Treadwell's death and body recovery - a live-action account

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Grizzly man??
Well,,, the real character Grizzly Adams was based on didn't sleep with bears and want to be friends with the fuzzy critters.
He cheerfully killed them with a large hunting knife.
Treadwell wasn't a grizzly man, he was a top flight idiot in a world full of idiots.
Man went to Bradley University, right here in beautiful Illinois too.
Did I mention we don't have many real grizzlies in these parts and what are here are locked up in cages, costs five bucks and up to go and look at them.
 
Sounds like this stupid hippie got what was coming to him.


If you dont have the common sense to avoid bears....maybe you should be eaten. :rolleyes:

If you think you're "in touch with mother nature", then you're retarded. :uhoh:
 
For those who haven't seen it,it's going to be shown at 8:00 Eastern on Discovery this Friday.I do wonder how much editing his tapes got before those at Discovery,Animal Planet etc got before given to them to make shows.It wouldn't have taken much to see that he wasn't just the quirky wierd guy doing fairly dangerous things but rather that he was a total loon on borrowed time.
 
lysander said:
Treadwell's sin was hubris. It is a common thread found amongst the "greens" and it permeates their entire ethos. There is a level of arrogance that goes along with the idea that mankind is "ruining the globe" for all the trees, the fuzzy bunnies, the pretty fish and the harmless giant predators. It is an arrogant idea, because in order for their hypothesis to be true one must believe that mankind is somehow separate from the system; that mankind is an "outside influence" rather than an integral part of the complex natural world. The reality is that man merely sits at the top of the pyramid. He does not reside outside of the pyramid. He isn't ruining the food chain...HE IS PART OF THE FOOD CHAIN. All living creatures change and affect their environment (termites, ants, beavers, birds, etc.) mankind just happens to be the best at it...and when we have gotten so good at it (changing our environment) and done so much of it that we threaten the delicate balance which sustains our vast numbers....nature will self correct somehow, (disease, war caused by competition for scare resources, famine, etc) our numbers will contract and we will end up as the biomass starter kit for the crude oil being pumped out of the ground by the intelligent descendants of present day gerbils....

Treadwell's lack of respect for the laws of nature and the wild led to a horrific death for himself, his girlfriend and at least two bears. A shame....

Staying relevant to the purpose of THR...any doubts about a slug gun's close range terminal performance should be laid to rest.
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Hubris is not a trait restricted to "greenies" or "loony lefties". It is a human trait, nothing more.
 
Why does that "Forrest Gump" stupid is as stupid does keep deal keep popping into my mind on that guy.
 
Well this guy thought he was smarter than everyone else, and got eaten by a bear. There's a moral to this story: pride goeth before a maul.

I know, that was bad and crass, but I couldn't help myself.
 
Now this is NOT a perfect quote, but on the commercials, they've got tape of him saying that he's the only person who can protect the grizzlies...

Now, it makes me _real_ nervous now when someone says that they're the only person who can do something... Just do a search on "RastaNarc" and you'll know...
 
The irony is that the Katmai bears aren't and weren't in any need of protection. Part of the reason he could get as close as he did is they are protected and don't face hunting or poaching pressures.

His whole "I'm stopping poachers" schtick was a puerile way to grub money from credulous lower 48-er's so he could live out his delusions.
 
Treadwell was a bag egg...nuff said.

And I may have to rethink visiting Alaska. Tigers on the other side of even a nominal fence are one thing. Bears face to face is another!

--Herself
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I wouldn't let this story worry you. As long as you don't go off in the woods and talk goo goo ga ga with the predators, you'll probably be alright. LOL

-Dev
 
Yeah, there's one voice over on the commercial where he's talking baby talk over the camera... Sheesh...

What's really sad is that some folks are likely to see this, and then head for Alaska so that they too can have the "bear experience." I think this is gonna turn out badly for the bears.
 
So the New Agers have progressed from swimming with the dolphins to dining with the bears.

I wonder what they'll do for an encore ...
 
DevLcL said:
Treadwell was a bag egg...nuff said.

I wouldn't let this story worry you. As long as you don't go off in the woods and talk goo goo ga ga with the predators, you'll probably be alright. LOL
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The brown bear I've run across have been high-tailing it the other direction, which is typical. I wouldn't go into Katmai, though. Between the NPS and Timmy boy there are way too many bear in there that have little or no fear of humans.
 
I just saw it and I’m speechless. The brightest bulb I saw other than the Native American was the guy who said.” I donno how he lasted so long, hell the bears probably thought he was retarded or something.” Then one day the bear has enough and says.” You know that might be good to eat”.

Sorry he was a few cans short of a six pack.
 
The panel of his supporters Discovery put on at the end reveal he wasn't the only dim bulb from Malibu. One of them was declaring how the entire state of Alaska was full of poachers from north to south. These people do a lot to reenforce my deep hatred of that state to the south. I hope the Mexicans take it over and put the gringos against the wall.
 
They sure were a bit bitey towards the end. It just goes to show that one human, dedicated to teaching bears that people are not to be feared, can get them to rush a group of armed men. That's kind of a stupid thing to teach bears, it got them all killed.
I wonder what Rangers in Alaska are doing with .40 S&W sidearms. The last time I was rafting in Alaska, my cab driver from the airport carried a .44 mag; I guess a lot of his fares were cranky bears.
 
The Fur, Fish and Feathers boys are essentially State Troopers, they go to the same academy, carry the same weapons and have the same authority. They just wear brown shirts instead of blue.

They had shotguns and rifles, the pistols were superfluous.
 
One of the things I learned was.
Note to self...
Untreated bi-polars and bears do not mix.

Most of his friends and girlfriends seemed a little out of it too.

And the bears seemed less creepy to me than Treadwell. They were just being bears. The thing about the wolves killing his pet fox proved to me how out touch with reality he was. Also seems like his girlfriend finally figured it out toward the end that he was suicidal and was going to leave him. Too bad the bear had to die but once it became a man killer it had to go. I saw the lesson but I doubt the starry eyed California new agers did. For the life of me I don't see how any responsible educator would let him come into their class and preach his insanity. I only hope the idiots talked with their class and said "Kids, remember Mr. Treadwell? Well the bears ate him because he should not have done what he did and then explain WHY.

When I was in bear country I went with a 12 ga with 3 inch sabot rounds from a rifled slug barrel. Never had to use it cause I didn't run with them. But I was covered.

You know, that was the nuttiest thing I've seen on TV in a long time....My wife and I were riveted to it like a bad accident. We couldn't believe what we were seeing.
 
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"Look it's Wendy's poop! ...It's just came out of her...It's her gift to me." :what:

I'd bet real money they were killed during one of Treadwell's manic periods.
 
nickthecanuck said:
Guess they hate the smell of patchouli as much as the rest of us.
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Very well said, sir.

I did see this movie for the first time on Discovery last night. My wife and I have both worked in healthcare for twenty years each plus. We both had the same thought: he was not taking his lithium for his bipolar disorder. Some of his manic episodes clearly came through on film.
 
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