Does anyone remember?

[likedollseyes]

This random memory popped up earlier, and I can't find anything about it. Does anyone remember back in the late 90s, there were pics and a story going around emails of a massive grizzly bear in Alaska that broke records? I can't remember if it killed anyone, but I distinctly remember reading about how the thing was tall enough to stand on its hind legs and look over the roof of a one story house. The pics attached to it showed how completely massive the paws were after someone took it down. Anyone?

 

[Gamma🍄Goblin]

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[vacaloca]

Yes, what you remember sounds a lot like the “giant bear in Alaska” hoax that circulated in chain emails in the late 1990s and early 2000s.


🔹 The story usually went something like this:

• A hunter in Alaska supposedly killed a giant brown/Kodiak bear (sometimes described as a grizzly).
• The bear was said to stand over 14 feet tall (about 4 meters) on its hind legs and weigh more than 1,600 pounds (700+ kg).
• In some versions, people claimed the bear had killed a hiker or a soldier, and the hunter shot it in self-defense.
• Photos attached to the email showed a man (sometimes identified as a soldier) posing next to the bear’s enormous body or next to its massive paws.

🔹 What was real behind the myth:

• The original photo was of a hunter named Jim Urban in 2001 (not the late ’90s), who really did kill a very large brown bear in Alaska.
• The bear was big, but it was not a world record and nowhere near as monstrous as the email exaggerated.
• The detail about the bear being able to “look over the roof of a one-story house” was pure invention.

This kind of story was typical of the old email chain hoaxes, similar to other urban legends from that era (alligators in the sewers, giant snakes measuring their owners in bed, etc.).


👉 So yes, you’re remembering one of those viral chain emails with sensational photos and tall tales.


Do you want me to dig up the original photo of the bear that sparked the whole chain?






NOTE: I didn't read anything, I just copied your post to the AI and pasted what it told me without reading anything.

 

[likedollseyes]

Yes, what you remember sounds a lot like the “giant bear in Alaska” hoax that circulated in chain emails in the late 1990s and early 2000s.


🔹 The story usually went something like this:

• A hunter in Alaska supposedly killed a giant brown/Kodiak bear (sometimes described as a grizzly).
• The bear was said to stand over 14 feet tall (about 4 meters) on its hind legs and weigh more than 1,600 pounds (700+ kg).
• In some versions, people claimed the bear had killed a hiker or a soldier, and the hunter shot it in self-defense.
• Photos attached to the email showed a man (sometimes identified as a soldier) posing next to the bear’s enormous body or next to its massive paws.

🔹 What was real behind the myth:

• The original photo was of a hunter named Jim Urban in 2001 (not the late ’90s), who really did kill a very large brown bear in Alaska.
• The bear was big, but it was not a world record and nowhere near as monstrous as the email exaggerated.
• The detail about the bear being able to “look over the roof of a one-story house” was pure invention.

This kind of story was typical of the old email chain hoaxes, similar to other urban legends from that era (alligators in the sewers, giant snakes measuring their owners in bed, etc.).


👉 So yes, you’re remembering one of those viral chain emails with sensational photos and tall tales.


Do you want me to dig up the original photo of the bear that sparked the whole chain?






NOTE: I didn't read anything, I just copied your post to the AI and pasted what it told me without reading anything.

I'd love that, thank you! Jog the memory completely, shall we?

 

[vacaloca]

 

[wiggins]

Yes, what you remember sounds a lot like the “giant bear in Alaska” hoax that circulated in chain emails in the late 1990s and early 2000s.


🔹 The story usually went something like this:

• A hunter in Alaska supposedly killed a giant brown/Kodiak bear (sometimes described as a grizzly).
• The bear was said to stand over 14 feet tall (about 4 meters) on its hind legs and weigh more than 1,600 pounds (700+ kg).
• In some versions, people claimed the bear had killed a hiker or a soldier, and the hunter shot it in self-defense.
• Photos attached to the email showed a man (sometimes identified as a soldier) posing next to the bear’s enormous body or next to its massive paws.

🔹 What was real behind the myth:

• The original photo was of a hunter named Jim Urban in 2001 (not the late ’90s), who really did kill a very large brown bear in Alaska.
• The bear was big, but it was not a world record and nowhere near as monstrous as the email exaggerated.
• The detail about the bear being able to “look over the roof of a one-story house” was pure invention.

This kind of story was typical of the old email chain hoaxes, similar to other urban legends from that era (alligators in the sewers, giant snakes measuring their owners in bed, etc.).


👉 So yes, you’re remembering one of those viral chain emails with sensational photos and tall tales.


Do you want me to dig up the original photo of the bear that sparked the whole chain?






NOTE: I didn't read anything, I just copied your post to the AI and pasted what it told me without reading anything.

These days the bear would be able to look over the roof of one of those stupid 'tiny houses' that used to be called either 'trailers' or 'slums' but are now trendy with the save the planet from warming crew...

 

[likedollseyes]

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Ah, memories. Thank you!

 

[Bannednana69]

This random memory popped up earlier, and I can't find anything about it. Does anyone remember back in the late 90s, there were pics and a story going around emails of a massive grizzly bear in Alaska that broke records? I can't remember if it killed anyone, but I distinctly remember reading about how the thing was tall enough to stand on its hind legs and look over the roof of a one story house. The pics attached to it showed how completely massive the paws were after someone took it down. Anyone?

Was gonna be a smart ass and reply to the title of the thread and say....no sometimes I forget very very easily!