Santiny told McClatchy News the bear had been seen lumbering through the woods a day earlier. “I knew he was gonna be big,” he said. A video shows Satiny fired his first shot from about 100 ...

17, when Santiny watched a 696-pound black bear saunter out of the Tensas ... he looked like a Volkswagen Beetle coming out of the woods he was so big,’’ said Santiny, a Purple Heart recipient ...