All he did was acclimate wild animals to human beings, putting humans and wild life in more danger. The fact that the tape only contained sound and the incident occurred at night or while the camera was tucked away in the duffel bag at night was also deciphered by the rangers. October 10, 2020 By Nick Jans Nick Jans recalls his own encounters with the stories and tragic deaths of Timothy Treadwell and Chris McCandless. What a heartbreaking tragedy. Who is Charles Luther Manson? He was an old bear and Tim included footage of Quincy in the Grizzle Man Diaries, and Tim said they were great friends, which was sad, considering that Quincy was the old Grizzly bear that was identified by Jans as Bear 141, which had a lot of human flesh inside its stomach after the rangers killed it. My experience with camps like this is, there is always at least some garbage, trash or other food items laying around. The bears have gotten used to me, and that is dangerous, it all is. My impression of Tim is that he himself was an impulsive adrenalin freak who was using his obsession with bears to make a profit himself. His early attempts at camping were almost comical. Yes they're actually a lot like people. It is sad two of thewonderful, powerful, primitive, wild and majestic beastshad to die because of silly California Tourists who like tomake videos. Part of the reason people like him start to get this romantic view of nature is because it is over-romanticized in much of popular culture, especially documentaries. Now think about the fact that up till the end of the last Ice Age, most of the world was filled with even more ferocious and massive beasts than currently exist. How do we know that? But it's still not enough to make a diagnosis without professional guidance. All I know is anyone who beats on a bear with a frying pan has balls, no matter how long they hesitate. Just the meanest looking thing. Unconventional? The stuff horror movies are made of. Much as it would have done with a salmon or other food item when approached by other bears in the area. I took a picture of him holding a water jug that was crushed by a bear. (Emery 2003), Emery goes on to say that Tim was camping near the coast and was nearly out of water, although a freshwater stream was nearby. I easily get bored when encountered with long paragraphs but yours definitely intrigued me more. Please visit our friends at AmericanBetting.org for a guide on legalized sports betting in the US. Cue her trying to use the tents to create separation when the bear comes after her.Lastly, for the well and truly discomforting part, your report of fractured canine teeth and some others ground down, so perhaps took the bear longer to kill them (owing to less efficient bites)(or maybe they both got lucky)(maybe that bear had a fondness for carotid or femoral artery). Amie is heard screaming over the background sounds of rain hitting the tent, the wind, and other storm sounds all mixed in with the bear and Tim fighting to Play dead! Seconds pass before Amie yells again to Play dead! (Van Daele 2004), Not surprisingly, with Amie yelling and screaming nearby, this seems to work and the bear breaks off the attack. I believe he loved bears and when a child is molested they stay mentally at age molested. The footage that he himself shot forms the core of this fascinating inquiry into the fragile relationship between man and nature. Dr. Scott Wintersteinis a professor of animal science and the chair of theDepartment of Fisheries and Wildlife atMichigan State University. Why not rattlesnakes? This article really got me reading. We were yelling and the bear was looking right at us., As the bear continued to move towards the group ranger Ellis fires a shotgun, while trooper Hill and ranger Gilliland also begin firing at the bear. Only a damned fool faces man eaters unarmed and the park service is crazy to ask anyone to do so, the bears be damned. Whew. I am sorry a young woman and 2 bears died from his bad thought processing but please if he was molested as I am almost sure of; please have consideration of his mental stability. We had radio contact with Alaska State Troopers Hill and Jones, who were forced to park their plane 300 meters away and had to hike through the thick brush, so we elected to wait at the base of the hill until Troopers Hill and Jones could catch up. He let fame go to his head, risk taking. Tim leaves the tent and walks away from the tent and towards the bear. Amie may have found the adventure of traveling to Alaska romantic and exciting and may have even found spending time with a quirky guy like Tim to be entertaining and a refreshing escape from her work-a-day life in the city, no doubt filled with dangers and freaks of its own, but the truth and reality is Tim did not kill Amie. I doubt he would have wanted to see a bear killed but his actions alone created that chaos. A final note on the movie Grizzly Man. Eight days later they are discovered dead. It would be easy to say; Well, the fact that Tim often walked up close to bears to photograph them caused his death. After all, she had screamed earlier and was successful in driving the bear away. He made it out here a long time before they (the bears) got him. In the mammal world. (Treadwell 1997)if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'yellowstone_bearman_com-box-4','ezslot_6',113,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-yellowstone_bearman_com-box-4-0'); Mark Emery, a wildlife filmmaker and outdoor guide first saw Treadwell from the air in the early 1990s. Dont mess with bears. The two climb onto the planes float and yell as the bear continues to move away. 1. He tested fate 1 too many times. 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. If tim loved nature so much why did he not live in alaska year round?seems like he needed society needs like the rest of us. I think he was only dumb af. All four begin yelling in hopes that the bear would see them and move away. I appreciate this kind of reporting if you will. One last thing that made me laugh about the author who on this planet told you firearms weren't allowed in katmai? And there could be a number of explanations for this one. Before an attack, a person seldom sees any signs of aggression writes, Dr. Stephen Herrero in his book Bear Attacks, Their Causes and Avoidance. Warning: What you are about to read is graphic in detail, Originally published online October 14, 2003. Audio From The Death Tapes Of Timothy Treadwell And Amie Huguenard On Reddit. Bears die all the time, they fight, they starve, they get diseases and other injuries, they die. You expressed compassion and kindness beside the facts. Indeed. Anything is possible. 2005, Trapped: The Life Of Timothy Treadwell; A Cry For Help, Schullery, Paul. It saddens me he ran with such a foolish group of people that clearly didn't care on bit for him. I agree about his GF, tho, it's a shame someones genuine and innocent Affection was used to place her in such insane Danger. Six minutes of audio recorded during the attack were subsequently found on the couple's . Amazing article. He was a Clown, and a Fool, and at BEST, perhaps genuinely Learning Disabled. Ignoring and shunning the more aggressive and confrontational side of humanity and falling back on a kind of Disney perception of right and wrong. I think thats what helped Treadwells LUCK, he stayed calm.I have no respect for Treadwell. At the airport Timothy wrote in his journal that he had a huge disagreement about the validity of his plane ticket with this woman. Dalrymple, Derek. Son u obviously ain't never been to Alaska cause your dead wrong dead dead dead wrong u can carry a gun. But if you truly think that that is his main diagnosis, you need to turn that degree back in. Shouldn't have to work that way. According to Tim, as a teenager his home life disintegrated often getting stinking drunk and once smashed up the families car. Why did the bear's preditory instinct never take over and why is this owner still given two more cubs to rear and train while Treadwell is heavily criticized for doing far less harm, it seems WHILE he is alive. Your right,this as a Hollywood film would be epic! the reason? The bear was then caught up in the cat and mouse chase that no doubt resulted around the tent, and the bears predatory instinct was triggered and Amie was killed. I originally had thoughts of turning this into a book, but after much thought and consideration, I decided that in doing so, I would be profiting from someones death. Thank you for writing and sharing this amazing article. MEN are supposed to, since Time Immemorial, PROTECT Those in Our Charge from EXACTLY THIS KIND OF DANGER. Thank you, regardless. For 13 years Timothy Treadwell spent his summers camping out in Alaska with wild bears. That Sony camera has two mics, one in the camera and another remote mic on Treadwell jacket. Or he could have done this out of fear, thus wanting to please her. I just wanted to say that you did an amazing job. That must have hurt his family something awful. Bears typically make very little sounds, and each fake recording has the sound of a bear roaring, growling, and making all sorts of noises. 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. This bear was intermittently visible as it moved through the brush and tall grass. The two were probably getting ready for other scenes when the unexpected incident occurred. Jewel was not the only one to have a copy. A devastating and heartrending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzlies in Alaska. Specifically learn about bipolar mania and hypomania. Very strange things happen in the backcountry when you are least expecting it. Wildlife filmmaker and outdoor guide. The bear dropped but continued to move. It is very easy to sit back in our nice comfortable living rooms and Monday morning quarterback what occurred far away and a week, or even years earlier. Ever think the money could go to conservation? Their behavior was extreme but hardly unique, to judge by the steady trickle of similar incidents elsewhere.I am a retired journalist who wrote kimgtragedy.info, which tells the tale of James Kim, a technical writer who, in 2006, ignored a series of warnings and common sense on the way to getting himself killed in the remote forest of SW Oregon, endangering his equally brainless wife and their two children who were rescued in the nick of time.There are commonalities in the two stories: negligence to the point of recklessness, and -- oddly enough -- a selfish lack of respect for "Mother Nature" who sat by as people sucked in by too many Yogi Bear and Bambi cartoons, accentuated by over-the-top "environmentalist" romanticization of the Outback ignore the realities.Only after humans largely conquer Ma Nature, or at least adapt to it and bend it to suit our needs and tastes, do we take the stupidly romantic view, to the point where tourists in Yellowstone try to pet the bison, only to learn the hard way that a 1,500-pound wild animal might not want to be petted.I have to wonder: Why grizzlies? (Fulton 2003, 2004), Incident Diagram courtesy National Park Service (Body locations are noted by author). Just like any of us camping in a hostile environment. Do not approach them. In previous night time bear encounters around remote camps, individuals who aggressively fought bears that were attacking their friend, were in most cases, able to drive the bear away. And be aware that yes, in the woods, you will potentially run into the animals that live and thrive there, just like you may in the ocean. What's also interesting is his relationship with his parents.