Winnen was deer hunting with a friend on Prince William Sounds Hinchinbrook Island in Alaska, when they saw a bear fishing on the river. of Fish and Game. The version of the eRumor that claims the bear was a killer and was shot by a forest service employee are false. The story appeared in a post (archived here) published on Facebook on January 3, 2014. 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. The pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear. Winnenthen shot it through the head andshot into the bears vital area to confirm it was dead. 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. 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. James Urban. Heres an update on the Worlds Largest Bear for all who continue to follow and seek the truth behind this story. HOW MANY SHOTS DID IT TAKE TO KILL THE LARGE BEAST. He left the ADN in 2015. "While bears are occasionally shot and killed in the province, it is not something that we encounter on a regular basis. Yes, whoever said 10.5 feet 1000-1200lbs is correct.It's unusually large especially for Prince William Sound, where it was ACTUALLY killed.The photo IS real but the bear was not a proven maneater. Although his telling was very close to these facts, his sense of humor made me wet myself.Bob Spraker. While the origins of the third picture remain unknown, we do know that it has nothing to do with either Winnens or Casianos bear encounters. He rolled, drew the .44 Magnum pistol in his chest holster and emptied it into the bear, ending the encounter. The bear was killed at around 4 pm on October 14, the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement said in a statement. It can look into a two story house?!?!?! It's measurements were determined by a skull found by a taxidermist in 1976. (I)t was taken in the 1960's and weighed around 1,700 pounds. 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. (same reason it was deleted previous times before). Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here. I think there was a little truth and a little tale to that one. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. Lead Stories is a U.S. based fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, misleading, deceptive or 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. 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. not let him keep it as a trophy, but the bear will be stuffed and http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp. honestly, considering the state of our planet. The big bear was still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head. tourists of the risks involved when in the wild). MamaEagle 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. January 1, 2010. . That photo was attached somewhere along the way when the story was circulating. 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. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet. LOL @ at the comments from folks who didnt read the full article. Dear ACTIVIST this bear is currently mounted and stuffed in the anchorage international airport in anchorage ak. If you are an average size man, you would be level with the bear's navel when he stood upright. I don't know if I believe it yet? Relax. 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. lol. An employee of the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska recently faced just that scenario. It is, however, legal to hunt black bears, which are abundant across the province, Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. USA Today debunked it September 28, 2020, as did Reuters on September 30, 2020. Aim small. Thats gunna give me nightmares 2nite!!!!! Still a fun story to read though. "Some folks out there are really angry that there isn't a season on grizzlies. Numbers are way up and lots getting into farm land and residential areas causing issues. Analyzing contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past 72 hours, including a hiker missing two days prior to the bear's own death. Past 94 years 5 Billion people The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. That's hefty, but coastal brown bears have been known to get bigger. BIG HUGE BEAR. I agree with Dr. Smith. The true world-record Alaskan brown bear still stands, exhibited in a glass case at the Anchorage Airport. And better yet, it became a man-eater. Fact check: Experts say flour is not a natural treatment for burns. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! The man . Grizzly bears Scientific Name: Ursus arctos horribilis Type: Mammals Diet: Omnivore Average Life Span In The Wild: 25 years Size: Five to eight feet Weight: 800 pounds Size relative to a 6-ft. 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. top of his head. The post says the bear that was shot is the "largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world" at over 1,600 lbs and standing at "12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head".. This trip is always exciting and offers spectacular fishing, scenery, and crisp air. there homes and places to roam are shrinking rapidly. The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. I wish people would stay out of bear territory unless willing to sign releases exempting bears from responsibility in maulings. Money will buy you a fine dog, but kindness will make him wag his tail. 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.". They usually measure 8 ft (2.4 m) in length, usually have a shoulder height of about 4 to 4 1/2ft or 1.22 to 1.37 meters (137 cm), and a hindfoot length of 11 in (28 cm). 2009 6.8 Billion people Fourteen-foot grizzly killed in Alaska By D.A. ;). He spent 11 Years as an executive editor and executive producer at CNN. Social media users have shared photographs and a story of a man who killed a large grizzly bear. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. I have put my art on WEBSHOTS (karenvstefanini) for bear protection fundraising. These hapless creatures generally are protecting their territory, especially if they have cubs. Grizzly bears have a multitude of strengths. He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. To comment to one of the other responders quote,What if there was more out there? If that werent bad enough, some joker along the line decided to embellish the story with a gruesome prologue, complete with photographic evidence. i JUST ACNT BELIEVE THAT HUNTER KILLED A BEAR. I would like to point out that the Padres at San Antonio Mission in California had a plaster cast of a bear's foot that was 14" across and a tracing on parchment that was 16" across, which would make it bigger than this bear, he wrote. It stood 12 feet, six inches high at the shoulder and 14 feet to the top of his head. But, if the climate is warm and/or food is very plentiful year-round, they don't hibernate, for example, the California grizzly. 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 bruin squared more than 10 feet, weighed more than 1,000 pounds, and had a 28-inch skull. The bear was 10 1/2 feet long and weighed more than half a ton Big, but not a record. Use a Kanawa Bear Killer! Actual Hunter: The facts are a little different from the original eRumor, but the pictures do record the results of a true hunt and are real. The dead bear at the side of the road. It was shot by rangers from Katmai National Park and Preserve. . To bad this looks like a beautiful bear," another Facebook user said. I would not like to run into something like that when i was out camping. A super bear as big as any ever seen. 12. Its weight at the time was. spotted the bear. Just imagine an animal of these proportions charging straight at you with nothing but hate and destruction in its very being. He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. My Dad called me this morning and asked me to check it out. But what about that other photo claiming to show the Hinchinbrook bears last meal? Next 500 years 32 Billion people or more thts just the guy who found it tht bloody all over its face is from when i beat the shit out of it.he took it out of my house after i served it a nice meal of hiker and he came in and shot it.but ill get tht guy i swear. These precious creatures need our respect and support.Submitted by: Karen V. Stefanini,Beautiful Back Bay, Boston, MA. Six months later, Sigfredo Casiano, was hiking in Alaska and had a similar experience with a large bear. Two hunters shot and killed a grizzly Thursday after she charged them with her cubs, Idaho Fish and Game reports. .22 H&R 9 shot revolver, grizzly bear. Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. It looks like 90% of you read the first paragraph, looked at the pictures and wrote your comments. A mid-size Alaska grizzly bear shot by a Fairbanks hunter has claimed a hunting record that has the national media tripping all over itself to get things wrong. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. I didn't think this was the same story. Actual Hunter: emptied. The size seems a bit overblown -- seeing is believing I guess. Yellowstone National Park rangers have put down a grizzly bear that killed a hiker and ate part of his body. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A man on a day hike in a rural area was killed when a bear bit his head, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. His last meal was the unlucky nature buff in 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." July 9, 2021 / 12:13 PM / CBS/AP. MamaEagle ******** they can pick up the front end of a family size car with it's mouth and ripe the tires of with it teeth. Grizzly: Directed by William Girdler. It is just weird that my Dad asked me just today about it. this makes me want to jerk off until my penis bleeds from the pee hole. The largest grizzly bear ever recorded was actually not alive when discovered. in short it is a shame that the bear could not be apreciated for what it was. "We advise that outdoorsmen wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren't expecting them. Grizzly bears are typically 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 meters) tall at the shoulder when standing on all fours and can reach almost 9 feet (2.7 m) tall when standing . The story about the 1,600 bear with human remains is a 100 percent fabrication. To comment to one of the persons commenting what if there was more of them? It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Although the 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. Looking back at what happened, The Anchorage Daily News explained the phenomenon in a story May 10, 2013, which it updated September 27, 2016. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. But the size of the bear isnt the most shocking part of the claim. Ive seen this picture before. ), the grizzly bear is a subspecies of brown bear that inhabits western Canada and the northwestern United States. It stood 12 6 high at the shoulder, 14 to the The super-size Hinchinbrook bear is a myth from cyberspace. Sam Kezar. Posted on 07/26/2006 8:03:17 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim, By D.A. 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 .*************. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head. . Remember this is the internet, which is worse than the lying porch. Ill dig up the info for you but the story has been quite twisted as its been around for quite some time. Craig Medred is a former writer for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News. i'm a 13 yr old girl and i think hunting ROX!! Apparently this one is getting another spate of forwards. "I cant let them (the South) go. The bear was coming towards Winnen and his hunting partner from about 10 yards away, but nobody knows for sure whether it was "charging them." posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its As for the real record-breaking bear, it's under glass, said bear.org. Not far from the pistol were the remains of the hiker. The subspecies U. a. horribilis is limited to North America and . "The hunters shot and killed the bear during its charge and were not injured," wildlife officials said Wednesday in a news release. Larry Fitzgerald poses with the largest grizzly bear taken by a hunter. bear and probably angered it. Thanks to our readers, the truth about these pictures has been found. 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. This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing: And as for being level with its belly button while its standing on its back legs?! 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 including a missing hiker. holy shit that 1 big ass bear hate to see that while im hunting, Ron White (Comedy Central-Jeff Foxworthy) worked this bear story into his act at the Rialto Theater/Joliet Illinois on October 28, 2006. At 3:30 a.m. one morning, Jim Landess heard banging on his Sterling, Alaska, home. 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. See who is sharing it (it might even be your friends) and leave the link in the comments. The post, shared way back in 2014 by Joseph E. Botts, has a picture of a man posing next to a giant dead bear. theres no way in hell thats real. All I can add is You Bet Your A there are and more than likely even larger. It was complete right down to the wonderfully descriptive assessment of how big this bear would appear if you met it in the woods. It was a nice bear but not 14ft. Hunters in Montana shot and killed a grizzly bear recently in what they described as a self-defense encounter as they processed an elk carcass in the backcountry . It's Ron Whitegood story, but probably not true. the pictures are accurate, but the story and details are incorrect. The man that is showed mauled in the photo is not related to the bear itself. JB. Backtracking from where the bear had originated, the US Forest Service found the hiker's emptied 38-caliber pistol. 2022 Anchorage Daily News. Next time, make sure that bear is down! So, the bear was actually killed in October 2001, but the "news article" that starts this thread has a dateline of July 26, 2006. The other body has not been found. the world. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. Ughthe last picture in that Snopes article is quite disturbing. Wasn't the guy who shot that bear doing threesomes with supermodels in his single-wide? Like a giant centipede with fur! Two elk hunters in Stamp Meadows near Island Park were charged by a grizzly. Deer hunting is one of the major seasons in Oklahoma. The truth: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp. USA TODAY reached out to him for comment. What followed beneath the headline was the same story Fimrite tried to torpedo in 2008. One of the hunters used bear spray while the other shot a gun at close range, giving the bear fatal injuries. All rights reserved. It showed no aggression at all. That creature was truly spectacular, its really to. "The bar has officially been. 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