Posted on 02/28/2006 8:02:07 PM PST by SegerSkriv
This weekend I was flipping through the television when I stumbled upon the most bizarre documentary I have ever seen, 'Grizzly Man'. 'Grizzly Man' is the story of a man(can't remember his name) who growing up had an affinity for bears. So, as an adult and recovering drug addict, he decided that it was his his mission to defend the thousands of grizzly bears in Alaska. He spent over a dozen of summers by himself with a camera in the wilderness of Alaska with the Grizzly Bear Population. The man violated all bounds of reality and nature in his intereaction with terratorial WILD animals. From full blown conversations with the bears and wild foxes to swimming up to a full grown grizzly bear, I seriously thought he was asking for death or this must me some hoax. In his letters, he actually wanted to become a bear. I think the bears probably thought that maybe he had a screw loose or something, or he had some entertaining or useful value. It even had the goofy German sounding narrator who probably was oblivious to wild animals or nature. Unfortunately, the death wish was the case. So, one day the Bears decided that he(and his girlfriend) met their usefulness in the 'bear world', killed and ate them both. I could not help myself but compare this to those in this country who were apologists for either communists in the 80's, America haters, islamic radicals, or whatever. Like this guy, they are fascinated by some 'beautiful' thing on the surface that they completely do not understand. It's some type of heaven, form of escape. They violate all rules of reality and in the end when they have met their usefulness for the world they so wish to be a part of, they are disposed of by that world itself. I highly recommend watching this. It is on the discovery channel.
Saw it and laughed my ass off.
The kooky guy gets ate in the end.
A true Darwin movie.
We watched some of this.
Guy was insane, and did you hear them talking about how he wanted to "mutate" into a bear? Nutso!
The movie is a great one ...It is on the edge between comedy and tragedy, The bear lover with his squeaky voice is clearly demented....I think he tasted good to the bear that ate him as to your analogy ...I think its a good one
Probably watched Altered States a few too many times.
The dude got away with it for a few years, then it caught up with him. I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did.
Soon as I heard his liberal touchy feely psycho-babble, I knew this guy was destined to be "din-din" for Smokey...
thats that moron Timothy treadwell, the real victim was his girl friend
Can't understand his obsession with bears. I'm surprised he didn't try to mate with one! He definitely had some kind of major malfunction!
Please! I'm trying to have my bear beacon, grapefruit and oatmeal late night snack!
Tell Grizzly Man I want him over for a late supper complete with some favar beans and a nice chianti.....llslipslislipslipslip!
The times change, but The New York Slimes just stays the same...
The worst part of it was they killed a bear or two over bears being bears. If the dude had minded his own business instead to trying to "protect" the bears, those bears would still be alive.
Typical results from liberal actions. Exactly the opposite of their stated intentions.
Maybe I was asking too much, but I couldn't help wishing (as I watched my Netflix copy of "Grizzly Man") that the filmmaker had found some sort of psychologist who specializes in people who take insane risks with animals. I really felt that the movie could use those insights. It did, however, offer the clear and intelligent point of view of a native Alaskan who, angrily, pointed out that Timothy Treadwell had violated the 5,000 year old understanding that Inuits have with the bears, i.e., you leave them alone and they leave you alone. The rest of the interviews were with aged hippies and his still-in-shock parents. Sad.
Unless that's what got him killed, lol.
j/k
Or am I?
I assumed it was Werner Herzog, the director. One of the 3 best known German directors of the past 30 years (along with Wenders and (the late) Fassbinder).
***Guy was insane, and did you hear them talking about how he wanted to "mutate" into a bear? Nutso!****
Well, there is the old saying, "You are what you eat!" so I guess he is part of a bear now.
Or at least bear poop!
You know, you could be right! ROFLMAO!
I agree.
There is an audio of the bears eating the two of them.
They only said his name hundreds of times in the film: Timothy Treadwell.
It even had the goofy German sounding narrator who probably was oblivious to wild animals or nature.
The narrator was the very famous director Werner Herzog who stated exactly how he felt about wild animals and nature during the film. Your attention must have been focused elsewhere while this show was on.
By the way, even though Treadwell was a nut, he also came across as a very entertaining and unforgettable character who ultimately succeeded in drawing attention to the bears.
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