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.

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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  1. paulpearl reblogged this from fencehopping and added:
    Michio Hoshino, a photographer known for his pictures of bears and other wildlife, was mauled to death by a brown bear...
  2. shanleey reblogged this from fencehopping
  3. rickzor reblogged this from fencehopping and added:
    this is scaring the shit out of me.
  4. fencehopping reblogged this from classics
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  6. hardparades reblogged this from classics and added:
    research project about volcanic activity in...going in my presentation no matter what.
  7. superdoofus-stratodrive reblogged this from filthyphil and added:
    fake fake fake. i’ve demonstrated why before and every time i see this image come up i’m going to repost why it’s a...
  8. filthyphil reblogged this from kissmeimlazy and added:
    Intense. Fantastic photo, wonder if he’d consider it his best.
  9. marybethsc reblogged this from catburglr and added:
    (catburglr) (ortolano) (kissmeimlazy)...That is terrifying. What a horrible way to die…
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  12. humidbeing reblogged this from ortolano and added:
    http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/beartent.asp
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  18. awesomestuff4sure reblogged this from synapsesonfire-deactivated20090 and added:
    That is terrifying. I would not think to take a picture if I was just about to be killed.
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  25. biorhythmist reblogged this from jessabelle2o7 and added:
    Would it make you...found out it was a photoshop for a Worth1000.com contest? I would like...
  26. girlmonkey reblogged this from jessabelle2o7 and added:
    WORST. BREATH. EVAR.
  27. jessabelle2o7 reblogged this from classics and added:
    This picture makes me feel ill. Remind me...tell you guys my
  28. sijimisoup reblogged this from zoz
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  34. bradw reblogged this from lookbothways and added:
    One of many reasons I don’t shoot nature. I do want to go...again soon though.
  35. lookbothways reblogged this from 101mg and added:
    I’m going camping this weekend.
  36. nudawn reblogged this from bunch and added:
    this thing is on my dashboard every day. its fake people. i wonder what is so fascinating about it? is it
  37. ifightevil reblogged this from superdoofus-stratodrive
  38. bunch reblogged this from ifightevil and added:
    Michio Hoshino, a photographer known for his pictures of bears...other wildlife, was...
  39. cookiesadventures reblogged this from fatmanatee and added:
    Thank fuck we don’t live...happy camper/lunch
  40. zaireeka reblogged this from classics
  41. fatmanatee reblogged this from superdoofus-stratodrive and added:
    I thought it looked fishy. The more you know….
  42. nudawn reblogged this from superdoofus-stratodrive
  43. superdoofus-stratodrive reblogged this from classics and added:
    can i call it? it’s fake. first...all: wrong kind of bear. that’s
  44. martzart reblogged this from danielleyagodich and added:
    I can only wonder what his last thoughts were. What was his last movement? His last wish? His last words? Insanely...
  45. moosetashy reblogged this from onigiri
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  47. madthoughts reblogged this from jayrobinson and added:
    AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!
  48. sl1m reblogged this from lafuguedantoine
  49. jayrobinson reblogged this from levi
  50. iammeyouareyou reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    I’ve seen this lots, and I’m like 100% sure it’s photoshopped. Check out the bears right leg, doesn’t it seem to not be...
  51. viewmistress reblogged this from almostfamousbutstillawesome
  52. geisen reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    Let’s take a step back. I’m not up to speed on the latest strategies for averting a bear mauling, but I’m fairly...
  53. romancandles reblogged this from peterwknox
  54. ifightevil reblogged this from peterwknox
  55. lacey reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    Bee tee dubs - this reminds me that I’m going camping in 2 weeks...need to get a tent.
  56. lafuguedantoine reblogged this from markn and added:
    This is scary as all hell! That’s no Pedobear bullshit!
  57. rowzmaii reblogged this from evermore and added:
    This is most definitely photoshoped. Look at his arm, the tent doesnt make an indent in his fur. The lighting on the...
  58. mreeco reblogged this from evermore and added:
    24 hour daylight if he’s in Alaska, if it’s summertime-ish.
  59. mandasweetness reblogged this from wastedhearts and added:
    Is this for real????? Good god…
  60. i-can-not reblogged this from rich-coffeetalk
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  64. ihatelousyshots reblogged this from herooftheproletariat
  65. av3ry reblogged this from skyeface and added:
    augh, that is horrifying. because shit, you see that and you’ve gotta know you’re not getting out of this one. I can’t...
  66. delightedhearts reblogged this from wearetheweirdos
  67. cloveraya reblogged this from reyruccio and added:
    horrifying and so sad :(
  68. dashanni reblogged this from wearetheweirdos
  69. vimperi reblogged this from askvero and added:
    This is completely insane.
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  72. allnightlong reblogged this from evermore and added:
    whenever i see this picture, it looks so photoshopped to me. the bear’s leg isn’t even pushing the tent.
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  74. nippoz reblogged this from kittyforeman and added:
    YAY for camping next month! I’m UBER stoked!!!
  75. kittyforeman reblogged this from evermore and added:
    This picture looks fake.
  76. ofmiceandpens reblogged this from wearetheweirdos
  77. nikkimorrison reblogged this from spendingtimewithyou and added:
    I saw this last night on my dashboard, and I guess that seeing this picture and eating buffalo chicken pizza was a bad...
  78. herooftheproletariat reblogged this from wearetheweirdos and added:
    Gotta be fake right??
  79. evermore reblogged this from cameronchristopher and added:
    I thought that this was proved as a hoax. He died at 4 am, the sun shouldn’t be shining.
  80. whatwouldcaseydo reblogged this from helenpham and added:
    Michio Hoshino, a photographer known for his pictures of bears and other wildlife, was mauled to death by a brown bear...
  81. pariahcherubim reblogged this from 101mg
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  83. inthefade reblogged this from sothishappened and added:
    No it’s not. This is a fake. Somebody posted about it this morning, but it’s way too many pages to go back and find....
  84. helenpham reblogged this from tmblg
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  87. osakasteve reblogged this from tmblg and added:
    Hopefully he and Timothy Treadwell can become friends in the next life. Fucking tards.
  88. theverybest reblogged this from bringtheruckuss
  89. pnasty reblogged this from wearetheweirdos
  90. yarn reblogged this from reyruccio and added:
    wow I love this picture, although this is a horrible story there is something beautiful about the whole thing.
  91. veryseldomfollowit reblogged this from deacon-dcon and added:
    this bear gives good bears like rupert bear a bad name, no disrespect meant to michio…i just happened to be on a bear...
  92. deacon-dcon reblogged this from wearetheweirdos
  93. alwaysmemberneverforget reblogged this from andytheasthmaticchef and added:
    seashelllz:homecoming:lifeofgayvid:...:( NOW I’LL NEVER GO CAMPING IN ALASKA, THANKS!
  94. ohmelanie reblogged this from wearetheweirdos
  95. electricalgloom reblogged this from wearetheweirdos and added:
    it doesn’t look real…it’s just so frightening it’s not believable
  96. andytheasthmaticchef reblogged this from seashelllz and added:
    homecoming:lifeofgayvid:
  97. cutsonpaperhearts reblogged this from krrrysta and added:
    no lie, i would poop myself right on the spot
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  104. wearetheweirdos reblogged this from lifeofgayvid and added:
    Michio Hoshino, a photographer known for his pictures of bears and other wildlife, was mauled to death by a brown bear...
  105. paltus reblogged this from digitalbath
  106. danielleyagodich reblogged this from digitalbath and added:
    that’s fucking scary!
  107. candy-injection reblogged this from jacksbrokenheart
  108. jacksbrokenheart reblogged this from sugarcreamcandy
  109. jasonflowers reblogged this from tmblg and added:
    While most people assume this is the bear that mauled Michio, I like to believe that this particular bear was of the...
  110. unconventionalitismnessity reblogged this from bringtheruckuss and added:
    Oh, the humanity.
  111. fingerskneesandtoes reblogged this from willw
  112. onthemicha reblogged this from cameronchristopher and added:
    FUck me sideways that’s terribly epic.
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  115. puzzledhornist reblogged this from artificialcinnamon and added:
    Talk about dedicated to his art.
  116. universallychallenged reblogged this from saitamanodoruji and added:
    bullshit as i shall show in a second
  117. tailsman reblogged this from rand0mflora and added:
    gutting for the campers correct that gutting for the well known photographer of 40 something years old
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  126. robotlove reblogged this from cameronchristopher and added:
    this is what happened to angelica when she went camping a few days ago.
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  129. franeatszombies reblogged this from thefallenman and added:
    the reason why the Anxiety Society doesn’t go camping, let alone walk outdoors.
  130. askvero reblogged this from motionsensorsoundtrack and added:
    digitalbath:101mg:tmblg:...Michio Hoshino, a photographer known for his pictures of bears...
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  135. somethingintellectual reblogged this from digitalbath and added:
    That’s fucking brutal.
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  138. thefallenman reblogged this from motionsensorsoundtrack
  139. motionsensorsoundtrack reblogged this from digitalbath and added:
    Ouch. gots to leave dem bears alone, people. That’s one hell of a last photo though. Bravo to that.
  140. abbyabbyabby reblogged this from digitalbath and added:
    Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment Tonight @ 10 pm (wish this would happen, shake things up!)
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  142. c4ndice reblogged this from digitalbath and added:
    Michio Hoshino, a photographer known for his pictures of bears and other wildlife, was mauled to death by a brown bear...
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  148. owlpacino reblogged this from tmblg and added:
    Brown bears top my list of “most terrifying things in the world”. I will always believe them to be the most definitive...
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  153. ooliquidnightoo reblogged this from tmblg and added:
    Wakeup Call This has hoax written all over it but .. I’ll play along. tmblg: Michio Hoshino, a photographer known for...
  154. dears reblogged this from markn
  155. sharlala reblogged this from tmblg and added:
    This is rather frightening.
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  157. weipah reblogged this from classics and added:
    seems so unbelievable :-/
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  163. wastedhearts reblogged this from sampura and added:
    This photo and story gives me chills
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  165. blinddog reblogged this from tmblg and added:
    Haunting photo. tmblg:
  166. aguamenti reblogged this from tmblg and added:
    Is this how he was mauled or the bear that mauled him? Or was this just a photo he took?
  167. bonos reblogged this from willw and added:
    Sadly, this appears to be total photoshopped bullshit. Please, do not shoot the messenger. I was amazed by this image as...
  168. tmblg reblogged this from markn
  169. mariakonstantinov reblogged this from willw and added:
    Obviously photoshopped. willw:
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  172. minutiasink reblogged this from markn and added:
    It looks like one of the survivors of his family was nice enough to photoshop a bear into his final picture. Click...
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  177. allthedetails reblogged this from willw and added:
    I’m going camping for the first time in a few weeks….I am very scared of bears! willw:
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  180. moltz reblogged this from implodr and added:
    C’mon. Look at...right leg that’s supposedly...the tent....
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  182. eboniii reblogged this from ybs and added:
    okay … this has gotta be the most intense post i’ve seen in my dashboard, ever. we’re looking at the last thing this guy...
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  187. hobuslee reblogged this from sampura and added:
    way. This is the most terrifying photo I’ve ever seen.
  188. iamtalia reblogged this from markn and added:
    like, biggest fear growing up as a child. a bear tried to get in our window once… ughhhh
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  194. delveintothisvoid reblogged this from sampura and added:
    Dude this is so crazy, kind of a badass ass picture for the last one he ever took
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    Holy shitsampura:
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    You gotta be fucking kidding me!!!
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    Bears have cute ears even when they’re being scary =[
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    hala! woah. hala. whoaaa.
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    Michio Hoshino, a photographer known for his pictures of bears and other wildlife, was mauled to death by a brown bear...
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    That is so sad! D:
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    す、すごいな
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    Sounds like Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man. I got a kick out of Werner Herzog’s funny German accent.
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