Is this real
 

Got this in an email.

">> > Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:49:56 -0700
>> >
>> >The following (first two) pictures are of a guy who works for the US
>>ForestService 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
>> >emptied his 7mm Magnum 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 bears 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.
>> >
>> >The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had
>> >originated, found the hiker's 38-calibre pistol emptied. Not far from the pistol
>> >was 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 calibre 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 story
>>house and look over the roof, or walk up to a two story house and look in the
>> >bedroom windows.
>> > "

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There is a picture of the remains of the first hiker, but I dont know if I should post them. They are pretty gruesome.
Do grizzly's really grub on people. Could this have happend?

Jim

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that would scare the **** out of me. Pretty big bare.Have you ever seen pics of the 2000+LB polar bears those things are freakin huge.
The largest bear ever recorded was a polar bear that weighed in at around 2,209 lbs.
I think there was also a kodik that weighed almost 1700lbs

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The story behind the kill is fake, as is the picture with the guy that was killed. If you look at the picture of the guy, you will notice that the leg is clearly cut off, which is not typical of a Grizzly attack. The guy used to be a member of the forums. He set the story straight, and it was nothing like the story that circulates the net. The bear was not nearly that big.

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Here is the actual story...

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp

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That pic has been around for a while.Real ? I di see the other one where the dude was eaten

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I first saw these pics back in late 2002 or early 03, still an impressive bear.

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Thats real old. I have both pics as well. They are gruesome. Something definetly chowed the guys leg but I always doubted the story behind it.

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I first read this story from the guy that made the original in 1999.,It's been around a while I think he first post it here or on another site back then. The urban legends refrence says October of 2001,but I am thinking I first read it back in 99.Reason being that is when I got my first computer and thought I first read it.Oh well I guess I'm getting Ol timers.:D

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This brings back a memory I have of the autopsy pics of a guy who broke into the zoo and decide to spend some time with the polar bears. Talk about being picked clean.