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Ok, that was a monster Hog alright. Now, check this out. It is a TRUE story. After you read this, check the photos.
There are 3 photos, but I will not post the 3rd. It is very gruesome(sp). You will need to check my photo gallery to see the third. I will be removing it soon though, it’s not for the weak stomach

>>>>Subject: BIG Grizzly!

>>>>

>>>>This is amazing but NOT very pleasant to view. Prepare yourself.

>>>>Read the story before you look at the pictures!!!! This is

>>>>amazing!

>>>>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 tourist's 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 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 story house and look over the roof, or walk up to a two

>>>>story

>>>>house and look in the bedroom windows.