747 takes the Fat Bear Week 2022 crown

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Last edited Wed Oct 12, 2022, 01:08 PM - Edit history (1)

After a drama-filled week of bulging bellies, triumph and attempted voter fraud , the internet has crowned 747 the colossal king of Fat Bear Week 2022, beating rookie 901 by more than 11,000 votes.

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.”

In fact, 901 got so fat she had us asking “economy, who?” The master of inflation ballooned so spectacularly one fan tweeted: “901 is so fat her legs look like they were put on backwards.” But in this case, Goliath won.

For the uninitiated, Fat Bear Week is a single-elimination tournament that pits 12 brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai against each other in an online bracket for the sake of conservation awareness. As the bears finish beefing up for winter hibernation, fans vote on Explore.org for their favorite contender until one is chosen as the fattest on Fat Bear Tuesday.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/10/11/fat-bear-week-2022-winner-747/

Fat Bear Week Crowns Winner After Vote Fraud Rocks Alaskan Contest

Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Preserve has crowned its annual Fat Bear Week winner — a bruin so substantial he’s named after a 747 jet airliner — after detecting nearly disastrous vote tampering.

747, weighing an estimated 1,400 pounds, ate so much salmon he eclipsed 11 other bears in the competition — but still nearly lost.

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The chunky 747 seemed to cruise toward victory until Sunday night, when a bear called 435 Holly overcame a 6,000-vote deficit to take the lead.

Explore said an investigation revealed that “someone stuffed the ballot box” in what the organization called a “Fat Bear Week scandal for the ages.”

Link to tweet

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fat-bear-week-crowns-winner-after-vote-fraud-rocks-alaskan-contest/ar-AA12SUmw

[brush]

1. That is a fat bear. He's been eating good...

and must be ready to hibernate for the winter.

[calimary]

2. Well, that's why they load up.

Long nap ahead.

[Deuxcents]

3. Voter fraud at a bear contest. Just so messed up

[TreasonousBastard]

4. So, who pins the medal on her?