Michio Hoshino, a photographer known for his pictures of bears and other wildlife, was mauled to death by a brown bear on the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia. He was in his mid-40′s and lived in Fairbanks, Alaska.
This is the last photo he took.
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#17 peteDog : grizzlies ARE brown bears. But I agree, this looks like a griz. And it looks photoshopped.
Query: I believe I read that google has become an official verb, I wonder if photoshop is officially recognized? Question 2: If a word enters the lexicon, what does that do to the trademark? Just curious…
I CAN HAZ HONEY?
I invented the “Mind Your Own Business Theory” for moments like this. When you see a bear out in the woods, you put your hands in your pockets, start whistling and walk the other way. Also works for alligators and coffins opening in strange basements. Leave these animals alone, idiots! They will kill you! Stay home!
If this was a true situation, its called BEAR SPRAY people! Think pepper spray on steroids…would definitely send this bad boy packing the other way at 100 mph. http://udap.com/product.htm
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Sometimes Darwin takes a while. I lol’d
We have a new nominee for the 2009 Darwin Awards.
#11 Good detective work…obviously a fake…but still I benefited from the post…when I thought it genuine.
If it were genuine, then his taking it meant he wanted it seen, displayed…and it would have been wrong not to do so…it certainly communicates much…
But alas, its a fake.
So the flip side…look how much comment it generated…filling in the gaps in an otherwise boring Memorial day…
its photoshopped, widely reported and been round the block, sorry but ditch it john
Unfortunately, Snopes has nothing to say.
Diet of the Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
Grizzly bears are powerful, top-of-the-food-chain predators, yet much of their diet consists of nuts, berries, fruit, leaves, roots and curious photographers.
Bears also eat other animals, from mice to moose. (that is quite a range of sizes)
I have no doubt that this is a real final image by the esteemed photographer and its release honors his work and himself. No idea why someone would waste valuable time photoshopping an image like this, just boggles my mind and thus I discount it.
If that IS a joke it isn’t funny.
Yeap # 11 Zarquod you got it, you found the original image of the bear’s head. I went back and forth and they align up perfectly.
This whole thread should be re-branded under can you caption this photo.
McCullough proporting this to be the last photo of a dead man is stupid and evil, IMHO.
Instead of ‘pic of the day’ or ‘caption this pic’, perhaps there should be a ‘disprove this pic’ title so that would be ‘pic truthers’ can prove their cleverness without having to dis the poster.
I would like to think it’s the last photo of this poor guy. He did some incredible work. If it isn’t I sent it around to a bunch of people who don’t look at Dvorak’s Blog as if it were. Color me bamboozled.
Most people in bear country carry around something like the 454 Causal (Casull) Fireball. It will bring down a bear.It definitely has more oomph than the 44 Magnum. The problem I have with the pic is that it looks like a grizzly not a brown. This guy was killed by a brown.
Yes, the photo is fake, although the way this guy apparently died isn’t.
I’m with #36. How about reaching for a 44 instead of a camera? I mean, if he took the time this well composed picture, you would think he would take the time to either pull out his gun or some sort of defense.
That is, unless he’s some sort of crazy like the Grizzly Man.
Correction
The way this guy died..
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At that exact moment in time I think I’d have rather had a Howdah pistol even if it was a black powder muzzle loader than the best camera on Earth.
There is nothing like a couple of very large lead slugs moving at a decent speed to make a critter lose it’s appetite.
The bear might have still got me but it wouldn’t have gotten far.
Of course the gun under a full load might break your wrist but um, under the circumstances who cares? Your problem is living lone enough for that to hurt.
30,
bears ARNT PREDITORS..
they are Omnivores..They will eat anything they can catch..