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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: Sharpshot613
Exactly. These people who supposedly know so much about bears are a bunch of idiots.
21 posted on 10/08/2003 7:21:32 PM PDT by ableChair
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To: lambo
"Now, you just play dead, until or unless the bear takes a bite out of my ass. If that happens, I want you to stand up and say: Hey Bear! Then I want you to hit it, so that it will start to eat you instead of me, while I run for a tree. I promise to remember you as a generous person."
22 posted on 10/08/2003 7:22:28 PM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: BOBWADE
Johnny Lee, actually. But still a point well taken.
23 posted on 10/08/2003 7:23:42 PM PDT by gg188
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To: Aussie Cattledog
That's similar to the old joke about how you don't have to be able to run faster than a bear, you just need to be able to run faster than the person you are camping with.
24 posted on 10/08/2003 7:24:33 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: lambo
When I was in college, a couple of exchange students from Warsaw and Prague went camping out in the Ozarks in Devil's Den State Park. When they didn't come back, a big search party was organized, and eventually the camp was found all torn apart by bears.

Park rangers and animal control officials found a mated pair of bears nearby, and killed both to see if they were responsible for the students' disappearance. The coroner examined the female bear's gastric and intestinal contents and verified that they included some of the Polish student's remains. So, even before they confirmed it forensically, they felt pretty confident in promising "the Czech's in the male."
25 posted on 10/08/2003 7:25:13 PM PDT by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, 'Zoolander')
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To: lambo
THIS JUST IN:

Informed sources have informed that the Las Vegas tiger sent a private congratulatory message to the Alaskan bear.

26 posted on 10/08/2003 7:25:14 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Far out, man!)
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To: BOBWADE
Johnny Lee...
27 posted on 10/08/2003 7:25:57 PM PDT by Skip Ripley
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To: Sloth
Groan. : ) (And I'm part Czech.)
28 posted on 10/08/2003 7:26:09 PM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (I'm not perfect, but parts of me are excellent.)
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To: lambo
She's telling him to play dead, then it changes to fighting back.

It's been a few years since I've been to Alaska, but I thought you were supposed to yell at grizzlies, and curl up for black bears. Is it the other way around?

29 posted on 10/08/2003 7:28:50 PM PDT by speekinout
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To: lambo
Seems like a bad week for those who like to get up close and personal with wild predatory beasts.
30 posted on 10/08/2003 7:28:51 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: Centurion2000
I don't know about heavy metal, but I've done the song to RUNNING BEAR.
31 posted on 10/08/2003 7:29:35 PM PDT by doug from upland (Arnold cannot be compared to Clinton.......Clinton is a vicious biting perjuring rapist)
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To: Question_Assumptions; All
LOL!! I was thinking along the lines of, "Among Grizzlies: Living Inside Wild Bears in Alaska."

This story gets even better. Read this article to get the inside scoop on this Darwin Award candidate:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/997664/posts

32 posted on 10/08/2003 7:31:17 PM PDT by randog (Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
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To: Jorge
Seems like a bad week for those who like to get up close and personal with wild predatory beasts.

True.


33 posted on 10/08/2003 7:31:27 PM PDT by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, 'Zoolander')
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To: Kenny Bunk; U S Army EOD; OESY; Shermy; djf; Duramaximus; AmericanInTokyo; Ronin; marron; ...
Ping for more on the bear story.
34 posted on 10/08/2003 7:31:41 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (In for the monthly deal since 3 quarterlies ago - support Free Republic!)
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To: Aussie Cattledog
I was thinking the same thing, unless there was more than one bear. The article seems to say there was.

An autopsy on the human remains confirmed Wednesday the couple were killed by bears.
35 posted on 10/08/2003 7:32:41 PM PDT by stylin19a (is it vietnam yet ?)
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To: lambo
Earlier thread on this story with many worthwhile posts.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/997103/posts
36 posted on 10/08/2003 7:33:56 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (In for the monthly deal since 3 quarterlies ago - support Free Republic!)
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To: lambo
I never read this guys book but I found a review which indicates this guy appeared to truly have a death wish.

"On the surface, Timothy Treadwells book "Among Grizzlies" is a book about one of my favorite subjects: bears. This is why I read the book from start to finish. But it isnt long after one begins the book before one realizes that just beneath the surface this is actually a book about a man with a death wish and all the talk about bears (which can make for an adequate "bear read", mind you) is really a series of descriptions of this sad individuals numerous attempts to force a horrible death upon himself."

http://www.outdoorshub.com/Among_Grizzlies_Living_With_Wild_Bears_in_Alaska_0345426053.html


37 posted on 10/08/2003 7:34:31 PM PDT by johnwayne (I)
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To: Sharpshot613
Alone in Alaska with nary a firearm between them. Does tragedy disqualify one for Darwin award contention? I hope not.

Truly sad that they died doing what they loved to do.

I can't help think, though, they did not "think this through".

In 1996, I went to Alaska as a DOD contractor for a JCSAR (Joint Combat Search and Rescue) exercise. Part of the exercise called for a pilot to be inserted in to a "remote" area (way out in the boonies) and play the part of the "rescuee". PJ's (Para Rescue) and other assorted special op's types were then inserted into the area to "do the rescue".

All involved were armed. Heavily. 9mm / 12 ga. with 00 buck and slugs.

Live ammo is not the "norm" for an exercise.

Alaska was the reason for the live ammo.

There are critters there that can eat you.

LVM

38 posted on 10/08/2003 7:34:45 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (You tell 'em I'm coming! And you tell 'em Hell is coming with me!!!)
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To: lambo
Did they get eaten or were they just mauled? I can't tell from the different stories floating around.
39 posted on 10/08/2003 7:34:45 PM PDT by Ronin (Qui tacet consentit!)
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To: Klickitat
Hikers are advised to carry pepper spray and bells when going into bear country. The sound of the bells should scare the bears away, and if that doesn't work the pepper spray will.

Locals call them "dinner bells" with condiments

40 posted on 10/08/2003 7:36:39 PM PDT by nevergiveup (We CAN do it!)
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