This Grizzly measured 12ft 6in at the shoulder and 14ft at the top of his head when standing. He was shot by a forest service employee in Alaska while he was out hunting deer. Luckily he wasn't just out hiking. Two other folks that had been became bear food. The bear started to charge him from 50 yards away, the forest service employee dumped 5 rounds of 7mm Mag into the bear out of his semi-auto Browning and the bear stopped within 2 yards of him. It was still alive, so he reloaded and dumped 2 more into its head to kill it.

One of the hikers did have a 38spl revolver with him and was able to land 4 out of 6 rounds in the Griz, but to no effect. They haven't yet found the first one to be taken down by the bear.

It is reasonable to assume that this bear could look over the roof of a standard rambler style home. If it was standing in front of you, a 6ft tall man would be looking at it's navel. It has set a new record for a felled Grizzly and will be stuffed and mounted and placed at Achorage airport to 'warn tourists of the perils of the wilderness' (aka: warn stupid hippies that farting around in the woods is still dangerous).

Here is a pic of its paw. The man holding the paw is a full grown adult. Notice it goes all the way across his chest.

This pic is quite gory. Half eaten human alert. Seriously, not for the squeamish. You have been warned.