This is an old picture and has been floating around for quite a while (a couple of years). One of the internet debunking sites, I can't remember which one, has already blown this one to pieces. Another photographer can back this up. The picture is made using a small instamatic type camera (a small auto-focus or throwaway). The fall off from the flash is the giveaway. Based on the hot spot on the bears nose, and fill in the background, you can tell that the bear is no where near the size being represented. A flash on the camera of this type would have coverage of somewhere in the neighbourhood of 10-12 feel maximum. If the guy taking the picture were far enough away to get the head of the bear into the picture, and the guy in the background were sitting at the rear of the bear, the equipment in question could NOT have taken the picture presented. Its a big bear, but it isn't the monster represented.
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