[at-l] Stay out of the woods

[Barry]

When we were on our way to our new duty station in Okinawa back in the 80's, we were waiting for a connecting flight and strolled around the Anchorage Airport.  They did have a huge polar bear on display there....  a really, really, big bear it was....
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill & Cathy 
  To: Ryan Crawford ; at-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 10:53 PM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] Stay out of the woods


  That story has been going around for a couple of years now maybe longer.  Ground Pounder
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Ryan Crawford 
    To: at-l at backcountry.net 
    Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 4:58 PM
    Subject: [at-l] Stay out of the woods


    Interesting email I just got.  It included pictures of the intriguing creature that a forest service personal shot.  Those are some BIG paws.

    The story:
    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 more times in the head.

    The bear just over one thousand six hundred pounds.  It stood 12' 6" high at the shoudler, 14' to the top of his head.  It's the largest grizzly 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 including a missing hiker.

    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(the Service ultimately found four 38-caliber slugs along with twelve 7 mm slugs inside the bear's dead body), it only wounded the bear and probably angered it immensely.

    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 navel 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 a single story house and look over the roof, or walk up to a two story house and look into the second story bedroom windows.

    MEANT 2B


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