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[pct-l] one thousand six hundred pounds bear. t



Just go this emailed to me from Alaska. If  the Pictures attachment don't go 
thru email me and I will send them to you.

Lonetrail
UNBELIEVABLE 
  > > 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 tourists 
  > > of the risks involved when in the wild). 
  > > Based on the contents of the bear's 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 were 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 storey 
house 
  > > and look over the roof, or walk up to a two storey house and look in 
the 
  > > bedroom windows. 
  > > (See attached file: image001.jpg) 
  > > (See attached file: image002.jpg) 
  > > (See attached file: image003.jpg) 
  > > 
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