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Alaska Bear Mauling Recorded on Tape
Yahoo ^ | October 8, 2003 | Rachel D'Oro

Posted on 10/08/2003 6:50:57 PM PDT by lambo

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The graphic sounds of a fatal bear attack were recorded, Alaska state troopers discovered Wednesday while reviewing a tape recovered near the bodies of a wildlife author and his girlfriend.

Trooper Chris Hill said Timothy Treadwell may have been wearing a wireless microphone likely activated when he was attacked by the brown bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve. The videotape has audio only; the screen remains blank for the three-minute recording.

"They're both screaming. She's telling him to play dead, then it changes to fighting back. He asks her to hit the bear," Hill said. "There's so much noise going on. I don't know what's him and what might be an animal."

The bodies of Treadwell, 46, and Amie Huguenard, 37, both of Malibu, Calif., were found near Kaflia Bay on Monday after an air taxi pilot arrived to pick them up. The pilot contacted the National Park Service and state troopers to report a brown bear was apparently sitting on top of human remains at the campsite.

After rangers arrived one of them shot and killed a large brown bear when the animal charged through the dense brush. Rangers and troopers later killed a smaller bear apparently stalking them.

An autopsy on the human remains confirmed Wednesday the couple were killed by bears.

Troopers recovered video and still photography equipment as well as three hours of video footage from the site, across Shelikof Strait from Kodiak Island.

Much of the footage is close-up shots of bears — for which Treadwell was well-known.

Some scenes show bears no more than a few feet from Treadwell, co-author of "Among Grizzlies: Living With Wild Bears in Alaska." Others show a more timid Huguenard leaning away as bears come close to her on the bank of a river.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: amiehuguenard; animalrights; audiotape; bear; bearattacks; czechinthemale; darwin; holdmybear; huguenard; killed; sometimesabeargetsu; sometimesyougetabear; timothytreadwell; treadwell
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To: lambo
I guess we're due for a lion attack..oh my...
141 posted on 10/09/2003 8:47:40 AM PDT by CAfraudPI
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To: U S Army EOD
After carefully reviewing your posts on the threads, it has become quite clear to me that you are a hoot!

My husband was reading this post of yours over my shoulder yesterday:

Actually a 22 cal or 25 cal is best for bears.

He questioned your sanity at this point.

You can concel it from the rest of your group and pull it out if the bear charges. You then shoot the person right next to you right behind the knee and then run like hell. The bear will normally eat the slowest person in the group.

By now tears were in his eyes from laughing so hard.

Thank you, sir, for the entertainment and your service to our country.

142 posted on 10/09/2003 9:02:14 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: expatguy
There was no mistaking Timothy Treadwell on the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' last Tuesday night (Feb. 20, 2001 and on re-runs).

He was the guy in the blue suit who looked like a shaggy-blond rock star and told viewers that the brown bears he lives with in Alaska are mainly harmless ''party animals'' out to have a good time.

When Letterman asked whether the bears might someday kill him, Treadwell said he feels safer living among Alaska's grizzlies than jogging through Central Park in New York City. Besides, he said, a fox yips a warning when bears come near his tent.

His death was a pretty certain thing. Party animals, I laughed at that, I'll admit it.

143 posted on 10/09/2003 10:18:07 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: af_vet_rr
Troopers recovered video and still photography equipment as well as three hours of earlier video footage from the site, across Shelikof Strait from Kodiak Island.

Much of the footage is close-up shots of bears. Some scenes show bears no more than a few feet from Treadwell, co-author of "Among Grizzlies: Living With Wild Bears in Alaska." Others show a more timid Huguenard leaning away as bears come close to her on the bank of a river.

Rebecca Dmytryk, who oversees an animal rescue organization in Malibu, recalled other video footage of Treadwell before his death that showed him in a streambed near an older bear he nicknamed "Quincy."

"Quincy, do you remember when you stood over me? You were so hungry, and you should have eaten me, but you didn't. Thanks for not eating me, Quincy," Dmytryk recalled him saying to the bear in the clip. "If Quincy had eaten me, good, 'cause he's a nice bear."


144 posted on 10/09/2003 10:40:30 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: lambo
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/09/1065676096195.html

Mr Wilkinson said the tape begins with sounds of Mr Treadwell screaming that he is being attacked and calling for help to 37-year-old Ms Huguenard, who was apparently still inside a tent. "It's obvious that the attack was going on before the tape was turned on," said Mr Wilkinson, who quoted from the tapes.

"Come out here; I'm being killed out here," Mr Treadwell said. "Play dead!" Ms Huguenard yelled in reply.

That strategy is commonly used to pacify angry bears in an attack. But Mr Treadwell told Ms Huguenard the strategy was not working and she urged him to "fight back".

Mr Treadwell, who never carried weapons, then asked her to get a pan and to hit the bear, police said. At that point, the tape - much of it fuzzy and inaudible, stops, Mr Wilkinson said.

145 posted on 10/09/2003 10:43:00 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: marktwain
You can easily get off 11 aimed shots from a 9mm in 5 seconds.

You're right. I'm out in bear country fairly often, and I carry a .44 MAG. No one up here recommends anything less than a .44MAG or a 12 gauge. It can be done with less, but not worth the chance.

146 posted on 10/09/2003 11:52:29 AM PDT by ALASKA (That's my own personal, correct opinion and I'm going with it!)
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To: lambo
Well, I'm glad they did not have children with them...

the naivete of the Gaia crowd is limitless.
147 posted on 10/09/2003 12:23:15 PM PDT by wardaddy (The Lizard King it was.....)
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To: Quilla
Actually a lot of people question my sanity which is why I am on 100% disability for PTSD. The VA agrees that I am crazy. When interviewed after asking all the questions about did you really disarm bombs everyday, they also asked me if I had nightmares. I explained to them, yes I do have nightmares since my daughter has remarked on occassion I keep waking her up by screaming loud enough for her to hear on the other side of the house at 2:00 AM. I was quick to explain that the nightmares were not about my experiences in bomb disposal, that matter of fact I kind of missed doing that and wish I could do it again. The VA at that time determined I might really be crazy.

PS: I never have told my daughter that the nightmares were about her mother (ex wife)and her mother's lawyer.
148 posted on 10/09/2003 12:25:20 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (Feeling my age, but wanting to feel older)
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To: Quilla
Actually a lot of people question my sanity which is why I am on 100% disability for PTSD. The VA agrees that I am crazy. When interviewed after asking all the questions about did you really disarm bombs everyday, they also asked me if I had nightmares. I explained to them, yes I do have nightmares since my daughter has remarked on occassion I keep waking her up by screaming loud enough for her to hear on the other side of the house at 2:00 AM. I was quick to explain that the nightmares were not about my experiences in bomb disposal, that matter of fact I kind of missed doing that and wish I could do it again. The VA at that time determined I might really be crazy.

PS: I never have told my daughter that the nightmares were about her mother (ex wife)and her mother's lawyer.
149 posted on 10/09/2003 12:25:21 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (Feeling my age, but wanting to feel older)
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To: U S Army EOD
Sleep well. ;-)


150 posted on 10/09/2003 12:40:40 PM PDT by Quilla
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To: Quilla
We used to pull that to clear crowds away from the incident.
151 posted on 10/09/2003 12:47:02 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (Feeling my age, but wanting to feel older)
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To: lambo; Texaggie79
Waiting for Smoking Gun to release it. "Alaska Grizzlies Gone Wild"
152 posted on 10/09/2003 12:58:10 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: expatguy
Thanks for that link. Now I recall seeing that story and thinking the guy was an idiot. He thought he was "one with the bears" and the bears were his brother or some such nonsense. Probably smoking that Alaska weed too much.

153 posted on 10/09/2003 1:00:01 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: expatguy
www.juneaubears.com
154 posted on 10/09/2003 1:00:14 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: lambo
"Tell me Timothy. What to you want to be when you grow up?" "Bear sh*t!" My all time favorite postcard. Maybe someone can photoshop in Alaska instead of West Virginia
155 posted on 10/09/2003 1:03:19 PM PDT by meatloaf
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To: Centurion2000
I bet you a penny Ogrish does...
156 posted on 10/09/2003 1:35:50 PM PDT by Texaggie79 (Did I just say that?)
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To: lambo
The self taught bear expert and companion...


157 posted on 10/09/2003 1:45:05 PM PDT by freepersup (find the enemy... destroy the enemy... remain vigilant)
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To: LanPB01
I'm glad I remembered it the right way. I'm not likely to try it either, though. I'm not sure that the bears always follow the rule. :-)
159 posted on 10/09/2003 3:26:01 PM PDT by speekinout
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To: freepersup
Thanks for the "before" shot. Here is an after shot:



This really isn't him but probably a pretty close resemblence...

Here is a look at the over grown "Party Animal" that did it:


160 posted on 10/09/2003 3:43:46 PM PDT by shotgun
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