[pct-l] Not True. WAS: Monster bear

[kevin at antelecom.net (Kevin Corcoran)]

Did you check out the story before forwarding to the List?  Facts 
surrounding the photos are at the Urban Legends website:  
http://www.snopes.com/photos/bearhunt.asp
Those photos got passed around a few years ago.  Recently it seems 
that someone added the gruesome picture of an accident victim as a 
hiker "killed by the same bear".  After that, the email gained new 
life and it's going around again.

Kevni Corcoran


>  Got this e-mail today from a friend of mine. Thought I'd share it
>
>The following pictures are of a guy who works for the Forest Service in
>>Alaska. He was out deer hunting. A large world record Grizzly 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 monster was still alive so
>>he reloaded and capped it in the head. The bear had killed 2 other
>>people.
>>His last meal was the poor fellow on a nature hike. The Forest Service
>>found
>>his 38-caliber emptied. He shot 6-times and hit the grizzly 4(they found
>>seven 7mm slugs and four 38 caliber slugs in him) but obviously only
>>wounded him since it was estimated to be 3 days prior to the bear's
>>death by the Forest Service man.
>>It was over one thousand six hundred pounds, 12' 6" high at the
>>shoulder, to the top of his head. It's the largest grizzly bear ever
>>recorded in the world. Of course, the game department did not let him
>>keep it. It will be mounted and put on display at the Anchorage airport
>>(to
>>remind tourist's of the risks involved when in the wild).
>>Think about it. You would be level with the bear's belly button when he
>>stood, he would
>>look you in the eye when walking! This bear on its hind legs could walk
>>up to the average single story house and look over the roof at eye
>>level.
>   Anybody want to reintroduce grizzlies to Ca.? Bet there would be a few
>sleeplesss nights in the Sierras. Makes me shudder just to think of 
>running into
>that monster on the trail, and no guns allowed! It would make it easier to get
>a permit, though
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