[at-l] Stay out of the woods

[cvano at tmail.com]

Yea, I had dinner with him in early Nov, 1981 on my way to Korea.  
Chris

On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 10:14 pm, Barry wrote:
> 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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It's not the Mountain that we conquer,
but Ourselves.  Anon.

Chris ~ S/V Drifter
Anacortes, WA. ~~~_/) ~~~