Grizzly Man

I just checked and the channel is actually called Audience network. Anyway, he is always good for a laugh so tuning in for a bit.

I found the docu about him extremely disturbing.

I remember one guy they interviewed said the reason the bears left Treadwell alone was because they thought he was retarded.

He wasn't gay. He did have a girlish voice and way about him, though. That high-pitched voice of his! I can't believe there were people who actually took this guy seriously as a kind of "bear whisperer." He was just a very mentally disturbed weirdo with a fixation on bears.

At one time there was such an interest in him that Disney supposedly wanted to do a show about him. And there was talk of a movie, possibly starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Well, there's no need for a movie now. The documentary pretty much told Treadwell's strange story. It's not surprising he was eventually eaten by bears. It's too bad his hapless girlfriend had to be the bears's dinner, too. The relationship meant a lot more to her than it did to him; she quit her job and moved to where he was to be with him. What a mistake that was. The things some people will do for love.

Why would anyone on DL want a moron like Treadwell to be gay?

Be kind. This guy was running away from the ills of people but he trusted nature too much.

A severely disturbed closet case. His parents say he was an ordinary young man until he went away to college. There, he claimed that he was a British orphan who was born in Australia. According to this account, his father said Timothy "spiraled down" and became an alcoholic after he lost the role of Woody Boyd to Woody Harrelson in the sitcom Cheers.

"I've always wished I was gay, it would have been a lot easier. You know, it's just Bing! Bing! Bing! - gay guys, no problem. They go to restrooms and truck stops and perform sex, it's like so easy for them and stuff. But you know what? Alas, Timothy Treadwell is not gay. Bummer!"

I kind of liked it when the bears turned on him. He was so annoying. Is that so wrong?

I loathed him and that fat hag who inherited the tapes

His nickname was actually "Grizzly Girl."

The poor lady who inherited the tapes was way out of her depth through the whole ordeal. I felt badly for her. She needed a small town and a husband with a pot belly and a good casserole recipe for any occasion, not to end up traumatized by a crazy closet case eaten by a bear, and then interviewed by Werner Herzog.

Never seen the movie. But lost any interest in the story when I heard the group retrieving his remains also killed the bear. Bears are wild animals - treat them like your pet dog and you end up dead.

werner herzog's best work

r13 And they weren't even sure that it was the bear who killed him and his girlfriend.

Ordinary until college? Doesn't schizophrenia manifest in early 20s?

This dude reminded me of Baloon Boys Dad. Wanted to be some sort of tv star and found some extreme "pet" project to try and garner interest in.

Did that woman actually destroy the tapes?

"According to this account, his father said Timothy "spiraled down" and became an alcoholic after he lost the role of Woody Boyd to Woody Harrelson in the sitcom Cheers."

Wasn'the claim that he "almost" got the role of Woody in Cheers just another one of Trreadwell's lies? I think it is. It's inconceivable that this not very good looking weirdo guy with the high voice would have been seriously in the running for a lead role on a tv series. He wasn't even an actor, was he? Yes, that story about him nearly being cast in Cheers must have been just another delusion.

The fact OP thinks this dude was GAY shows you how extremely delusional and irrational some posters here are. Unreal...

R18 Oh, ha ha.

It's notable that 'his bears' didn't actually turn on him. Treadwell was eaten by a black bear that came down from the mountains in search of food, not by one of the grizzlies he'd been living with for years. So in a sense he did succeed in befriending some bears. It was just the other ones he forgot to watch out for.

He reminds me of Andy Dick.

I will never understand why the girlfriend didn't run away as fast as she could while the bear was busy consuming Timothy, she literally just stayed there until it was done and came back for her.

r22 I know right. I would have been like, "So long queen, you would never fuck me and now I'm supposed to get eaten by a bear for you."

R22, according to people who have heard the audio of the killings, she was trying to beat the bear off of Tim with a frying pan, while Treadwell was screaming at her to run away.

You mean you didn't like his snookums talk while purses fell out of his mouth? And he got his hag killed to boot!

Gay voice until the very end! Not the bear he was hoping for. I'm getting killed!

R22, I'm rocking in delirious laughter over your comment.

So long Queen!

"So in a sense he did succeed in befriending some bears."

He was never "friends' with those bears. He invaded their territory and anthropomorphized them by giving them names like "Downey" and "Mr. Chocolate" and talking baby talk to them. The bears didn't befriend him, they ignored him (smart bears). Treadwell was just very lucky; at any time any of those bears could have torn him apart. And one eventually did. It was inevitable.

That fox in the movie, the one he calls "Timmy." An observer noted that the fox follows Treadwell and that when Treadwell holds his fingers out to him he licks them. Obviously Treadwell had been feeding the fox, which made the fox no longer fear humans, which puts the fox at greater risk of being captured or killed. The fox would probably go right up to a hunter and get blown away. Treadwell was such a fucking asshole.

Didn't he lovingingly fondle the steaming bear excrement

Let's see. He moves 3,000 miles away from his family to take a stab at Hollywood. He's a pathological liar and showoff. He changes his last name like to sound like some 1950s movie star. He becomes a waiter for the next ten years and an alcoholic. He almost ODs on drugs and finds some insane passion to cling to to 'rescue' himself. Yeah, all boxes checked. He's gay.

I want to hear the screams. The death bear screams.

Bears are usually afraid of humans, and usually stay from them. It's the humans that walk into there territories, that make Bears dangerous. The bear hadn't eaten a full meal in quite some time, so the poor guy (and girl) became the meal.

There is a hilariously fake video on YouTube purporting to be "Grizzly Man: Audio of Bear Attack." There are people who actually think it's real, which proves there are people in this world who will believe anything.

Video and still camera equipment, also found at the site, were later analyzed by Alaska State Troopers where it was discovered that the last remaining 6 minutes of video tape, which was found still in the camera bag, had captured the sounds of the attack.

The first sounds from the tape are from Amie, “she sounds surprised and asks if it’s still out there”. Apparently either Tim had asked Amie to turn the camera on, or Amie just turned it on out of reflex. (I don’t believe this latter scenario took place for one minute which I will discuss in detail below). At any rate, the attack was in progress when the camera was turned on.

The next voice is from Timothy as he screams “Get out here! I’m getting killed out here!” (Tim was wearing a remote microphone on his coverall’s). The sound of a tent zipper is then heard and the tent flap opening. Amie is heard screaming over the background sounds of rain hitting the tent, the wind, and other storm sounds all mixed in with the bear and Tim fighting to “Play dead!” Seconds pass before Amie yells again to “Play dead!” (Van Daele 2004)

Not surprisingly, with Amie yelling and screaming nearby, this seems to work and the bear breaks off the attack. (more on this below) A short conversation ensues as Amie and Tim try and determine if the bear is really gone. Being trained as a physician’s assistant, it is believed that Amie made her way to Tim, and from the sounds caught on tape, the bear returns and Amie is forced to back off. Tim then is clearly heard screaming that playing dead isn’t working and begs her to “hit the bear!” ( Van Daele 2005, Fallico 2004)

The sound of rain hitting the tent, along with wind muffle the sounds at this point. However, Amie is clearly heard yelling to “Fight back!” She is then heard screaming “Stop! Go Away! or possibly Run Away!” as the sound of “a frying pan is used to beat the top of the bears head and the sound of Tim moaning. (Fallico 2004)

It is believed that at this point in the attack, the bear let go of Tim’s head which the bear had in it’s mouth, and grabbed him somewhere in the upper leg area. The sound of Amie screaming very loudly, as Tim is clearly heard over the sounds of the storm, saying “Amie get away, get away, go away”. Tim knew he was going to die at this point and wanted to save Amie from the same fate. (Herzog, Fallico 2004)

Amie did not go away.

The audio portion of this video tape lasts roughly 6 minutes. During this period, Tim’s cries and pleadings can be heard for two-thirds of that time. He did not die quickly, unlike some traumatic death victims who were lucky enough to drift off into a shock induced dream state. Tim was obviously very aware and struggling desperately to survive during the last moments of his life.

Unlike what is portrayed in the movies, the bear is nearly silent. Only low growls and periodic grunts are heard which only adds to the horror of the scene. Sounds of the bear dragging Tim off, and the fading sounds of his scream’s indicate that Tim is being pulled and dragged into the brush and away from camp.

As the tape comes to an end, the sounds of Amie’s high-pitched screams rise to a new level, much like what has been described as “the sound of a predator call used by hunters to produce the distress cries of a small wounded animal which often attracts bears”. Biologist Larry Van Daele, for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game theorizes that Amie’s screams “may have prompted the bear to return and kill her.” ( Van Daele 2004 )

We can only envision the horror of what Amie had witnessed and heard. Hysterical and “paralyzed with fear, standing just outside of the tent until the bear returned and attacked her”. (I’m not convinced of this. More on this below too) (Readers Digest 2005)

r34 Well, it's certainly not a retelling of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."

So creepy

R33's post made me LOL and I haven't even heard the fake tape yet!

Here it is

r38 What was she (Miss Treadwell) wearing?

He's listed as an "American environmentalist" on his flowery Wikipedia entry. Wait till people do a Google search and find this thread. LOL

Tim and friend.

Poor Amie. Never get involved with some nutcase who is a Kinsey 10, but he tries to force himself into a Kinsey 3.

He was a nut case who acted like he was hanging out with Yogi and Boo Boo

Some of you are awful people. This was a horrible tragedy. Nothing funny or amusing about it

I agree totally.

Maybe r44, but sometimes we bring horrible tragedy on ourselves. I have never had a bear come fuck with me at my house, I would have to actively engage them to get killed. Do you honestly think that fucking death hag Herzog wasn't secretly hoping for this? He's like Kevorkian with a budget, he loves to see people die and he wouldn't get involved in anything if there's not going to be a body count. So maybe take your ass back to I-Village and pray for some cancer kids on facebook or something.

Flipping channels this morning and it's playing on Fusion channel whatever that is. This guy is a screaming MARY!

It's sad he died (although it was mostly his fault) but I think what makes it humorous is the narration, the voice.

I love Werner Herzog and he is never more Herzogian than in this movie. At one point there’s a shot of two huge grizzly bears battling it out against the Alaskan landscape, cold and pristine, and he talks about the “profound indifference of the universe”, or words to that effect. This is a weirdly profound film.

I loved Lo and Behold by Herzog. There's a creepy segment about a woman decapitated in a car accident.

The guy looks like he bleached his hair blonde and he kept it maintained out in the wilderness. That screams 'Mary!' too.

Yes he's gay, and perhaps does not know it. Most of all, he was mentally ill. It's a gruesome story.

I love how bump bitch R46 talks to R44, even though R44's comment was posted TWO FUCKING YEARS AGO.

[quote]The guy looks like he bleached his hair blonde and he kept it maintained out in the wilderness. That screams 'Mary!' too.

I didn't think about him having to maintain his hair color, funny stuff. Thanks for the laugh

[quote]r4 It's not surprising he was eventually eaten by bears.

Yeah. Understatement of the year!

A good reality show would be sending celebs we detest to camp amongst bears for a weekend.

[italic]Unbearable: Will They Make It??[/italic]

For some reason I imagine Gigi and whateverthesister'snameis Hadid doing the premiere episode...

r56 Send them along with the rest of the Fyre Fest influencers

Bear maulings and crunching consumption of social media influencers might just win me over to reality TV.

[quote] I will never understand why the girlfriend didn't run away as fast as she could while the bear was busy consuming Timothy, she literally just stayed there until it was done and came back for her.

Well, in her defense, that's something you just don't get to see every day.

[bold]: o

Okay, now I've gotta see this. The next time it's on Fusion is from 2–4:30 pm (PDT) on Monday, 09/16/19. My DVR is set and loaded for bear. Heh.

I saw this when it first came out, and just read the article from Yellowstone-Bearman. The movie freaked me the fuck out, and honestly, the article is worse than a horror movie. I absolutely love the great outdoors, but I no longer feel safe in bear country, and this story is why.

About three years ago, I was walking with two family members in the woods behind their homes (very rural) in NJ. All of sudden, one of them shouts “Bear!” and points. About fifty yards away, we see an adult black bear/sow standing straight up on her hind legs to get a better look at us. She looked to be over six feet tall, but maybe that was my fear. She looked huge. We froze in our tracks, and also now see two cubs with her!!! I was terrified. Fortunately, she turned and bolted away from us. We went home immediately.

People who tempt fate are usually very narcissistic. Timothy Treadwell was mentally ill and likely bipolar. Aime was ridiculous for not listening to her instincts. But I’ve done too many stupid things in my life to count. TT never seemed to learn any lessons from life. I will have nightmares tonight.

Yes, it is a horrifying documentary. It put me in a paranoid frame of mind for awhile. However, from growing up where I did, our culture had a great respect and reverence for the forces of Nature. We were raised believing that the forces of nature are to be treated with great respect. Whenever we saw or were told not to fuck around with something, we took it to heart and never, ever challenged that force and paid honor to it.