'World's largest bear' shot in Alaska
11/10/2002 - 8:47:43 am
A US airman is believed to have killed the world's largest bear.
Ted Heuvelmans says he shot the 1,800lb Alaskan Brown bear from 35 yards away, in self defence.
The bear, which was 14ft tall, tried to attack him during a hunting trip on Hitchenbrook Island, near the Elmendorf Air Force Base in the Gulf of Alaska, south of Valdez.
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