After a drama\u002Dfilled week of bulging bellies, triumph and attempted voter fraud , the internet has crowned 747 the colossal king of Fat Bear Week 2022, beating…
This year’s final came down to a battle between David and Goliath – figuratively speaking, considering both bears are behemoths. Katmai National Park and Preserve’s undisputed biggest bear, 747, a.k.a. “Bear Force One,” was pitted against a first-time competitor with such an impressive set of before and after photos, she was nicknamed the “747 of female bears.”Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Many fans can and do vote for what appears to be the largest bear, but many others vote based on a bear’s relative fatness, its personality or the obstacles it overcame to get so fat that season. From her before and after photos, 901 appeared to have tripled in size over the summer leading rangers to guess she may be pregnant. Meanwhile, 747 started off the season big but came back to the river this year with a wonky ear, “probably because he got in a fight with another bear and maybe didn’t fare well,” Fitz said. That gave fans a reason to rally behind Bear Force One’s big behind.
“He has such a devoted fan base that I think anytime he’s in the competition, he has a chance to go pretty far, if not win,” Fitz said. “But this year … I don’t think the physical transformation for him was as dramatic as last year.” “It’s disappointing,” Fitz said. “The vote is it’s made-up. The bears don’t know what’s going on, and they don’t receive any reward from us except our admiration from a distance.”
Jessica Trucksess, a Fat Bear Week superfan, told The Washington Post that even though 435 Holly was her pick to win, she would only want her to earn the crown “fair and square” and that it saddened her that someone would “cheat in something so silly and fun.”Article content
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