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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I see you've been backpacking in Glacier Park or Alaska, haven't you?
That's a good one!
beat me! See 39
All you have to do to those types is drop some blood in their tofu and trail mix. Any kind of blood. (Preferably theirs.)
Or maybe the guy holding the paw is actually a Hobbit or Munchin or something like that.
No. That guy had more realistic expectations of bears.
I read a book a while back by a NY psychiatrist who visited some of his old patients...one guy had been in a circus and fallen in love with a polar bear. The shrink had to work on him as he was in danger of being killed when he would sneak into the bear's cage....the patient recovered but was never the same or happy again....true story
Why not just beat them up and steal their tofu and trail mix.
I'm a bear. Along the line I found nice work and discovered nice clothes. Then I shaved and and got a haircut so I can deal with nice "people". But I'm secretly still a bear.
Well some of us can satisfy polar bears and some of can't. If we ever meet and we go by the polar bear cage, don't be surprised if the females smile and wave at me.
Usually, I like to eat jerky (beef or, for better effect, deer) in front of these folks. I often hear the "How can you eat Bambi" comment. I reply, "Easy, I open my mouth, insert the slab of critter, and chew."
You must be talking about the same people who are for abortion and against killing baby seals.
I wish I had backpacked Glacier Park or Alaska, I just heard the joke. I've done some backpacking in California, back in high school.
Cheers,
This is a rare "Double-Darwin": Him for coming up with this "bear whisperer" crap, and her for believing it.
Woman who died with bear guru was "doped".
took my first bear with a Marlin 895 45-70 lever action. Steel sites, 85 yds. Dropped like a sack of tatters. I prefer it to my BAR in 338 (which is great for Elk)
You must be talking about the same people who are for abortion and against killing baby seals.
Yep, the very same.
"took a poor naive girl out with him."
I don't care how old you may be: 37 years old is NOT a "girl". It's one thing to be young and stupid, something we all are early on. But if you're STILL that dumb by the time you're 37, there's probably no hope for you.
"A SAW would do nicely."
You are talking chain saw, right????
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