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EATEN By Grizzly Bear – Timothy Treadwell and Girlfriend Amie Huguenard, USA (2 Videos)

Timothy Treadwell (April 29, 1957 – October 5, 2003) was an American bear enthusiast, environmentalist, amateur naturalist, eco-warrior and documentary film maker. He lived among the coastal grizzly bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska, USA, for approximately 13 summers. At the end of his 13th summer in the park in 2003, he and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard were killed and eaten by a grizzly bear.   Treadwell’s life, work and death were the subject of the 2005 documentary film by Werner Herzog titled Grizzly Man, (see the docudrama video at the end.)

Timothy Treadwell. Video snapshot

According to Treadwell's book, Among Grizzlies: Living with Wild Bears in Alaska, his mission to protect bears began after he survived a near-fatal heroin overdose in the late 1980s. He confesses in his book that his drug addiction grew from his alcoholism and after that experience, he knew he needed to do something with his life that was meaningful.
A lover of all animals since he was a child, he traveled to Alaska to watch bears at the urging of a close friend. Treadwell writes that after his first encounter with a wild bear, he knew he had found his calling in life. Treadwell attributed his recovery from drug and alcohol addictions entirely to his relationship with bears.




Treadwell getting close to a Grizzly bear. Video snapshot


Timothy spent the early part of each season camping on the "Big Green," an open area of bear grass in Hallo Bay on the Katmai Coast. He called the area "The Grizzly Sanctuary". Treadwell was known for getting extremely close to the bears he observed, sometimes even touching them and playing with bear cubs. However in his book, he claimed that he was always careful with the bears and actually developed a sense of mutual trust and respect with the animals. He habitually named the bears he encountered and consistently saw many of the same bears with each returning summer, thus claiming to build a standing relationship with them. National Park Service Rangers said he was harassing wildlife.

During the later part of the season he would move to Kaflia Bay and camp in an area of especially thick brush he called the "Grizzly Maze". Here the chances of crossing paths with grizzlies were much higher, since the location intersected bear trails. Treadwell recorded over 100 hours of video footage (some of which was later used to create the documentary Grizzly Man) and a large collection of still photographs.

Treadwell claimed to be alone with the wildlife on several occasions in his videos. However his girlfriend Amie was with him at the time of his death and the documentary on him indicated she was there for his final two summers.

By 2001, Treadwell became notable enough to receive extensive media attention both on television and in environmental circles. He made frequent public appearances as an environmental activist. He traveled throughout the United States to educate school children about bears and appeared on the Discovery Channel, the Late Show with David Letterman, and Dateline NBC to discuss his experiences.

Treadwell and Jewel Palovak founded Grizzly People, a grassroots organization devoted to protecting bears and preserving their wilderness habitat.



Conflicts

Treadwell's years with the grizzlies were not without disruption. Almost from the start, the National Park Service expressed their worries about his behaviour. According to the file kept on Treadwell by the Park Service, rangers reported he had at least six violations from 1994 to 2003. Included among these violations are: guiding tourists without a license, camping in the same area longer than the Parks Service's seven-day limit, improper food storage, wildlife harassment, and conflicts with visitors and their guides. He also frustrated authorities by refusing to install an electric fence around his camp and refusing to carry bear spray to use as a deterrent. In fact, Treadwell had carried pepper spray with him and had resorted to using it at least one time, but wrote that he had felt terrible grief over the pain he perceived he had caused the bear and refused to use it on subsequent occasions. In 1998, park rangers issued Treadwell a citation for storing an ice chest filled with food in his tent. A separate incident involved rangers ordering him to remove a prohibited portable generator. When the Park Service imposed a new rule—often referred to as the "Treadwell Rule"—requiring all campers to move their camps at least one mile (1.6 km) every seven days, Treadwell initially obeyed the order by using a small motor boat to move his camp up and down the coast. Finding this method impractical, he later hid his camp from the Park Service in stands of trees with heavy brush. He was cited at least once for this violation.


Death

In October 2003, Treadwell and his girlfriend, physician assistant Amie Huguenard, visited Katmai National Park. In the film Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog states that Amie feared bears and felt deeply uncomfortable in their presence. Her final journal entries indicated that she wanted to be away from Katmai. Treadwell chose to set his campsite near a salmon stream where grizzlies commonly feed in the fall. Treadwell was in the park later in the year than usual, at a time when bears struggle to gain as much fat as possible before winter, and limited food supplies cause them to be more aggressive than in other months. Food was scarce that fall, so the grizzly bears were even more aggressive than usual.

Amie-Huguenard.
Treadwell was to leave the park at his usual time of year, but extended his stay 1 week in an effort to locate a favorite female brown bear not seen earlier. He said he hated modern civilization and felt better in nature with the bears than he did in big cities around humans. He repeatedly said he hated humans too. The bears he had been used to during the summer had already gone into hibernation, and bears that Treadwell did not know from other parts of the park were moving into the area. The very last footage that shows Treadwell alive also shows a bear behind him; the bear had been diving into the river repeatedly for a piece of dead salmon. Treadwell mentioned in the footage that he did not feel entirely comfortable around that bear.

Around noon on Sunday, October 5, 2003, Treadwell spoke with an associate in Malibu, California by satellite phone. Treadwell mentioned no problems with any bears. The next day, October 6, Willy Fulton, the Kodiak air taxi pilot, arrived at their campsite to pick them up but found the area abandoned except for a bear and contacted the local park rangers. The mangled remains of Treadwell and Huguenard were discovered quickly upon investigation. Treadwell's disfigured head, partial spine, and right forearm and hand, with his wrist watch still on, were recovered a short distance from the camp. Huguenard's partial remains were found next to the torn and collapsed tents, partially buried in a mound of twigs and dirt. A large male grizzly (tagged Bear 141) protecting the campsite was killed by park rangers during their attempt to retrieve the bodies. A second adolescent bear was also killed a short time later when it charged the park rangers. An on-site necropsy of Bear 141 revealed human body parts such as fingers and limbs. The younger bear was consumed by other animals before it could be necropsied.

Tim and Amie–Last Expedition © Willy Fulton 2003
In the 85-year history of Katmai National Park, this was the first known incident of a person being killed by a bear.

A video camera was recovered at the site which proved to have been operating during the attack. However, according to Alaska State Trooper spokesman Greg Wilkinson, no images were found on the tape. This fact led troopers to believe the attack might have happened while the camera was stuffed in a duffel bag or during the dark of night. The camera had been turned on just before the attack, presumably by Huguenard, but the camera recorded only six minutes of audio before running out of tape. This, however, was enough time to record the bear's initial attack on Treadwell, its retreat when Huguenard attacked it, its return to carry Treadwell off into the forest, and Huguenard's screams of horror as she is left alone.  The tape is now the property of Jewel Palovak (Treadwell's ex-girlfriend). In Grizzly Man, filmmaker Werner Herzog listens to the recording on headphones (leaving it unheard on the film's soundtrack) and then urges Palovak to destroy it. In the followup mini-series, The Grizzly Man Diaries, Palovak admits she still owns the tape but has not listened to its contents and says she hopes she never does.


Video

Grizzly Man - Death

Some of the things discussed in the video:
  • Dr. Franc Fallico explaining how the body parts arrived, 
  • how Treadwell told his girlfriend to runaway during the attack and how she fought off the bear for six mins...
  • the audio tape recording



32 comments:

  1. Treadwell was doomed the minute he came up with his theory that the bears "respected" him, and loved him, actually, they tolerated him, and that was not going to last.

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    1. That's the truth. To a Griz we're just bad smelling survival food that probably tastes as bad as we smell.

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  2. They are called wild animals for a reason. Nature thinning out the herd right here.

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  3. Mr Tim Treadwell was a decent ( though somewhat delusional ) man, similarly ( though more clear headed ) for Mrs Amie Huguenard, both of whom meant well, if not much use came from their endeavours. The result was very tragic, though more than not avoidable. RIP. On a lighter and joking note, this is what eventually happens when ‘Surfs Up’ Timothy and ‘Point Dexter’ Amie, the ‘Pesky Humans’, abscond with ‘Winnie the Pooh’s’ honey and without minding their “P’s and Q’s”.

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  4. I feel bad for them both. But you can't go into a wild animals territory and not expect something like this to happen. I hope he can rest in peace knowing he Atleast got to spend13 summers with the animals that he so dearly loved. Rest in peace Timothy and Amie.

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    1. I’m not certain it was the bear he loved. I think he may have deceived himself. Perhaps it was the notoriety, the acceptance he finally found within a “community” of his on making. The longing to be relevant when he failed to do so previously. I once heard him refer to himself as a warrior and a samurai. His misguided notions led to a tragic but not unexpected end. The irony remains that despite all the warnings he was given prior to his death, he recklessly disregarded them. The bear that he vowed to protect, proclaiming that he was the only one to do so, were killed along with his girlfriend because of his own recklessness. He didn’t do what he thought he was doing.

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    2. Yep. Agree. Too bad Amie was a little too trusting. She deserved far better.

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  5. Tim had bipolar dissorder but wasnt on medication.that made him believe his delusion about being safe..amy was a hero.she died cause she chosed to save him instead of run away..what bothers me is,parents of Tim didnt care about what happened to him.he knew it so well,he told rangers that if something happens to him,his ashes and recordings should go to this lady instead of his parents.its making me more upset.if ppl around him cared about him more than the money he made for them and convinced him for treatment,he would have been still here.

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  6. It does seem TT was bipolar which would make him feel invincible when high - a recipe for disaster. He did seem to be well liked however by many and watching him he is quite quirky and shot some awesome footage during the 13 summers he spent in Alaska. He also talks about dying up there and goes so far as to express that if he were to die up there his message would be taken more seriously. Not sure what message he meant but DON'T FEED THE BEARS comes over loud and clear. Seriously though you've got to admire his spunk. He kicked booze and smack by finding healing immersing himself in their world so good for him. Pity he's not still around to entertain us. RIP Tim and Amie.

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  7. Treadwell wasnt a decent man - he was an arrogant, self-absorbed, pompous ass who got his friend Amie and the bear killed. I am not a Grizzly expert, but I have been around them and even charged once. You have to be a damn nut case not to stay clear of these animals. When I got charged - it was my own damned fault. I had forgotten my bear bell and I surprised a silver tipped with two yearlings. She charged but broke it off and let me live. When rangers tracked me down (others reported the event) I denied that it happened, in order to protect the bear. Its a mistake I have never repeated.

    Treadwell was selfish asshole. Its a pity that he got others killed because he thought he was so damn special. I regret that Amie did not flee when he was being ripped apart - he was unworthy of her loyalty and it got her killed.

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  8. He certainly deserves a nomination for the Darwin Award! I've watched his video Grizzly Man. He talks to the young bears like they actually understand what he is saying. How naive can you get. You might as well be speaking Chinese to them. He is an idiot and pretty much got what he deserved. Leave the bears alone... and the buffalo... and the elk... and the manta rays etc. etc. They call them wild animals for a reason. If you want to see them, go to a zoo. They don't need your "Protection" as he says...

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    1. Not Chinese, it's called the language of love. He was the modern St. Frances of Assisi. RIP my friend of the animals.

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    2. You appear to be a consumer of witchcraft rather than science. Treadwell’s actions caused the death of not only himself, but his girlfriend and the several bear involved in the incident. He vowed that he was their protector but his actions and choices led to the opposite.

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    3. So, it's OK to enslave animals in a zoo, but it is not OK to go in the wild and be eaten by a bear as God intended?

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  9. But it really was a "calling". it had to be, not from God. But I am thankful for the awareness he brought. man truly is THE WILD VIOLENT BEAST". Treadwill was 100% right about everything. NPS got Treadwell killed, they only sought to promote hatred and fear against God's amazing creatures. They could have worked with Treadwell, instead NO YOU, NPS are the harrassers, of God, nature and Treadwell. You have all this blood on your hands and if Treadwell is in hell, you have to answer to God for not helping him. Yet, the poachers, bear murderers continue.

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    1. ����... This isn’t about religion. It’s about making awful decisions and suffering the consequences.

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    2. The unknown author of the post describes Treadwell as a makeshift hero and placed blame on NPS for reckless disregard of the animals and Treadwell. The irony is that it was Treadwell’s behavior and choices that caused the death of himself and his girlfriend and ultimately caused the death of the bear that were involved. Because of Treadwell’s disregard for the many warnings he was given by the NPS. The same organization that the unknown blogger misguidedly projects blame onto. Treadwell’s fantasy of having an infallible “relationship” with the bear is the the likes Disney productions and the arrogance that only mankind is capable of.

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  10. The bears are actually better off now in my opinion. He made them question instincts at times. No surprise how this ended. 13 seasons of luck provided by nature. He should of bought a lottery ticket. Not another camera.

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  11. Grizzly Adams married one, and didn't have any problems.

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  12. Sickening. Why did they kill the bears? That really was not necessary.

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  13. Mental illness was the reason for his false sense of security around bears. He should have been monitored closely by his friends and parents. Instead his grandiose beliefs were indulged and exploited by the media. I feel sorry for Timothy Treadwell. He was a misfit in society and sought the companionship of animals for that void. Amie was a victim, that's true, but she should have insisted on returning to California. This tragedy was a series of poor decisions by both.

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  14. Hey was clearly unstable. What documentary were those of you watching that are commending his actions? It’s insane and certain suicide. It has nothing to do with whether he was a nice person or not, rather his self-serving and delusional actions that led not only to his death but if somebody commented above the death of another person as well as some bears.

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  15. Why would somebody want to put there life and others in harms way. A bear is a wild animal that will kill you .what part of that do you not understand . All the heros r dead .

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  16. This story really broke my heart. How on earth would someone in their right mind be out there with these ferocious animals? They are beasts of the wild! They are NOT to be talked to or played with. And what’s even more sad, is that his girlfriend was petrified of these bears 🐻 but I believe she loved Tim and went with him to be with him not the environment. And by doing so it had cost her, her life. They both had a horrific death I couldn’t even begin to imagine what the bloody scene looked like. I did happen to hear the video playing as they are both being attacked, you can hear the bear groaning as he takes time in between the attacks to breathe and attack again. The only thing that gives me comfort and closure about this whole ordeal was the fact that Anie fought for her own life as she tried to fight for Tim’s life as well. They should of never been out there later than they were the bears were going into hibernation and there had been a lack of berries and salmon that season. Tim should of had known this was a problem because he studied the bears he knew them! But unfortunately he wasn’t familiar with the hungry huge one who ultimately took his and Anie’s untimely death. Nothing good ever came out of Tim’s 13 seasons with these bears it makes you wonder and leaves us with so many unanswered questions as to why was he putting his and his girlfriends lives in such danger. And for what just to be mauled to death in the end. Such a sad ending 💔

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    1. There is no video or audio released. What you heard was a hoax.

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  17. This man addicted to booze and drugs then experiences himself being set free by hanging out with bears while his innate drive threatening his life so far remains unmentioned. In essence his risky behavior never changed beyond trading booze and drugs for hanging out with bears. Now add in the Press attention his new risky behavior was getting advanced his delusion that bears when respected are peaceful and friendly in close proximity to his presence and increasing with each annual trip concluded without incident until season thirteen's final six chilling minutes completely shattered everything.

    Worse is his naive presence in having no backup such as bear spray that served nothing beyond pointless arrogance along with insuring a death wish that unfortunately arrived with his sole defense, a useless frying pan. Others say nothing good came out of this whereas the chillingly audio in effect has a strong presence further reckless behavior around bears is now much more unlikely and good for us and good for the bears.

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