Grizzly Man: Death of an Idiot

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[JavaTheHutt]

hahahahahaha ROFLMAO. Best post on this thread so far. I have coffee sprayed all over my desk now.

[stands2reason]

That is a first-class rant.

[SquirrelKing]

Tim Snackwell is a fine argument for Darwin.

Tim Snackwell! ROFLMAO!
Defintiely a "10"!

[garyhope]

Helen Thomas reminds me of that Danny DeVito movie "Throw Mama From The Train".

[ATCNavyRetiree]

...formed a non-profit organization whose funds...

...are being used to pay the mortgage of the old hippie-girl in the film, Jewel Palovak, living a nice life on prime real estate on the California coast!!

I wonder if the contributors to "Grizzly People" know that their money isn't doing squat to save grizzlies????

[Blackirish]

Yeah...good point.
Lefty envirohippes taking advantage of lefty Hollywood. Only in America.

[Zeroisanumber]

I think that the author of this editorial got the wrong drift from Grizzly Man. Everyone in the film thought that he was nuts, and that it was amazing that he hadn't been hurt years before. I found his death to be tragic, if predictible, and most of the lefties that I know feel the same way.

[timer]

Nominate him for the Darwin Award*

[satchmodog9]

Snackwell, that's priceless.

[the Marshal]

I think it's

CANUS MAJOR EATS ANUS MAJOR!

Bet his mom wishes she hadn't left that copy of Shardik laying around.

[fso301]

Only reason the bears let him be for so long was because they thought he was retarded,

[fish hawk]

This movie could have been better. If he had left his camera rolling for someone to find after he became bear crap. That would be he and his girlfriend actually being eaten by the bear. Now there is a flick I would buy. Even so , it did have a happy ending anyway.

[f150driver]

I noticed that comment too. It was very interesting - I guess he meant that they thought he was sick, maybe with something like rabies, and wouldn't be good to eat.

I must say - I've never been to Alaska and I was knocked out by the scenery. What incredible beauty. Every time a bear came near him I cringed. His relationship with the foxes was amazing and special. He should have stuck with them.

I agree with the officer who said the real tragedy was that he put that woman in danger and she lost her life. It was telling that she rarely appeared in the videos.

[Pelham]

Not a parody. A Darwin Award winner.

[Pelham]

I heard the author interviewed, sounded like it must be a great book.

[Gnarly]

Errr, NO. Brown bear is URSUS ARCTOS. You seem to be talking about URSA Major or .... "Big Dipper"!

[Pelham]

Ursa arctos horribilis

[Farmer Dean]

The guy WAS living proof that in nature-nothing ever goes to waste,not even a liberal.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"They're urging everyone to protect themselves by wearing bells and carrying pepper spray."

I thought everyone knew that pepper spray is not a protectant, but a condiment. Kinda like OFF spray is with mosquitoes here in Louisiana.

This guy deserved to be bear scat.

[43north]

Grizzly bears are classified as Ursus Horribilis and they are.

I have hunted bears in Alaska and have seen first hand what they can do. I was bluff charged by a sow brownie in my front yard in September of 2000 in Soldotna. That was more excitement than I ever need again.

You have to respect the bears and in order to survive you must be capable of making them respect you too.

Snackwell's problem was that he didn't do either. On an earlier thread someone stated that he was waiting for the announcement that poor Tim was an escapee from a gender re-assignment program or some such. That was a good one!