By Rachel D'oro Associated Press Writer Published: Oct 7, 2003 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A self-taught bear expert who once called Alaska's brown bears harmless was one of two people fatally mauled in a bear attack in the Katmai National Park and Preserve. The bodies of Timothy Treadwell, 46, and Amie Huguenard, 37, both of Malibu, Calif., were found Monday when a pilot arrived who was supposed to pick them up and take them to Kodiak, state troopers said Tuesday. Treadwell, co-author of "Among Grizzlies: Living With Wild Bears in Alaska," spent more than a dozen summers living alone with and videotaping Katmai bears. Information on Huguenard was not immediately available. The Andrew Airways pilot contacted troopers in Kodiak and the National Park Service after he saw a brown bear, possibly on top of a body, in the camp near Kaflia Bay. Park rangers encountered a large, aggressive male brown bear when they arrived at the campsite and killed it. Investigators then found human remains buried by a bear in a nearby brushy area. The remains and camping equipment were flown Monday to Kodiak. As the plane was being loaded, another aggressive bear approached and was killed by park rangers and troopers. The bear was younger, possibly a 3-year-old, according to Bruce Bartley of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The victims' bodies were flown to the state medical examiner's office for autopsy. Dean Andrew, owner of Andrew Airways, said the pilot was too upset to comment. The company had been f Treadwell to Katmai for 13 years and Huguenard for the last couple of years. Andrew said Treadwell was an experienced outdoorsman. Treadwell was known for his confidence around bears. He often touched them, and gave them names. Once he was filmed crawling along the ground nude singing as he approached a sow and two cubs. Over the years, Park Service officials, biologists and others expressed concern about his safety and the message he was sending. "At best he's misguided, at worst a complete idiot with a death wish" Deb Liggett, superintendent at Katmai, told the Anchorage Daily News in 2001. "At any rate, he's dangerous. If Timothy models unsafe behavior, that ultimately puts bears and other visitors at risk." That same year Treadwell was a guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman," describing Alaska brown bears as mostly harmless "party animals." In his book, Treadwell said he decided to devote himself to saving grizzlies after a drug overdose, followed by several close calls with brown bears in early trips to Alaska. He said those experiences inspired him to give up drugs, study bears and establish a nonprofit bear-appreciation group, called Grizzly People. Grizzly and brown bears are the same species, but "brown" is used to describe bears in coastal areas and "grizzly" for bears in the interior. The deaths were the first known bear killings in the 4.7-million-acre park on the Alaska Peninsula.
only thing that leaves me scratching my head is wouldnt bears eat the dude? i dont think bears bury their kills. they eat them. i suspect fowl play
Fowl play? You think a chicken did it? Seriously though, bears do bury food for use later if they aren't hungry at the time, sort of like a dog burying a bone.
hmm..that makes sense. interesting story man. i have always toyed with and wanted to go do something like spend hella time out in the woods. like a month or longer on end. it would be an intense trip *oh yea:LOL:fowl playi think a mallard smacked him and got his crew to bury the evidence. dude just had too much corn to not make the hit. (Edited by budzRus at 11:09 pm on Oct. 7, 2003)
Yep, I love nature but I love my life also, I carry a sidearm in the woods always, more for the bad 2 legged creatures than the 4 legged, Around here its not bears its mountain lions.......... here kitty kitty, the only time you here them purring is after they kill you.............. and yes he deserved it sorry
first i was like, holy **** 67ranchero is back! then when i read its from 2003 i realized he's not. Then i got to see some old posts of mine under the budzrus name. Still havent figured out what happened to that name. it just stopped working one night. nice find bob
QUOTE Quote: from Bong O Matic on 7:26 pm on Jan. 5, 2006 Hey man if he was smoking Bear Dung was it the ****? Hey man, did you figure that out yourself, or did you have help?
I figured it out on my own but I sat up till almost 3:30 trying to think of it.Yup I'm pretty fucking stupid don't you think?
QUOTE Quote: from Bong O Matic on 2:25 pm on Jan. 6, 2006 I figured it out on my own but I sat up till almost 3:30 trying to think of it.Yup I'm pretty fucking stupid don't you think? Don't be so hard on yourself! You're not stupid; maybe just too fucking high! It can happen to the best of us!
