Posted on 01/21/2005 7:51:46 PM PST by SolidRedState
For 16 months since Amie Huguenard and Timothy Treadwell died in the jaws of a bear at Kaflia Bay on the Katmai Coast, I have been waking up at night with thoughts of this 37-year-old Midwestern woman I never knew.
I can't get free of the words in an e-mail from an old boyfriend, sent months after Huguenard's death.
"Amie had a kind of naivete about her that added a real sweetness to her entire persona,'' Stephen Bunch wrote. "At times it was easy to convince her of things that were not entirely true. We would let her in on these jokes and get a good laugh, especially from her.
"Sometimes I found this quality frustrating because I would watch her 'swallow the hook, line and sinker' in situations where it was obvious what was going on. But I always felt I could trust her because she bestowed the same trust in you unconditionally.''
The last person Amie Huguenard trusted was Treadwell, and it led to her death in the jaws of a bear.
Ever since, she has been billed as Treadwell's "partner" in the tragedy. Early reviews of "Grizzly Man,'' a Treadwell film set to air at the Sundance Film Festival later this month, describe her that way or as the "girlfriend'' following Treadwell on his quest to "leave the confinements of his humanness and bond with the bears.''
That's a novel idea -- and one that is so much bunk.
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/story/6029929p-5919386c.html
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Never go in the woods when you are the slowest person in the group.
LOL
I know. My question is,"What the hell did he expect that to do?" That will only p*ss-off an already nasty critter. That is like teasing a shark.
Well I guess you are supposed to kill and dress the bear and then put it in the frying pan. He just forgot about the kill and dress part. Heavy use of drugs can screw your memory up in some cases.
LOL! Indeed, it is important to follow proper procedure...
I watched a special with some real biologists studying bears up in Canada, and I noticed that they had some excellent guides with guns watching their back. It is a shame that that delusional man dragged that poor woman down with him.
That's right. You don't hafe to outrun the bear, just the your fellow hiker/hunter.
I don't think a frying pan would have helped. Unless it was what he was carrying his ammo in.
I have met people like this on hiking trails in eastern New Mexico and and in West Texas. Usually they are deluded urbanites whose perceptions of nature were shaped by Walt Disney movies that portrayed bears and cougars as "cute n cuddly" critters and grossly anthropromorphised them. They are often shocked when you tell them to be careful of mountain lions or black bears; the react as though you had just peed on their tofu and trail mix.
I was always told that the best weapon to have for a grizzly bear was a small .22 cal pistol. It is easy to hide from the game warden and doesn't make much noice when you shoot the guy next to you through the knee before you start running.
Is this the guy who designed the supposedly bear-proof armor and had it tested by being rammed by a pickup truck? Whatamaroon.
The red stuff on the bears nose is the guys girl friend. She couldn't run as fast as he could.
wow
They don't eat berries. They only eat picanic baskets, Mr. Ranger, Sir.
I see that you've taken liberals hunting before. ;-)
Hiker: I want to hike the trail
Clerk: No problem, you should take some bear bells and and some bear pepper spray.
Hiker: How do I know if bears are around?
Clerk: by their scat piles.
Hiker: Scat piles?
Clerk: Poop....Black bears eat mostly berries, so if you see a scat pile with berry seeds and skins in it, there could be black bears.
Hiker: Ok
Clerk: Brown bears sometimes take small animals soif you see skeletal remains, could be brown bear.
Hiker: What about grizzly bears?
Clerk: They are easy, the scat piles have bear bells in them and smell like pepper spray!
Top sends
We were preparing for a trip to Boundary Waters and our outfitter told us to prepare for bear. We took our bells and etc. When we arrived he told us there was bear activity in our proposed camping area. One of my scouts asked how to tell if there were bears around and he told them watch for bear droppings, it will contain berries and leaves etc. Wear bells and make noise and take pepper spray in case you run into one. The scout asked about grizzlies, and the guide said, there aren't any grizzlies up here but if there were, you could tell them because their droppings contain little bells and smell like pepper.
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