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.
can i call it? it’s fake.
first of all: wrong kind of bear. that’s a fucking (fake) grizzly. notice the cranial shape and the silvertip fur. also: grizzly bears are only found in north america (OOPS! kind of a major oversight for this purported story).
second: he was killed while sleeping at around 4am (article date: 9-22-96), in august, which is at the very end of the midnight sun phase (the sun ain’t that high and hard).
third: the earth does not have three suns, as the highlights in this photograph would lead one to believe. (i’m a gaffer, i get paid well to light things believably/match light sources … this is just a wonky mess of composited images).
fourth: nobody i have ever known in my history of remote camping or hiking/wilderness survival has ever slept with the tentfly tied open.
fifth: kamchatka vodka tastes like rubbing alcohol mixed with old spice and kerosene.
lastly: read about this guy instead. much better story.
carry on.
