Barry_White
13th June 2004, 04:47 PM
This was sent to me in an e-mail by a friend.
Read all the text first then open attachments....very
interesting....
The following (first two) pictures are of a guy who works for
the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear.
He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear
charged him from about 50 yards away.
The guy unloaded his 7mm Mag Semi-automatic rifle into the bear
and it dropped a few feet from him. 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 hundred pounds.
It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head.
It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world.
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 tourist's
of the risks involved when in the wild).
Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife
Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans
in the past 72 hours.
His last meal was the unlucky nature buff in the third picture
below.
The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had
originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied.
Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker.
The other body has not been found.
Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly
with four shots (they ultimately found four 38 caliber slugs along
with twelve 7mm slugs inside the bear's dead body) it only wounded the
bear - and probably angered it.
The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's
own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker.
Think about this - If you are an average size man; You would be
level with the bear's belly button when he stood upright, the bear would
look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! 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.
Read all the text first then open attachments....very
interesting....
The following (first two) pictures are of a guy who works for
the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear.
He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear
charged him from about 50 yards away.
The guy unloaded his 7mm Mag Semi-automatic rifle into the bear
and it dropped a few feet from him. 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 hundred pounds.
It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head.
It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world.
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 tourist's
of the risks involved when in the wild).
Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife
Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans
in the past 72 hours.
His last meal was the unlucky nature buff in the third picture
below.
The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had
originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied.
Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker.
The other body has not been found.
Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly
with four shots (they ultimately found four 38 caliber slugs along
with twelve 7mm slugs inside the bear's dead body) it only wounded the
bear - and probably angered it.
The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's
own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker.
Think about this - If you are an average size man; You would be
level with the bear's belly button when he stood upright, the bear would
look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! 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.