About 12 grizzly bears have been living this summer around where Fridays attack occurred, the park said, citing wildlife biologists. Posted by Stoney River Lodge onThursday, February 12, 2015. According to the two hunters, the bear may not even have been aware of their presence. You are using an out of date browser. The landowner reported seeing a reddish-brown bear the evening of the incident, but he was unable to identify whether it was a grizzly or black bear at the time of the sighting . mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport (to remind According to a 2019 report by Alaskan health officials, 68 people in the state were hospitalized for injuries sustained in 66 bear attacks from 2000 to 2017. That such a magnificent specimen had to be destroyed. Think about what was running through the mind of the U.S. Forest worker when this huge thing was charging. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! The following (first two) pictures are of a guy who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska and his trophy bear. As far as I know this bear didnt, ya know, kill nobody or maul nobody. ", https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/10/fact-check-grizly-bear-killed-by-alaska-hunter-not-the-largest-on-record.html, Fact Check: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Ballot Incident Was NOT Related To Anti-GOP Postal Workers, Fact Check: The United States Has NOT Labeled Antifa A Terrorist Group, Verified signatory of the IFCN Code of Principles, Facebook Third-Party Fact-Checking Partner. State troopers, park rangers and wildlife biologists, using the photos to identify the large male bear, shot and killed the animal as it was still defending the kill site along the Toklat River as the recovery team attempted to reach Whites remains, the park service said. He says that the bear was actually ten feet high and weighed between 1,000 and 1,200 pounds. The bear was coming towards Winnen and his hunting partner from about 10 yards away, but nobody knows for sure whether it was "charging them." He says the bear did not stand up then drop down and charge.