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from snopes.com (just do a search for "snopes alaska bear")
* Ted Winnen, who shot the bear, was an airman with the U.S. Air Force, not a Forest Service employee.
* The bear was large, but not a "world record 12 feet 6 inches high at the shoulder" and weighing "over one thousand six hundred pounds." The ursine bagged by Mr. Winnen measured 10 feet, 6 inches from nose to tail and its weight was estimated at between 1,000 to 1,200 pounds — an extraordinarily large bear for the Prince William Sound area (about double the average size), but not a world record.
* 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." According to the two hunters, the bear may not even have been aware of their presence.
* Winnen bagged the bear with a .338-caliber Winchester Magnum, not a "7mm Mag Semi-auto."
* The bear shot by Ted Winnen was not known to have killed any humans.
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