothing to do with my bear. they can pick up the front end of a family size car with it's mouth and ripe the tires of with it teeth. Thanks to precous Knut I have become an avid bear fan. The dead body is from a totally different incident. 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. It stood 12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. The big bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. Tyler Freel. The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. Scary! The largest grizzly bear ever recorded was actually not alive when discovered. It was complete right down to the wonderfully descriptive assessment of how big this bear would appear if you met it in the woods. I have put my art on WEBSHOTS (karenvstefanini) for bear protection fundraising. 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. That's one hell of a big bear. "The bear . "You wouldn't believe the number of calls we've received about that story," said Willow Gaber of the Alaska Dept. That's hefty, but coastal brown bears have been known to get bigger. I picked up the paw and it was like, good God. The thing was as wide as my chest.. I heard about the gross pictures of the chewed up man that went along with this story. 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. It weighed in at about 1,200 pounds. "While bears are occasionally shot and killed in the province, it is not something that we encounter on a regular basis. 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 trip is always exciting and offers spectacular fishing, scenery, and crisp air. The man . honestly, considering the state of our planet. But then, those are real bears that don't keep growing after death. I looked into the animal attacks archives here on this site and came up with the Alaskan Hiker Killed by Bear. He was out deer hunting when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. 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. 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. - Abe Lincoln, If you do a google search for ("record grizzly" + alaska + airport). The bear's skull measured 27 6/16, making it the largest grizzly taken by a hunter ever recorded. Before his death, Treadwell tried to create his own, monster-bear-size personal myth before his untimely end, but it died along with him. The bear in the picture is supposedly as you mentioned: The bear was over one thousand six hundred pounds. 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 . Fact check: Raised dots on steering wheel are not Braille. 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. Fitter A giant 450-pound grizzly bear has been shot in Alberta in a drive by shooting. Solution STOP CREATING!!! It was shot by someone who drove off at high speed. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. The post also says a U.S. Forest Service worker shot the bear with a 7mm Magnum semi-automatic Rifle after it charged him and his hunting partner. The couples are trapped inside the disabled car and must come up with clever ways to . All I can add is You Bet Your A there are and more than likely even larger. Fish & wildlife officers believe it's possible that the person(s) responsible mistook the grizzly bear for a black bear and are asking them to contact the Report a Poacher Hotline," the statement said. They are know to pull 1000 pound boulders out of the ground and can smash down a 12" thick tree with it 1600 pounds of force per feet. 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. Sounds like theres going to be some real problems here.. Idaho Fish and Game staff cleared the area so they could . Thats another picture that gets associated with my bear. i JUST ACNT BELIEVE THAT HUNTER KILLED A BEAR. Although the 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. The service said the bear was not of record size and did not report on the bear having killed any humans prior to its death. Check out the info at the link. This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing: The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! 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??? A photograph of gnawed human remains. These hapless creatures generally are protecting their territory, especially if they have cubs. The victim, Charles W. Mock IV, 40, of West Yellowstone, was carrying a fishing pole and bear mace when he was attacked on Thursday afternoon by what Mr. Jacobsen described as a large older male . Two hunters shot and killed a grizzly Thursday after she charged them with her cubs, Idaho Fish and Game reports. Contact Craig Medred at craig(at)alaskadispatch.com. Although the pictures are real, the story is largely hogwash.". And better yet, it became a man-eater. Phillips failed to do much to cut it down to size. Based on the bears measurements, an Alaska master guide estimated the bears weight at 1,000 to 1,200 pounds.( here ). 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. His last meal was the unlucky nature buff in Neither of the hunters was injured. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. 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. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. That is amazing! This is what I found attached to this same story and pictures. If you are an average size man, you would be level with the bear's navel when he stood upright. The bear was killed at around 4 pm on October 14, the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement said in a statement. Blogs and websites claimed the Hinchinbrook Island bear stood 12 1/2 feet tall on its hind legs. not let him keep it as a trophy, but the bear will be stuffed and Its hide measured 10 feet 6 inches and it weighed between 1,000 to 1,200 pounds, officials said. So did plenty of others over the years. They are absolutely gorgeous yet at the same time as adorable as a Steiff plush toy. ;). i'm a 13 yr old girl and i think hunting ROX!! It stood 12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. 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 . additional perspective, consider that this particular bear, That bear is like humungo. times in the head. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. But what about that other photo claiming to show the Hinchinbrook bears last meal? He spent 11 Years as an executive editor and executive producer at CNN. 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." Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual And there was more. That photo was attached somewhere along the way when the story was circulating. 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. What followed beneath the headline was the same story Fimrite tried to torpedo in 2008. Hard to imagine an animal that large. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. The other body has not been You must log in or register to reply here. I would have needed clean clothes after that and air freshner. would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! "It's amazing how stories can change once they circulate around the Internet. It's just not called news when I do it. Other people said that grizzly bears are occasionally causing issues by wandering into residential properties. The forest is in Wyoming, more than 100 miles away from Idaho's Fremont County. Bear. In fact, there is no evidence in either case that the bears had ever attacked humans. Seeing as this stated a hiker being killed and thought, here we go this is something. 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. Read more about our fact-checking work here . What would you do if you were doing just that and a huge bear charges you? A grizzly bear on a road at night, captured by a trail camera in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. ?the maths dont add up to me here. I hike and I love it. Another Fish and Game official told the site: "That bear wasn't responsible for killing any humans.". Grizzy killed with HI Point 45 ACP. This story just seems to get better and better as it circulates around the 'net. The other body has not been found. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! JavaScript is disabled. Neither did it weigh 1,600 pounds. You are using an out of date browser. Deer hunting is one of the major seasons in Oklahoma. 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. See who is sharing it (it might even be your friends) and leave the link in the comments. I've sheep hunted with one of the guys involved. Sam Kezar reckons he'd be either dead or disfigured if he hadn't spent all summer fast-drawing his Glock. The story appeared in a post (archived here) published on Facebook on January 3, 2014. To comment to one of the persons commenting what if there was more of them? EEEEEWWWWW thats gross i can not believe that that guy killed that huge grizzly bear. 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 bar has officially been. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. the past 72 hours. 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. . The author's grizzly was one of the biggest taken with a recurve bow. The dead bear at the side of the road. 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. Spotted something? It looks like 90% of you read the first paragraph, looked at the pictures and wrote your comments. That was also a Prince William Sound bear. - On Oct. 3, a group of hunters shot and killed a grizzly bear that reportedly charged them in the backcountry east of Gardiner. 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. Research it. inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet. They remain solely within Alberta's Rocky Mountain and Foothills Natural region. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 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. Box 42029 Atlanta, Ga , 30311 "Fish & wildlife officers believe the occupant(s) of this vehicle could have information essential to their investigation. It is the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Permits for grizzly bear hunting were stopped completely in 2006, and a plan was drafted for the species' recovery. It is the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. THAT IS CRAZY THAT IS A BIG BEAR. 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. "It's amazing how stories can change once they circulate around the Internet.". .22 H&R 9 shot revolver, grizzly bear. 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 stood 12 6 high at the shoulder, 14 to the top of his head. inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet. The big bear was still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head. I wonder if it is photoshot???? I recently received an email from my wifes work regarding a supposed grizzly bear attack in Alaska. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Thank you for supporting our journalism. For information about our privacy practices, please visit our website. The US Forest Service, backtracking from The big bear was still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head. Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in The truth: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp. The world-record skull was found by a hiker in 1976, and is just 7/16ths of an inch larger. pretty sure i read about that in the paper. This guy was out minding his own business when a 14 foot bear charged him. Six months later, Sigfredo Casiano, was hiking in Alaska and had a similar experience with a large bear. Thats a crazy beast Toby Normans an idiot, why do we want giant bears? According to Idaho Fish and Game the bear was shot . "You wouldn't believe the number of calls we've received about that story," said Willow Gaber of the Alaska Dept. The fake story has been repeated through the years and is still going strong. Conservation officer Ryan Gordon, based in Fernie . Culture Bears Wildlife Alaska TikTok. Although it was not bear season in the Last Frontier State, he was justified in killing the bear in self defense. 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. forgot the boogie man. Ya know I got to get that straight. The first two photos are legitimate images of a giant grizzly brought down by a hunter in Alaska. Of course, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did I remember that one too. Powered by UBB.threads PHP Forum Software 7.7.5. This storywas clarifiedby Snopes in May 2002(graphic warning, www.snopes.com/fact-check/bear-hunt/ ), the North American Bear Center explainedthe inaccuracies on its websitefrom a reprintedarticle dating June 2003( here ), and the Associated Press wrote about the hoax in May 2003( here ). Because of the temporal closeness of these two accounts, the two stories became confused. 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. His mother insisted that he start carrying a .44 . I saw the pict of the AIr Force guy who supposdely killed the Kodiak with a 223 M-16. lol. And yes, the famed bear he shot was mounted on the wall in the interview. BUT NASTY AT THE SAME TIME ', "Only one problem. The post says the man emptied his rifle into the bear and shot it several times in the head while it was still alive. At 3:30 a.m. one morning, Jim Landess heard banging on his Sterling, Alaska, home. This is what the rest of the lengthy post said: The Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him keep it as a trophy, of course; but the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport to remind tourists of the risks involved in the wild. Craig Medred is a former writer for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News. The person who shot the animal drove up, then left at high speed in a different direction, officials said. It does make you understand a little bit more that bears arent cuddly animals in the wild. January 1, 2010. It stood 12 feet, six inches high at the shoulder and 14 feet to the top of his head. In this case, the bear was a brown bear, not a grizzly, and between eight and nine feet tall. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. There were 14 .22 caliber . An employee of the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska recently faced just that scenario. Someone sent it to me a couple of years back. top of his head. house and look in the bedroom windows. 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 B.C. Dr. Tom Smith Research Wildlife Biologist USGS Alaska Science Center: That is crazy that the bear ate that man like that. The other body has not been found. Wasn't the guy who shot that bear doing threesomes with supermodels in his single-wide? Not far from the pistol were the remains of the hiker. 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. Ive seen this picture before. "What we can share is that the animal was an adult male grizzly bear weighing approximately 450 lbs. Casiano claims he found himself about 10 feet from the animal when the beast started moving toward him. Problems Poverty, starvation, global warming, hole in ozone layer, crime, polution, land destruction 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. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the Dude, I'm going to the Anchorage Airport! These precious creatures need our respect and support.Submitted by: Karen V. Stefanini,Beautiful Back Bay, Boston, MA. Grizzly bears have a multitude of strengths. ******** Effectively cloaked by their camouflage hunting gear, the pair had plenty of time to take their shot. 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. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. The real story was in Big Game Adventures a couple of years ago. It stood 12 feet, six inches high at the shoulder and 14 feet to the top of his head. The other body has not been found. An employee of the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska recently faced just that scenario. Eventually, the picture of Winnen became associated with the story of Casiano. Good lord wasn't that a chain email 15+years ago. 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! 11. forgive my morbidity on this, but can anyone verify this story, which l have pasted below: Many regards piedipers i know we as humans need to come first,and we have for a very long time. 2022 Anchorage Daily News. Narrator: John C. Tolman, customs agent, Wrangel Is. Huge bear!!!! The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. I live in Alaska, and bears can get hugh and series (har har) so it's not hard to believe this story. Although I am sure an encounter with a bear this size is very rare, encounters happen just the same. The posts make several claims, some of which are false. It was added nearly a year after the most popular version of this story began circulating. And as for being level with its belly button while its standing on its back legs?! But, if the climate is warm and/or food is very plentiful year-round, they don't hibernate, for example, the California grizzly. "A hair-raising yarn describing this supposed man-eating monster attacking a poor hapless deer hunter accompanies the photographs" of the bear, the San Francisco Chronicle reported in 2008. tourists of the risks involved when in the wild). Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. All killed with 45 acp 230 ball ammo. Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. 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