"Grizzly Man" Movie Spurs New Looks at a Grisly Death

National Geographis ^ | August 12, 2005 | James Owen

[MplsSteve]

That's true. A wonderful animal that should have been left alone.

We had the same sort of thing happen (a few years ago) at an private animal park in southern Minnesota. A person got too damned close to the cage and a tiger bit the person. The person ignored a warning sign and stuck their hand or arm into the cage.

The tiger was not rabid but county officials decided the animal had to be put down.

[Americanexpat]

"Or perhaps the one that says, "I'm starving for lunch?"

Especially the one that says, "your p*issing me off."

[Reaganesque]

... Though he had a "great heart"...

The bear certainly seemed to think so. (burp!)

[alisasny]

OUCH too funny

Seriously though I think very few know that the 2 bears were murdered after this event.

[conservativeharleyguy]

While grizzlies have certainly killed a great number of people, feeding on them is actually pretty rare. From what I've been told and read, it almost never occurs.

Then again, once it killed them, feeding on them was certainly easier than walking down and standing in a cold river trying to catch salmon. So who knows? I can just see him trying to stop a 1500 lb Griz with a frying pan as it chased his wife around.

I think the fact that the salmon populations in the neighboring waterways were lower than usual probably was a factor. The bear that killed them was alleged to be an "outsider" to that particular area.

At any rate, the bear eating him is odd.

Also, it's possible that just by bringing his wife into the environment, he sealed their fates. There have been numerous grizzly attacks on women who were on their periods. Also, women are more likely to use scented soaps, deodorants, and or shampoos (bear candy), even in the back country. We once had a camp raided by a black bear in New Mexico, and the two things it tore up the most were a wild raspberry cobbler, and a bunch of sunscreen (BTW, we shot the bear when he returned a couple of days later. Grilled bear ribs are pretty tasty with a raspberry sauce).

[gnarledmaw]

"Treadwell was discovered dead and partially eaten by one of his beloved grizzlies...who put a history of drug and alcohol abuse behind him..."

Apparently not very far behind him. Dumbass...

[LilDarlin]

Or..."Sometimes you're the chef, and sometimes you're the main course!"

[ZULU]

Grilled bear ribs are pretty tasty with a raspberry sauce.

Early American colonists preferred bear bacon over venison.
Better to be the eater than the eatee.

[Modernman]

Too bad. They're interfering with natural selection and the awarding of more Darwin Awards. Grizzly bears CAN improve the gene pool by eliminating stupid genes and liberal genes.

Yeah. But then you have to put the bear down. Kind of unfair to kill an animal due to human stupidity.

[palmer]

"Where's that Eskimo woman you want me to wrestle?"

LOL!

[MarMema]

Thanks for sharing that. I just saw another post on Ron and replied saying I liked him. He is a riot!

[Buzwardo]

Seriously, how about a .44 magnum or a Webbly - I think they came in calibers above .45.

Had a bud who use to do a lot of wandering around in Alaska tell me 15 years ago or so that the only handguns that had a remote chance of working on a griz were a .41 or .44, and only then if you hit 'em in the hump their spine runs through as they charged. He was very much of the opinion that a shotgun or large caliber rifle made a lot more sense. Since then .454 casull et al have come along, but haul the ammo with you as you'll have a hard time finding it in the outback and make sure the first shot hits as you may not recover from recoil in time to place a second.

Anyone besides me remember the SNL "interview" where a horribly scarred Dan Akroyd shilled a book to Jane Curtain titled "Never Feed Bears Marshmallows from your Mouth?"

[MarMema]

review here which says the sounds were not used.

Interesting read, too. The guy really sounds as if he were bonkers.

[MarMema]

Look at this

"Huguenard was exposed to Treadwell's daring antics at a grizzly bear presentation in Boulder, Colo. A graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine with a degree in molecular biology from the University of Colorado in Boulder, she knew trying to get close to brown bears was dangerous, but went along with Treadwell anyway."

Some brains are not able to be used in some situations, I guess.

[makoman]

He was nuts! No doubt about it!

[MarMema]

Interesting that some claimed he was a manic-depressive off meds. It goes well with other things I have read about his apparently unusual ability to charm and his highly entertaining personality.

[ZULU]

Sorry about the woman. Even sorry about the old bear.

Not sorry about the jerk guy.

"Only two weeks before Treadwell's death they had spent weeks on Kodiak Island working on a Disney film about bears."

I hope the idiots at Disney take a cue from all this garbage they produce - all this pseudo-zoology about talking, smiling, friendly dangerous animals.

And as for Diane Fossey - no compariosn between her and this jerk. Gorillas do not eat people and she knew what she was doing. I believe she was murdered by locals.

[muir_redwoods]

One can juggle loaded guns if one wants to but don't call it an accident or a tragedy if one goes off. Living with wild omnivores 5-10 times your size is even stupider than juggling loaded guns, at least the guns don't get hungry.

[MarMema]

Exactly. Dian Fossey was a scientist, not a fool.
And yes, Disney really needs to get a clue, you are so correct!

[Pharmboy]

This is analagous to the liberals' belief system regarding Al Qeada.