Two elk hunters in Stamp Meadows near Island Park were charged by a grizzly. 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. A Canadian man was attacked by a bear and shot by his friend. u no what? It was both deerand bear hunting season at the time. The dead bear at the side of the road. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. JavaScript is disabled. They will either be killed off or they will end up in a zoo. The bear's skull measured 27 6/16, making it the largest grizzly taken by a hunter ever recorded. Out of curiousity, what is the record for the biggest grizzly, and how big is the actual grizzly bear in the two legit photos? LOL @ at the comments from folks who didnt read the full article. "The big bear was still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head. go hunters! 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. 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.". He also says the bear was not shot on Hitchenbrook Island but, like all good hunters, he wont be specific about where he got it .*************. What the hell would you do if you saw a bear as big as a 2 story building running at you? The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. 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. I looked into the animal attacks archives here on this site and came up with the Alaskan Hiker Killed by Bear. The big bear was still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head. Maybe not a world record but nothing to be scoffed at either.. Photos -- and the exaggerations -- hit the Internet in 2002. The original pictures lacked the label linking them with hunting-pictures, but that is where the pictures reside. A photograph of gnawed human remains. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. The bear's skull. A local Eskimo hunter in Wales AK took a ten foot Polar Bear with a 22LR rimfire with one shot behind the ear at 20 feet. If that werent bad enough, some joker along the line decided to embellish the story with a gruesome prologue, complete with photographic evidence. Relax. lol. This post has been carried over from our forum which has since been removed from the site. 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 bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! Its weight at the time was estimated at 1,000-1,200 pounds. Its the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Winnenshot the bearas itapproachedhimand his hunting partnerusinga .338 Winchester Magnum, not a 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! Let us know!. I am confused about this story. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here. This is the same story that usually accompanies the picture of the big bloody grizzly.I would post a link, but I remember it being pulled before. Spotted something? Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. 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 ). Its hide measured 10 feet 6 inches and it weighed between 1,000 to 1,200 pounds, officials said. Nor had it killed anyone. The US Forest Service, backtracking from 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. The organization said it called officials in Alaska for confirmation. this makes me want to jerk off until my penis bleeds from the pee hole. Before his death, Treadwell tried to create his own, monster-bear-size personal myth before his untimely end, but it died along with him. 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 . 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. It stood 12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. A giant 450-pound grizzly bear has been shot in Alberta in a drive by shooting. The facts are a little different from the original eRumor, but the pictures do record the results of a true hunt and are real. in short it is a shame that the bear could not be apreciated for what it was. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game confirmed that the bear was not responsible for killing any humans. 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. 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. Christ. Narrator: Check out the info at the link. 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. Social media users have shared photographs and a story of a man who killed a large grizzly bear. 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. Much of this was copy and pasted from other times this claim has been posted, but at the end, Botts adds his own note. 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. He says the bear did not stand up then drop down and charge. It stood 12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. Arizona - ( Ammoland.com )- The video was filmed by Leon Lorenz on 14 June, 2010. . would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! Neither of the hunters was injured. : Arthur Brice is a fact checker at Lead Stories. What would you do if you were doing just that and a huge bear charges you? "The bar has officially been. James Urban. I'm thinkin' it sprouted all those extra feet 'cause a' some secret gubmint nuclear test area up there. . See who is sharing it (it might even be your friends) and leave the link in the comments. "We advise that outdoorsmen wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren't expecting them. hundred pounds. Rifle was a 338winny and as stated above, both guys involved were airman from eilson. It was a big bear, no doubt. For several nights in a row, the man had fended off the tenacious advances of a grizzly bear that had attacked him a few days earlier at a mining camp some 40 miles outside Nome. 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. This guy was out minding his own business when a 14 foot bear charged him. It's Ron Whitegood story, but probably not true. Im pretty sure that more than just his upper leg would be gone, and plus dinosauers dont exist, neither do Spearing mouse fish!!! inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet. Lead Stories is a U.S. based fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, misleading, deceptive or This is the very definition of ignorance. The big bear was still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head. - Abe Lincoln, If you do a google search for ("record grizzly" + alaska + airport). 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! Think about what was running through the mind of the U.S. Forest worker when this huge thing was charging. I didn't think this was the same story. An eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a Park Ranger to save the day. 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. That such a magnificent specimen had to be destroyed. Next 500 years 32 Billion people or more pretty sure i read about that in the paper. "You wouldn't believe the number of calls we've received about that story," said Willow Gaber of the Alaska Dept. At 3:30 a.m. one morning, Jim Landess heard banging on his Sterling, Alaska, home. Next time, make sure that bear is down! The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. That has nothing to do with my bear. i JUST ACNT BELIEVE THAT HUNTER KILLED A BEAR. His mother insisted that he start carrying a .44 . Think about this If you are an average size man; You would be Fish and Wildlife Service employee based in Kodiak. "They need to do a raffle and have a limited number of these bears harvested each year . 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. 2009 6.8 Billion people Humans that were eaten, the animal was only doing what they do. He spent 11 Years as an executive editor and executive producer at CNN. bigfoot iis an UNDERSTATEMENT! He was deer hunting last week when the large grizzly charged him from about 50 yards away. Was chased by wild boar in AL. The other body has not been 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. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife The population used to be more widespread across the Canadian province, but in recent years their numbers have dropped significantly. Admittedly, snopes is not my favorite debunker, but it says the story was updated early last year. I can make schit up too. However, the bear was shot and killed at the scene. Another Fish and Game official told the site: "That bear wasn't responsible for killing any humans.". "You wouldn't believe the number of calls we've received about that story," said Willow Gaber of the Alaska Dept. The size seems a bit overblown -- seeing is believing I guess. 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. It stood 12 6 high at the shoulder, 14 to the top of his head. Grizzly bears, Ursus arctos horribilis, are a member of the brown bear species, U. arctos, that occurs in North America, Europe and Asia. Thankfully, the bear was more interested in the salmon than he was of me. Thank you for supporting our journalism. The man that is showed mauled in the photo is not related to the bear itself. 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. Craig Medred is a former writer for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News. The bear was killed at around 4 pm on October 14, the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement said in a statement. I have seen pictures of this bear all over the web, it is definitely impressive. 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 . I remember that one too. the guy you are in referance to has no idea of hunting and what a charging grizzly is capable of. 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. Previously, he was political editor at The Tampa Tribune and also worked for three other Florida newspapers. Then cut it open and found 2 other hikers iternal oregans in the bears body. 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. I picked up the paw and it was like, good God. The thing was as wide as my chest.. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. The Treadwell story is true, at least the part reported after his death. They spotted the bear,itdisappearedinto the underbrushat firstandreappeared about 10 yards away. 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. For information about our privacy practices, please visit our website. Dr. Tom Smith Research Wildlife Biologist USGS Alaska Science Center: 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 . Its weight at the time was. 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. Ministry of Environment confirmed the experienced hunter and taxidermist is currently in stable condition. Copyright 2000-2023 24hourcampfire.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Winnen was deer hunting with a friend on Prince William Sounds Hinchinbrook Island in Alaska, when they saw a bear fishing on the river. A grizzly bear on a road at night, captured by a trail camera in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Grizzly bears don't always hibernate. With Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Joan McCall. 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 true world-record Alaskan brown bear still stands, exhibited in a glass case at the Anchorage Airport. The big bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. These precious creatures need our respect and support.Submitted by: Karen V. Stefanini,Beautiful Back Bay, Boston, MA. The pounding woke Jim's son, Montana, who ventured from his bedroom to the front room . MamaEagle level with the bears belly button when he stood upright, the bear Backtracking from where the bear had originated, the US Forest Service found the hiker's emptied 38-caliber pistol. If you think that is what Jesus Christ would say, then you understand the Bible very poorly. The other body has not been found.. The human remains picture is totally unrelated and was tacked on to make the story more scary. plus the bear is a MONSTER! Posted: 1/5/2018 11:03:51 PM EST. The myth has grown larger than the bear ever was. 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