A Grizzly Tale

[mafried]

Someone sent me this. It is pretty gruesome. I apologize if it is too graphic. But always happy to share something kind of gross.

"Those of you familiar with bears will appreciate this. This man did
well not to soil himself and live to tell the tale. Biggest bear I
have ever seen, and I lived in Alaska and seen a few. This is one
occasion where a semi-auto, major caliber rifle was the correct piece
of gear to have in that environment. Anything less powerful and less
fast, and this monster would still be out there eating people.

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. He 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, and 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 its
hind legs could walk up to the average single story house and could
look on the roof at eye level. Also his last meal was human."

MF

[Kaari Dahl]

These pictures have been circulating the internet for years. Here's the real story (the bear didn't kill anyone) http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp

[Itchy Dog]

And if you look carefully at the photo in the middle, you'll note the presence of tropical looking foliage. Unless global warming, or pardon me- climate change- is farther along than we expected, Alaska doesn't have may tropical plants yet.