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| The following e-mail with
photos claims to show a world record grizzly bear that was killed by an
Alaska forest worker. Latter versions of the e-mail included pictures of a
partially eaten body that was supposedly the bears last victim. |
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| Subject: World Record Grizzly Bear
The following pictures are of a guy who works for the forest service
in Alaska. He was out deer hunting. A large world record Griz charged
him from about 50 yards away.
The guy unloaded a 7mm Mag Semi-auto into the bear and it dropped a few
feet from him. The thing was still alive so he reloaded and capped it
in the head. It was over one thousand six hundred pounds, 12'6" high at
the shoulder.
It's a world record. The bear had killed a couple of other people. Of
course, the game department did not let him keep it.
Think about it. This thing on it's hind legs could walk up to the
average single story house and could look on the roof at eye level.
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| The following is a news release
from the U.S. Forest Service issued in an attempt to reduce the number of
inquiries they were receiving regarding the bear. |
Monster Brown Bear Urban Legend
De-bunked
As predicted, the circumstances surrounding the killing of a large brown
bear in Alaska on October 14, 2001, have changed significantly as they were
transmitted by e-mail around the globe.
The USDA Forest Service regional office in Alaska receives almost daily
e-mail from individuals and numerous calls from media asking for
verification “of a giant, record-setting, brown bear that was shot last
week by a Forest Service employee as the bruin charged the employee!”
Here are the facts as we know them:
A large brown bear was killed by U.S. Air Force Airman Theodore Winnen
October 14, 2001, on Hinchinbrook Island in Prince William Sound. Winnen
was hunting the bear at the time of the kill, and shot the bear as it
approached Winnen and his hunting partner, Jim Urban. The bear measured
10-feet, 6-inches from nose to tail, and its front claws were three to four
inches long. Based on the bear’s measurements, an Alaska master guide
estimated the bear’s weight at 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. Winnen estimated that
the green hide weighed 200 pounds.
The bear is not the Alaska record, however, it may have qualified as a
trophy under Boone & Crockett. Dry skulls that score over 28 inches
qualify. Winnen’s bear’s green skull measured 17 ¾ inches long and 10
11/16-inches wide, scoring 28 and 8/16 inches. The skull must dry for 60
days before being measured for Boone & Crockett.
The Forest Service hopes this answers your questions concerning this bear.
For a complete story on this event, check the Anchorage Daily News archives
for the story “Legend brewin’” by Natalie Phillips, Sunday, December 16,
2001, Page G1, Outdoors section, Final edition. |
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