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Big Bear Story

Important: On November 27, 2003, this story was found to be untrue. There are many different versions of this story circulating on the internet. One of our readers pointed out that our version was incorrect.

The story below is presented as an example of a widely circulated hunting story that was later determined to be false.

The following pictures were originally presented as being of a man who worked for the Forest Service in Alaska. The story claimed that he was out deer hunting when a large world-record grizzly charged him from about 50 yards away.

According to the story, the hunter unloaded a 7mm Magnum semi-auto into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The story then claimed that the bear was still alive, so he reloaded and shot the bear seven more times in the head.

The story claimed that the bear weighed over 1,600 pounds and stood 12 feet 6 inches at the shoulder, making it a new world record. It also claimed that the bear had been responsible for killing six other people and that the DNR would not allow the hunter to keep it.

The story further claimed that the bear, standing on its hind legs, could walk up to an average single-story house and look over the roof. The final picture was said to show the bear's last meal.

Image originally circulated with the Big Bear Story
Image originally circulated with the Big Bear Story
Image originally circulated with the Big Bear Story