(#3) Body Parts And Pieces Of Clothing Were Found In The 28-Year-Old Bear's Stomach
After park authorities cleaned up the horrific murder scene, four garbage bags of body parts were removed. But two days later, after two bears were shot and killed by park officials, clothing and body parts were found in the stomach of one of the bears. It was a 28-year-old brown male bear that weighed close to 1,000 pounds. After shooting and leaving it for several days, the carcass was almost completely consumed by other bears. It had been the first bear attack since the park was declared 85 years prior.
(#4) He Had Set Up Camp Right In The Middle Of The Grizzly Maze, A Dangerous Path
Out of the 13 summers that Treadwell spent with the bears, six of them were devoted to filmmaking. Based on his footage, it's remarkable that he survived for as long as he did. He often snuck up to bears, sometimes crawling on all fours, to grab a shot. But that's not where the Grizzly Man's advances ended; there were times where he attempted to touch bears, both cubs and adults.
What made matters even worse was that Treadwell chose to set up camp in “the grizzly maze," right in the middle of a bear path. So, bears passing through the area had to cross his tent or the lake nearby. Larry Van Daele, a biologist from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said that “ A person could not have designed a more dangerous location to set up a camp.''
(#10) Did Treadwell Actually Care About Protecting The Bears?
Treadwell was known to be hostile to people he viewed as “intruders." Just like a bear, he would run when spotted someone and peer at the invaders from the cover of bushes. One of his goals was to educate people on bears; however, he tried to sabotage companies attempting to make educational documentaries by scaring off the bears. This could all be interpreted as an extension of his desire to serve as their protector. Although, with Katmai National Park being the world's largest bear protection area, his logic was somewhat faulty.
(#6) Treadwell Adopted Alter Egos, Pretending He Was British And Australian
The Grizzly Man began his reinvention by changing his legal name to Timothy Treadwell (a surname from his mother's ancestors). Despite being born Timothy Dexter, Treadwell was the name he used when he went on auditions in Hollywood. But he often slipped into character in his private life as well. At times, he spoke in a British Cockney accent, crafting the backstory that he was raised in an orphanage.
Later, he dropped the Cockney accent in favor of an Australian one. Peter Dixon, a documentary filmmaker who worked with Treadwell, heard that the Grizzly Man had lived in Australia during his youth. Yet as far as Tradwell's parents knew, he had never been there.
(#2) The Audio From Their Final Moments During The Bear Attack Was Captured On Treadwell's Camera
Audio exists of the final moments of Treadwell's life, and it's chilling. Captured on Treadwell's camera which had apparently been turned on but dropped in the dirt, screams and cries are heard as his girlfriend yells at him to play dead. Apparently, he had stepped out of the tent to confront the bear that wondered into his camp. Moments later, Amie Huguenard emerged and saw that he was being mauled. The bear retreated but only momentarily. Treadwell, seeing that playing dead wasn't working, begged her to “hit the bear!” Sadly, it didn't take long for him to realize that his fate was sealed. In his final moments, he pleaded with Amie to flea.
(#11) The Grizzly Man Appeared On Letterman And Had Celebrity Supporters
The Grizzly Man never realized his dream of being an A-list actor, but he did achieve a certain level of celebrity. In promotion of his book Among Grizzlies: Living With Wild Bears in Alaska, he appeared on Late Night with David Letterman. He also attracted the attention of notable stars through Grizzly People–a nonprofit he founded that was dedicated to educating the public, particularly children, about bears. Leonardo DiCaprio, Gisele Bundchen, and Pierce Brosnan are among the list of famous faces who either donated to Grizzly People or attended one of their fundraisers.
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Timothy Treadwell has lived with grizzly bears for 13 years and has a close relationship with those bears, people called him the grizzly man. But he never thought that his best friends would open him one day. The Alaskan Grizzlies that fascinated Timothy are indeed unusual, this bear can be up to 2.5 meters long and weighs up to 600 kg. It is no exaggeration to say that a grizzly bear can smash the skull of an adult with a palm.
Although those wild bears are very dangerous, Timothy Treadwell is fearless. In his opinion, people and animals should maintain the most basic trust and must lift any protection. He also takes a documentary about his life with the bears and sold it to TV stations, which caused a sensation in the United States once it was broadcast. The random tool introduced 11 details about his life and tragic death.
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