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Self-taught bear "expert" found mauled to death by
Posted: 2003-10-08 02:54am
by Perinquus
http://www.adn.com/front/story/4102002p-4119654c.html
A self-taught bear expert who once called Alaska's brown bears harmless party animals was one of two people fatally mauled in a bear attack in Katmai National Park and Preserve - the first known bear killings in the 4.7-million-acre park.
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Treadwell, co-author of "Among Grizzlies: Living With Wild Bears in Alaska," spent more than a dozen summers living alone with Katmai bears, and videotaping them.
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Treadwell was known for his brazen confidence around bears. He often got so close he could touch them. He gave them names. Once he was filmed crawling along the ground singing as he approached a sow and two cubs.
Holy shit! What an idiot! I nominate this dumbass for a Darwin award. What is it with these new-age "let's be one with nature" types?
Posted: 2003-10-08 03:02am
by Darth Wong
Some people believe that because Jesus was said to talk to the animals, they can too.
Posted: 2003-10-08 03:10am
by LordShaithis
It would have been even funnier if the bear expert had been eaten by a tiger.
Posted: 2003-10-08 03:16am
by Darth Wong
GrandAdmiralPrawn wrote:It would have been even funnier if the bear expert had been eaten by a tiger.
Not likely, since the park is a low-stress environment. Just ask Comical Axi
Posted: 2003-10-08 04:36am
by beyond hope
Wait...
this is the guy he brought up in the "Low Income Tiger" thread?!
LMAO!
Posted: 2003-10-08 04:39am
by Darth Fanboy
This couple was from Malibu, I am not surprised in the least.
Posted: 2003-10-08 09:14pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
Well, at least they didn't die trying to keep the bears from eating other animals. That would have guaranteed him a Darwin Award in my opinion. Wasn't there someone that actually tried that?
Posted: 2003-10-08 10:14pm
by Vertigo1
Didn't that schmuck have a special on the Discovery Channel a few months back?
Posted: 2003-10-09 01:54am
by Sriad
Vertigo1 wrote:Didn't that schmuck have a special on the Discovery Channel a few months back?
Sounds like he should've done a cross-over with Project Grizzly.