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The moteliunter BORN 1819 DIED SEPT 25.1905. wie liogo he las gove torest "Killed 99 bears a fact that if actually accomplished, should be put on a tombstone My favorite part is "We hope he has gone to rest. What like... they weren't sure? Maybe, if ever the bear uprising should start again, he would rise from the ground to finish what he started and slay that 100th bear? Was this man so powerful they are concerned he might not have decided to rest at all and is simply biding his time? The bears made that tombstone. A warning, and a prayer. That he really, truely stays down. This is too badass not to reblog #bears 66,878 notes け

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tedturneriscrazy

Oct 26, 2013 at 02:16AM EDT in reply to thegreato

Correction: he lived to be 86.

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I looked up the name and saw this : "T" for :"Tiger ‑ aptly named because he once had to hunt and kill a tiger that had escaped from a traveling circus near Bristol, Tenn. ‑ is said to have killed 99 black bears during his lifetime. According to legend, when Tiger became deathly sick, some of his friends went into the mountains and trapped a bear cub. They brought the cub to Tiger's bedside and asked him to kill it to make his 100th kill. Tiger told them: "No! If it's not free and running wild, I can't kill it." So the bear was soon released back into the hills, and Tiger passed into the myth of the Tennessee mountains." (http://www.bigbearcrossing.com/legend_of_tiger_whitehead.htm)
Dont know if true but damn he was a badass-gentlemen dont get that combo a lot aside from Teddy

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