If this were true, then we would have hundreds, possibly even thousands of bears hunting humans each year, which is just not the case and has been an argument made since the early 1960s when bears were first trapped and studied. But when his mauled remains were discovered, the legend began to unravel. The pair visited Katmai National Park, which is situated in the Alaska Peninsula across Shelikof Strait from Kodiak Island, with the explorers girlfriend Amie, a physician assistant. Additionally, the audio release on YouTube and Reddit has not been verified as being authentic, raising the possibility that it is a fake. The publisher of this latest UTube version stated to me in an email that he knew the audio he labeled as real, is in fact a fake. Do not approach them. The conclusion to this tragic story is the fact, that if Timothy didnt interfere with nature, him, his girlfriend Amie and those beautiful bears he loved so much would still be alive today. I haven't found anything online but just curious if anyone took a little trip out there to take pictures or video and see what's changed. RIP both. My rule is simple (& probably accurate), to a bear, virtually everything organic is food. (Fulton 2003), Tim sent a letter back with Willy Fulton on Amies return to Bill Sims, owner of the Newhalen Lodge near Katmai and wrote that a few bears at his camp were more aggressive than usual. That makes him about the stupidest man I've ever heard of. Why did he seem so blatantly gay or bi-sexual while being adamant that he wasnt? I slowly raised up and looked around, only to discover that a family of 6 coyotes had moved in behind me, the adult alphas sitting within feet of me while the pups played nearby. Treadwell also frustrated park rangers because he refused to carry bear spray. The events are truly shocking and serves as a reminder that wildlife needs to be respected and given its space from human interaction. The bear keeps its distance, and when it appears that this will be like any other encounter, Tim decides to tape at least the audio portion for use in future presentations, yelling out to Amie to turn the camera on, which startles the bear, who had been still up to this point, and triggers the attack. There is no doubt that the sights and sounds of Tim being dragged away from camp by the bear horrified Amie to the point where she lost her mind with fear. Audio Recording of the death of Timothy Treadwell, "The Grizzly Man". Not surprising the fox followed his every step. Willy states It was rainy and foggy out that morning. After landing, Willy believes that he sees Tim shaking out a tarp and yells for the couple but receives no response. In this particular case, the bear came walking down the path that night and had no where else to go, but right through the camp with Tim and Amies tent in the middle of the trail. The word WANNABE pops into my head. Meanwhile back in reality he was conditioning bears not to be afraid of humans in their area and in turn 4 deaths resulted. Readers Digest. So dont get cocky & dont be naive & think that will never happen to me. Franc. 2003, Scene Investigatorif(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'yellowstone_bearman_com-portrait-2','ezslot_22',134,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-yellowstone_bearman_com-portrait-2-0'); We thank our friends at GPSTS.org for supporting us. The black bear is the only native bear in North America (ursus americanus). How many times have each of seen a dog take the food and go away a short distance, where it feels safer? During this last season, Tim had also hid and camouflaged his camp at the grizzly maze within the thick alder brush in an effort to hide from the Park Service, due to a new rule imposed by the park service which required all backcountry campers to move their camp at least 1 mile every 5 days. Out of all the things this man obviously suffered from, like a full blown bipolar manic psychosis, you go to struggling with closet homosexuality? What in the hell was Treadwell thinking. And I feel there is not enough information to make any such diagnosis. Appearing as though she were peacefully asleep except that her body, like Tims, had been mostly eaten by the bear. I came here since I heard the audio on youtube and wanted more insight and boy was this such a great read. (Fulton 2003, 2004), Incident Diagram courtesy National Park Service (Body locations are noted by author). One day, someone will verify that they've watched most of the still available footage. This gives a more in depth look onto Tim, Amie, and the incident. Will never forget the red spray. The way he curses society and material things makes one wonder malibu? Tim then yells for Amie to Get out here! The bear had literally carried thehorse off walking on its hind legs. Do not feed any wild animals, period. The article is 5 stars!! The tapes, which capture the sounds of Timothy and Huguenards deaths, are described by Mirror as being rather gory. After barely graduating high school, Tim left for Southern California and ended up in Long Beach. Votes: 6 11.1% Run Like Hell! lets respect the bears by leaving them their space & staying in our own. I like that the author is objective and unbias. Also, his constant abuse of drugs and alcohol. Stephen King could not have dreamed of a more frightening sequence of events. As for the recording, I believe its real. You hear the gf say "is it STILL out there?" and then a few minutes later Timothy is heard saying "hel me! Signs that he had grown up in a dysfunctional family. Was it mainly due to being orphaned so young? Willy Fulton states; Tim was a little smarter than most people gave him credit for. People are curious to see the autopsy photos of Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard to confirm their demise. Thinking wild animals were his best friends. You ARE gay". a 1" projectile traveling at least 1.560 feet per second would down a T-Rex at close range! Six minutes of audio recorded during the attack were subsequently found on the couple's . He caused his own death & hers. Bear number #141 had worn, broken canines and was unable to make use of this tactic, along with the fact that the human head is just too large to fit directly inside of a bears mouth. This event did raise my awareness about the dangers of people coexisting with bears and bear behavior. Thank you, regardless. But to think this mania he is in isn't the 100% cause of his behavior is troubling. It is far too easy to fall prey to your own self confidence. Im an engineer & pilot in the energy sector. Where did you get your medical degree? This bear was desperate for food and they were it. Maybe. I watched the doc. I have done a lot of research on the topic and this is the best work. Well written. Best way of starting new week! He probably had a de-ja-vu feeling of inevitability. Great article with new perspectives.Sad end of an extraordinary man and his love. Anyone that spends as much time in the field as Tim and I have, will no doubt have had similar experiences. Bear spray is allowed, however Tim had quit carrying bear spray for protection several summers prior to his death. His rants and fits were indicative of that age bracket. After yelling Bear! It's extremely ruthless. (Dalrymple 2003 , Van Daele 2004) Right at the end of a three month long salmon spawn, which would indicate that this bear was no longer able to feed on natural food items as efficiently, as well as in competition with other, younger, stronger, more dominant bears for what little food remained, and we know from past experience that an older bear no longer able to feed on natural foods, will make more use of garbage, and often raid camps and cabins if it has ever had those food items available to it in the past.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'yellowstone_bearman_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_5',119,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-yellowstone_bearman_com-large-mobile-banner-1-0'); Bears are opportunistic in obtaining food. Here is my theory of what took place that cold and stormy night. I have to wonder though, Did Tim still think that grizzly bears were mainly harmless party animals as the bear attacked and then dragged him away from camp ? Thank you for all of the time and effort you undoubtedly put into writing this. He clearly overcompensated in his tapes. 2004, On camera interview: Grizzly Man Movie. Jewel Palovak still holds the original tape and has no plans to release it. (Ellis 2003, pg 5). I think in his mind he was doing things for the greater good so his intent was pure. I would have spent as many seasons as I could with him out there. His fate reminds me a little bit of Steve Irwin's death. As soon as that bear started dragging him off as a food source. Extremely rare, but it has happened. I hope your nightmares calm over time. McMillion, Scott. In fact, in the movie Grizzly Man, Tim himself had video taped the remains of a young bear that had been killed and eaten by other bears. Homeland, *NEW* BREAKING News Out Of The WHITE HOUSE- SHAKEUP. Timothy Treadwell was the sort of guy most Alaskans loved to hate. Bears are wild killers. Screw them. Amy should have ran in the opposite direction. Van Daele, Larry. Movies or even documentaries have things added that are not fact. It's a really a shame. I've even known humans to get very angry when they are hungry, including myself. The article is great except that the author does not correctly identify the bear that killed and ate Tim and Amie. For 13 summers Timothy Treadwell fled California for the wilds of Alaska, where he set his camp among some of the largest and most numerous brown bears left in North America. As I reported above in my investigation the bear is nearly silent. Run Faster! Thank you for writing and sharing this amazing article. Ranger Ellis fires 11 times while rangers Gilliland and Dalrymple each fire 5 times, dropping the bear 12 feet away. It is possible that this incident would have occurred no matter what precautions Tim and Amie might have taken. Nature is cruel. However, examining the evidence shows that this was not the case entirely, but was a contributing factor. I like how you are modest and state that you partly wrote the article to defer others from profiting from these two the couple's deaths. Admire from a safe distance and be respectful. I agree that after his death he is to blame for the two subsequent bear's deaths but it seems that something is going on here that raises questions. I read that Bart II one of Seus's grizzly cubs as another movie trained male adult bearand one can say that luck was the reason Bart never harmed a soul but if it was, in fact, sheer luck as to why Bart never harmed a soul then why, too are Bart II and his sister still running the course of their now adult lives with the same statistics? Timothy Treadwell (born Timothy William Dexter; April 29, 1957 - October 5, 2003) was an American bear enthusiast, environmentalist, documentary filmmaker, and founder of the bear-protection organization Grizzly People. Director/Producer Grizzly Man Movie. Timothy Treadwell AKA The Grizzly Man Autopsy Photos LolaGal Apr 15, 2009 Timothy Treadwell AKA The Grizzly Man Autopsy Photos Grab a Frying Pan & Hit It on the Head! Read at your own discretion. I think Treadwell wanted to be anything but Treadwell.Treadwell (like all radical environmentalists) may not have suffered from a low IQ but he was highly naive, extremely selfish with a big ego.In closing; were all going to meet the same ultimate fate, we will die. The reason for differing treatment is that the latter just look evil (and caused the fall of humanity in the garden)(been slithering about the landscape ever since)(well, at least those on land). More or less. Its seems obvious that author know what hes talking about. The tapes, which capture the sounds of Timothy and Huguenard's deaths, are described by Mirror as being rather gory. I struggle, though, to wonder how was "Bart, the stunt bear" raised and trained by Mr. Sues(sp) able to never injure anybody who came into his beautiful path and star along side of Hollywood's A listers and be literally a 1000 pound teddy bear in real life? I would never put myself in their way, just as I would never interact with wild/primitive humans. In one of the most extremeand ultimately tragicexperiments in human-animal cohabitation ever attempted, for 13 consecutive summers, Treadwell lived (and finally died) among the bears at an Alaskan national park. Very thorough and informative. But let's face it, no one deserves the kind of tormented life or death Timothy endured. I believe that, had Tim not walked away from the tent and towards the bear, and had stayed with Amie, or had they both left the tent and backed away from the tent giving the bear room, that the bear would not have attacked and both Tim and Amie would be alive today. And what you said about bears being silent during attacks reminded me of why I was skeptical. Ignoring and shunning the more aggressive and confrontational side of humanity and falling back on a kind of Disney perception of right and wrong. Im not sure the cause or timeline, but it seemed rather obvious to me that this guy wasnt playing with a full deck. I recently heard a tape connected to this event, their was bear noises, apart from a low crunching and two people conversing. I believe Tim left the tent and walked towards the bear a short distance, speaking softly to it as he had on numerous occasions, encouraging the bear to leave. Treadwell, was incapable to discern between his "bears" previous behaviour and the one incident of a malnourished bear having a migraine, right before their monthly period ( if you know what I mean) People also behave differently during times of stress and do very messed up things. Im getting killed out here!. Timothy clearly wanted to be portrade as a misunderstood conservationist. I was like 8 years and and that shit fucking traumatised me. 1997, Among Grizzlies: Living With Wild Bears in Alaska. Liggett, Deb. Tim would often tell listeners about the time he calmly defused a dangerous encounter with a bear, by talking softly to it. He was a Clown, and a Fool, and at BEST, perhaps genuinely Learning Disabled. (National Park Service 2003) The same bears he claimed to protect. Yes the death was gruesome but not out of the ordinary gor the wild. Knowing that both tents were knocked down, the contents, including open snack food, as well as their neatly placed shoes discovered untouched in the sleeping tent, sends chills down my back when I think about it, and I have often woke in the middle of the night drenched in a cold sweat knowing that Amie had retreated to the main tent as Tim was being dragged kicking and screaming away from camp. Celebrity News Portal, Lifestyle, Biography. Interesting, well done and terrifying article. The camera peers over Herzog's shoulder, revealing the . I have recently watched Grizzly Man at the request of a friend who found I was entertaining black bears in my yard, granted it is really far out in the middle of nowhere, but i do have distant neighbors. In fact, there is no evidence that Tim worked closely with the park service in any way. Needless to say they were pretty upset with me. A six-minute recording of the bear mauling two of them was also found on the video camera that was recovered from the location of their dead bodies. He was an outsider. I love being hypomanic. 2004, On camera dialog: Grizzly Man Movie. I followed Tim starting in 2000 after I joined Sea Shepherd at the time. Caused by animals. The audio portion of this video tape lasts roughly 6 minutes. Amie turns the camera on and asks if the bear is still out there. If someone had told me back in October 2003 that I would be investigating and writing about this incident for several years, I would have laughed. Find out: Who Is Samuel Bower? 2003 Scene Investigator. However, I do not believe that Amies screams attracted the bear like a predator call. Tim then is clearly heard screaming that playing dead isnt working and begs her to hit the bear! ( Van Daele 2005, Fallico 2004), The sound of rain hitting the tent, along with wind muffle the sounds at this point. 175pp. I feel so sorry for both of them. I think initially he turned to heavy drugs to ease his pain w living life in the closet, and then, he turned to Wild Alaska, where he had no boundaries, labels, etc.His severe misstep was staying longer than usual that last summer. According to his book Among Grizzlies, during this period he continued to indulge in alcohol and drugs and finally overdosed on heroin and cocaine in the late 1980s, and was rescued by a Vietnam vet named Terry, whom he had become close to. Not only that, but it's a known fact that hunger will agitate any living species. However, in cases where individuals were able to drive a bear away during night encounters, but then moved away from the victim, either on purpose, or by the bear returning and testing this healthy person driving them off, the bear has in nearly every case dragged the victim even farther, and then killed and consumed him or her. Fish and Wildlife agents. Such were the words of biologist Larry Van Daele in trying to make sense of this tragedy. Human remains were then found buried by a bear near the campsite, which was in a brushy area with poor visibility. while pointing to the right. Keep in mind Tim had a microphone on his hip pocket. (Ellis 2003, pg 4), Investigators combing the nearby area around the campsite discover what was left of Timothy Treadwell. Hello !I looked into a doku about a photographer from Switzerland, which has been spending a lot of time in Alasca, filming bears in this doku i heard about Tim and Amie and afterwards i wanted to know more i am thankful for your words and that you gave Amie "a place" in this story its tragic, i think she knew what was going on but we all know, what love has to do with it he has had no fear that is important to understand this ending of 2 lifes very sad and brutal but he was the only one to make choices, after regarding that special bear i am very sad about the death of Tim and Amie but i am thankful, you brought YOUR thoughts into the internet, so i can try do understand, what has happened ! We learned to live with the bears and respect their presence and we never had any serious issues. 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