Living in Alaska years ago, I remember a story of a G I from Elmendorf Air Base who was fishing north of Anchorage. The Anchorage Times reported he encountered a grizzly close up and shot at it with his handgun. The grizzly ran directly away from him and died in about 300 yards. The G I had used a 38 Special. I guess it was his lucky day when the grizzly ran the direction it did.

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