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    NEWS  ADVISORY   October 17, 2002   Monster Brown Bear Urban Legend  
De-bunked         
As predicted, the circumstances surrounding the killing of a large  brown 
bear in Alaska on October 14, 2001, have changed  significantly as they were 
transmitted by e-mail around the globe. 
The USDA Forest Service regional office in Alaska receives almost daily  
e-mail from individuals and numerous calls from media asking for  verification “of 
a giant, record-setting, brown bear that was shot last  week by a Forest 
Service employee as the bruin charged the employee!” 
Here are the facts as we know them:  
A large brown bear was killed by U.S. Air Force Airman Theodore Winnen  
October 14, 2001, on Hinchinbrook Island in Prince William Sound. Winnen  was 
hunting the bear at the time of the kill, and shot the bear as it  approached 
Winnen and his hunting partner, Jim Urban. The bear measured  10-feet, 6-inches 
from nose to tail, and its front claws were three to  four inches long. Based on 
the bear’s measurements, an Alaska master guide  estimated the bear’s weight 
at 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. Winnen estimated  that the green hide weighed 200 
pounds. 
The bear is not the Alaska record, however, it may have qualified as a  
trophy under Boone & Crockett. Dry skulls that score over 28 inches  qualify. Winnen
’s bear’s green skull measured 17 ¾ inches long and 10  11/16-inches wide, 
scoring 28 and 8/16 inches. The skull must dry for 60  days before being 
measured for Boone & Crockett.  
The Forest Service hopes this answers your questions concerning this  bear. 
For a complete story on this event, check the Anchorage Daily News  archives 
for the story “Legend brewin’” by Natalie Phillips, Sunday,  December 16, 2001, 
Page G1, Outdoors section, Final edition.  



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