Everything That Had to Go Wrong for "Grizzly Man" to Meet His Demise

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  • Timothy Treadwell, the Grizzly Man who spent 13 summers living with the bears, was part activist, part actor, and mostly mystery. His dreams of Hollywood stardom never panned out, but you could argue that his life story is something straight out of a movie. Actually, he's been the subject of a few documentaries, the most famous being Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man.
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  • @bobwheeler4501
    @bobwheeler4501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2068

    "I would die for these animals" became "I will die by these animals and they will die because of me." Tragic.

    • @reptar69
      @reptar69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      My thoughts exactly

    • @normac.1953
      @normac.1953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Ignorance at its finest....

    • @maxcovfefe
      @maxcovfefe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It's kinda like taking a bath with an electric toaster. I'm sure somebody somewhere thought, "Toast in the bath, sure it's dangerous, but I really wanna prove my love for toast!"

    • @abellabarbie
      @abellabarbie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀᴍᴜᴛᴇ _ why does everyone say he got an ADULT woman who WILLINGLY CHOSE to go with him killed? She is 100% responsible for her own well being. She was not a child who was forcefully dragged along...

    • @Grandmaster-Kush
      @Grandmaster-Kush 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Delusions of grandeur, stupidity and a deathly dangerous fixation, if that ain't the recepie for disaster I don't know what is

  • @alvin4100
    @alvin4100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5105

    Thing is people tend to forget animals are also individuals too. One bear not attacking you does not mean you are friends with the entire bear population.

    • @Delightfully_Bitchy
      @Delightfully_Bitchy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +261

      Yeah, I made that observation as well. In fact, the bear who killed the two of them didn't know them because it didn't hangout with the other bears. So even if they hung out with the general population, of course there are going to be rogue outliers.
      ... Something Tim himself brings up early in the movie. It's like he thought his own advice only applied to other people and he was just stating them to show how brave he was.

    • @wasidanatsali6374
      @wasidanatsali6374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Nature is red in tooth and claw.
      Alfred Lord Tennyson

    • @00tonytone
      @00tonytone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      He should of known better. Plain and simple. Bears are not social even with other bears. He was soaked in gasoline and playing with matches.
      Eaten alive has to be one of the worst ways to go. National celebrity that was really breaking the law. He wasnt saving bears. Got 2 bears killed an innocent woman and endangered the lives of the recovery park rangers. He definitely had a mental illness.

    • @madhatter9001
      @madhatter9001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Well said.

    • @dontnoaname6
      @dontnoaname6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      i think he understood that but just really didnt care, in his letters he said "unless one of the bad bears eats me"

  • @rengarcia5189
    @rengarcia5189 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +577

    In his documentary "Grizzly Man", Werner Herzog interviewed several Native Americans at a museum on Kodiak Island. They generally disliked Treadwell and believed he willingly crossed a line with the Grizzlies that they had observed for centuries.

    • @ladyyananumber1200
      @ladyyananumber1200 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +129

      So he had the spirit of a colonizer?

    • @fpengelbrecht9314
      @fpengelbrecht9314 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ladyyananumber1200where the hell are you coming from with that crap? The man was clearly mentally unstable. The native tribes thought he was a stupid idiot because he treated the bears like pets or domesticated animals as opposed to the wild animals they are, it’s as simple as that? TF you on about coloniser BS? For reals, break your chains sister, it’s starting to blur your common sense 😒😒😒😒

    • @aziababy5732
      @aziababy5732 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@ladyyananumber1200girl 😂😂

    • @jimbeam-ru1my
      @jimbeam-ru1my 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ladyyananumber1200 and the stupidity of the colonized

    • @resmarted
      @resmarted 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you have the spirit of a genocider all the same@@ladyyananumber1200

  • @mfgreviews5028
    @mfgreviews5028 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

    The only reason the bears tolerated him was 1) They sensed no fear in him 2) They didn't see him as a rival for food or mating 3) They just wasn't hungry enough... Until one of them was.

    • @lukajovanovic7310
      @lukajovanovic7310 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes but people think bears when they see u just run at u to kill u which isnt really true, in most cases they dont actually attack people unless filling before winter or having cubs, they just walk in the opposite side or not pay attention on humans at all...

  • @doubledforge
    @doubledforge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5028

    The only part that is surprising, is that Timothy survived 13 years before meeting his self imposed fate.

    •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Ya, but what surprises me even more was that his girlfriend was dumb enough to join him in getting eaten.

    • @applewoodcourt
      @applewoodcourt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      The pilot who was to pick up Treadwell and his girlfriend said the same thing along with "I think that the bears thought he was retarded or something". Treadwell was a naive, delusional, attention seeking narcissist whose actions took 2 lives and ultimately caused 2 bears to be killed.

    • @applewoodcourt
      @applewoodcourt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @ When the park service people showed up to recover the remains, they shot/killed 2 bears. I think it was the case that only one bear did the killing. I seem to recall from another video that it was a male. Not sure about the sex of the 2nd bear.

    • @mysteryjunkie9808
      @mysteryjunkie9808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      He brought a woman that was on her period so it smelled blood

    • @joelleighton1191
      @joelleighton1191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@applewoodcourt I don’t know why everyone is attacking the guy so hard when he clearly had mental health issues.

  • @devoncleveland1600
    @devoncleveland1600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10500

    I felt i had a strong connection to a group of seagulls in the lowes parking lot til i ran out of french fries

  • @papa_squat
    @papa_squat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +153

    I was a backcountry ranger in Katmai. My post was the ranger cabin at geographic harbor, a remote spot surrounded by sheer cliffs and water. We were surrounded by and basically at the mercy of coastal brown bears; but they were in their summer salmon period where aggresion is greatly diminished. Our season ended at the end of September/beginning of October. It is simply too dangerous to be staying in a bear dense territory after that. Late fall and winter bears are 900 pound balls of teeth and fur that are desperate for calories.

    • @shasmi93
      @shasmi93 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh. So you were actually educated in the matter and understood how nature works? That’s smart. Especially when you go stomping around in area where you aren’t the top of the chain, there are 1000 pound monsters roaming around.

  • @Maiden_to_mother
    @Maiden_to_mother 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Imagine being so narcissistic that you think you can survive that kind of situation because the bears “love you.”

    • @Infinite-void908
      @Infinite-void908 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Also imagine being so narcissistic that you thought that your submersible which was made out of carbon fiber which is a very weak material for deep sea diving could survive over 3,500 meters below sea level and you and your passengers continually hear cracking noises as you're descending and you ignored the safety concerns from experts about the design of your submersible and fired anyone who brought them up because you thought you were smarter than them even though you didn't even test your submersible or didn't try to build it out of stronger material and then your submersible implodes killing you and the four other people who went with you. This might not seem relevant to you, but I was saying how Stockton Rush had the same level of stupidity as Timothy Treadwell did when it came to dangerous situations like that.

    • @Infinite-void908
      @Infinite-void908 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @simpleric7061 I didn't copy and paste my comment. You just made a bold assumption.

  • @rebeccapomales4407
    @rebeccapomales4407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3080

    Not only did he get himself and his partner killed, he managed to achieve the exact thing he stood against...he got that bear killed. What a waste!

    • @Hawken54
      @Hawken54 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      The man was leaving in a fantasy world. Nature isn't The Lion King or Jellystone.

    • @melissalove2463
      @melissalove2463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Rebecca Pomales Exactly, poor thing was just doing what bears do ! 💕🐻😢💕

    • @matthewgeno4538
      @matthewgeno4538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      He got that bear killed. That's a absolute bullshit crime. Im so sad.

    • @myoriginalname
      @myoriginalname 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      He was clearly unstable but what’s surprising is that the people around him didn’t stop him

    • @geechyguy3441
      @geechyguy3441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Well he lasted for years living with the bears, the one bear that killed him was one that already had a disliking for him based on his diary entries.

  • @couchwarrior2449
    @couchwarrior2449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3151

    He loved bears, but he didn't respect them. That cost them both their lives.

    • @susanbroadwater7190
      @susanbroadwater7190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Excellent point.

    • @catlady137
      @catlady137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Well said

    • @pistongreg
      @pistongreg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Very good point

    • @sitcomchristian6886
      @sitcomchristian6886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I both agree with you and like your username :)

    • @MrOTcomputer
      @MrOTcomputer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      I believe he was suicidal too. There's no question that he knew not to approach the bears during this time but chose to do it anyways. Clear case of suicide by bear. He said it numerous times "I will die for these bears, I will die for these bears, I will die for these bears".

  • @lucara
    @lucara 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    I think all those years made him overconfident. He also projected human behavior on the bears, thinking "they won't hurt me, because they know me", not realising that wild animals are not like that.

    • @xxxxxxxxx3944
      @xxxxxxxxx3944 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Even people who hand raise bear cubs into adulthood, know that.

    • @shay00795
      @shay00795 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes and having his GF there must have boosted his man testosterone and wanted to show off what friendly bears are to him

    • @GuitarJammerJohn
      @GuitarJammerJohn 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The bear that killed him was also a much older bear that was probably struggling to find food so was much less fussy about what it ate. The younger bears likely weren’t interested because they could find much better pray which would provide a better food source. It’s really unfortunate he had to suffer like he did as If it had of been a younger bear his death would have been almost instant he would hardly of known what happened as they often go for the head and try to disable their pray but apparently this bear had very blunt teeth so it was unable to kill him straight away. His girlfriend may have also survived as the bear probably would have dragged his body away and she wouldn’t be trying to help as he’d already be dead.

  • @swaffelkonijn5166
    @swaffelkonijn5166 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Timothy Treadwell was the epitome of the phrase: "play stupid games win stupid prizes"

  • @doomjuan4892
    @doomjuan4892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +538

    "Treadwell's friends had routinely questioned his tactics"
    I would have questioned his sanity.

    • @xoose
      @xoose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      At some point I would have questioned my friendship.

    • @climberly
      @climberly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      listen to some of his interviews, he sounds like he ate way too much acid and cooked his brain.

    • @comettamer
      @comettamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As would I. Most rational humans would.

    • @runlarryrun77
      @runlarryrun77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Look for Werner Herzog's documentary about this guy. It's excellent. Insightful & respectful, yet leaves you in no doubt that despite his best intentions Treadwell had completely lost touch with reality. It's a sad story from start to finish.

    • @MrRowskey
      @MrRowskey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Didn't sound like they cared enough about him to intervene in what they all claim were clear warning signs.

  • @cana1526
    @cana1526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +559

    "I will be master" placing his ego above that of wild animals was his first mistake

    • @Wessex90
      @Wessex90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      As soon as I saw him say that, I definitely thought that was his fate sealed. Worst possible attitude.

    • @brigidvanparys2062
      @brigidvanparys2062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Amen to that

    • @shane5200
      @shane5200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I will be a master by not going into bear territory. Lol

    • @georgcantor7172
      @georgcantor7172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Treadwell supported the Clintons, the Feinsteins, the Sciffs, and the Pelosis who have the same attitudes to their constituents.

    • @josephlocklear3665
      @josephlocklear3665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes sir, true

  • @Anon12077
    @Anon12077 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    Timothy knew he was tempting fate, but he was too blinded by ego or his love for the bears to realize that they didn’t love him back. I feel more sorry for his friends and family who now have to live with the guilt and probably always think to themselves that they shouldn’t have let him gone. It’s not even remotely their fault, and in my very brutal opinion, Treadwell basically forced that grief and guilt upon them by not treating his life with more respect.

    • @SchmuelGoldstein-mj8rk
      @SchmuelGoldstein-mj8rk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Him and Stockton Rush (the guy who built the Titan submersible) had a lot in common

    • @Anon12077
      @Anon12077 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SchmuelGoldstein-mj8rk 100% the only difference is that in the long run, Timothy was only putting himself in direct danger, where the Titanic submarine guy was putting others in direct danger

    • @SchmuelGoldstein-mj8rk
      @SchmuelGoldstein-mj8rk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Anon12077 it’s a good thing Timothy never got the bright idea to charge people money to come along with him on bear tours. He probably would have eventually

    • @zschow9259
      @zschow9259 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      not everyone thinks like a joo@@SchmuelGoldstein-mj8rk

    • @SkazkiPeredSnom
      @SkazkiPeredSnom 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How could his family possibly prevented a grown man with free will?

  • @yolandaponkers1581
    @yolandaponkers1581 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    This is why people have got to stop assuming that they have a “spiritual connection” with wild animals. They aren’t pets. They aren’t programmed to love you back. Appreciate them from a distance and leave them alone. It’s best for literally everyone.

    • @MacMyaa
      @MacMyaa 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      As native American and the bear being my spiritual animal, I agree with you. The only thing is I don't think they're pets, I've been studying animal behaviors, and this guy just was too entitled, narcissistic and reckless.

  • @JeevesReturns
    @JeevesReturns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +863

    His friends?
    Every year...
    Bear: “great. This asshole again”.

    • @Brind-amour
      @Brind-amour 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      😄

    • @zombienursern4909
      @zombienursern4909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@Brind-amour : Bear: this guy is gonna get hurt one day...

    • @nickie7874
      @nickie7874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sadly, the bear paid the ultimate price.

    • @RooiRokBokkie
      @RooiRokBokkie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lmao!

    • @jaroslavzaruba2765
      @jaroslavzaruba2765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      i like to think one day the bears, at their bear meeting, talked about who's gonna do it, probably drawing straws
      _"oh motherf... why me!? ffs!"_

  • @Inamichan
    @Inamichan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3440

    Sounds like he was killed by his own stupidity.

    • @ihavetubes
      @ihavetubes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      He went out pursuing his own goals, not many in this life can say the same.

    • @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
      @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      Narcissism & stupidity is a deadly combination.

    • @itsarnoldbruh
      @itsarnoldbruh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      @@ihavetubes you can pursue your goals and still be smart about it. Especially something that dangerous

    • @madmacabre
      @madmacabre 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      As others stated he went out doing what he loved and you have to admire that. At the same time it was stupid, careless got someone else killed

    • @kl2894
      @kl2894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      @@ihavetubes He spent his life annoying bears. What gave him the right?

  • @Knucklehead-Mcspazatron
    @Knucklehead-Mcspazatron 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    The term "25th bear" is in regards to a statement made by bear biologists that 1 in every 25 bears will show more signs of aggression and violence than usual or typically expected of them.

  • @havedrill1
    @havedrill1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +188

    The sad part is his girlfriend didn’t want to be there. She was there because she loved him. She wrote how she was afraid to the bears.

    • @jammerz04
      @jammerz04 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      She was there because she wanted to be. Nobody hangs around grizzlies just because. 🤦‍♂️

    • @havedrill1
      @havedrill1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      @@jammerz04you should watch the documentary. It tells you that she didn’t want to be there.🙄

    • @toilet5217
      @toilet5217 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      @@havedrill1she still made the decision to go there as a full grown adult, that's on her

    • @goatwarrior3570
      @goatwarrior3570 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@havedrill1 Careful with documentaries. They are usually selling a narrative, which is fine. The film maker is entitled to their opinion or artistic license but don't take their subjective conclusions as fact as they may be cherry picking the evidence.

    • @mothball5425
      @mothball5425 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      ​@@havedrill1She was on the plane with him ready to go home and he had a tantrum and decided to go back. I'd have said see you in a week honey.

  • @SentinelPrimal
    @SentinelPrimal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3364

    The bears did not require his protection. They required his absence.

    • @Kimberly5244lol
      @Kimberly5244lol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      I hate to say it but he was a very stupid man

    • @otterplay5028
      @otterplay5028 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      He loved so hard it killed him

    • @ufjir
      @ufjir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I'm convinced that his girlfriend was there at the wrong time of the month and the smell of blood enraged the bear. This human had an anthropormorphic idea of being "friends" with the bears, which Alaska Brown Bear have no conception of.

    • @bneemr251
      @bneemr251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh Brick

    • @gregthompson9434
      @gregthompson9434 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Well said , if anything he was a cancer to these wild and beautiful animal and basically harassing them . And cause the death of machine

  • @lenhudson8194
    @lenhudson8194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2232

    Clearly he loved these animals. Also just as clear to me, he was nuts.

    • @gregbernard7861
      @gregbernard7861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Agree. I’m afraid of raccoons in my back yard.

    • @bigverybadtom
      @bigverybadtom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@gregbernard7861 I've had raccoons enter my garage. Fortunately they usually run out when I come in.

    • @adotintheshark4848
      @adotintheshark4848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Loving someone when you're nuts, isn't loving someone. He was just nuts.

    • @lenhudson8194
      @lenhudson8194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@adotintheshark4848 your contention is that mentally ill people or crazy people, cannot love?
      I would bet against that proposition.

    • @adotintheshark4848
      @adotintheshark4848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@lenhudson8194 their love isn't based on reality. That's where I was coming from.

  • @BrownBomber92181
    @BrownBomber92181 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Being eaten by any predator would be awful. But unlike large cat predators, Bears wont just go for your neck and kill you, putting you out of your misery. A bear will hold you down with a paw, and literally feast on your core and limbs, while screaming and kicking

  • @reynossa3187
    @reynossa3187 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    At the same time, it’s impressive how tolerant bears are. Can you imagine a guy like this doing the same with lions or tigers, he wouldn’t even have time to turn on the camera

    • @tw8464
      @tw8464 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The only reason the bears didn't kill him before was because their bellies were full of salmon. No salmon it would've been no different than lions, etc.

    • @reynossa3187
      @reynossa3187 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@tw8464 with salmon it is different though. There is no way in hell you can walk around a pack of lions even if they are full, that’s suicide with extra steps

    • @serahloeffelroberts9901
      @serahloeffelroberts9901 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Years ago a friend of mine knew a guy who lived in Malaysia in a somewhat isolated bungalow on a plantation. He was out on his patio having a cocktail around sunset when a full grown tiger grabbed him and vanished into the jungle. There were no witnesses but the signs were clear what happened. They never recovered his body. The tiger was a huge animal who probably ate him alive.

  • @johndavis6596
    @johndavis6596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    What I learned is sometimes you have to try really hard to get eaten by a bear.

    • @annsam2111
      @annsam2111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      😂😂😂 John behave 😂😂😂

    • @TabiMcArdle
      @TabiMcArdle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Brilliant

    • @ayepweakly3564
      @ayepweakly3564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed 😆

    • @amber_Forever16
      @amber_Forever16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao 😂 brilliant

    • @fredwerza3478
      @fredwerza3478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I wonder if Commie Trump would get eaten by a bear --- lots of fat 😂😂

  • @odd-eyesdragoon1024
    @odd-eyesdragoon1024 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    It’s amazing he lasted as long as he did.

  • @mannylopez7253
    @mannylopez7253 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    What the biologist said was true he seemed more interested in how getting closer to the bears made him look then recording there behavier , if he actually wanted to learn more about them he could just watch how they acted together instead he wanted to record how they acted with him

  • @Nowaynoway50
    @Nowaynoway50 3 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    “I would like to be his friend but he’s not that type of bear”
    there was a strong need for therapy here

    • @bshaun
      @bshaun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      By, "not that type of bear," I think he meant gay.

    • @c.galindo9639
      @c.galindo9639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A therapist wouldn’t help. He needed a straight jacket

    • @nickyblue4866
      @nickyblue4866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@bshaun there's plenty of gay "bears" he could have found in cali.

    • @Manchessollte421
      @Manchessollte421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I want that quote on a t shirt

  • @Rugops42
    @Rugops42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3067

    Mistakes Were Made, Lessons Were Learned, Bears were fed

    • @benardo01
      @benardo01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      Except the bear that was fed was shot the next day

    • @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
      @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      And then killed because of his narcissism.

    • @XDisasterListX
      @XDisasterListX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Deadly lesson and a hell of a last meal

    • @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
      @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@XDisasterListX Apparently it ate them alive, not killing them outright with a death blow the way big cats will do. Both died screaming in agony.

    • @billycampbell854
      @billycampbell854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You got that right.

  • @novascotiaskater1868
    @novascotiaskater1868 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I had empathy for Treadwell until he started describing of a bear’s pile of poop and the amazement of how it was still warm and how it had just been inside the bear and he I expected him to pick it up and rub it on his face….his love of bears was fine, he felt a connection as they had played a big role in helping him get and stay sober-many addicts will trade an addiction to drugs or alcohol for an addiction to whatever they focused on to get sober- in TT’s case it was bears- but he mistakenly believed this meant he had a bond with the bears that no other person could have. He didn’t make it through 12 summers with the bears because they knew and loved him, it was because they had enough food source to not bother with him. He never would have made it through one trip during late September early October - as evidenced by what happened… he simply got lucky repeatedly…. He absolutely had a mental disorder of some kind…. I love the stray/feral cats that come to my yard… they don’t come to my yard because they love me- but because I feed them. They will let me pet them, touch them, they will sit in my lap- but the minute one has kittens- I can’t get within 20 feet of them or they will try and take my face off!!! Any animal will put up with a human who provides them with something they need- food, water, security, etc but they will turn on that human the minute inate animal instincts kick in….

  • @sserpentchic1342
    @sserpentchic1342 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Nothing went "wrong"...the fact he lasted 3 summers there with his behavior is astounding, let alone 13. It was bound to gappen, the only surprising thing is that it didn't happen sooner

  • @dennisjump8655
    @dennisjump8655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    I lived in AK for 17 years and everyone thought that guy was an idiot.

    • @Princess_Celestia_
      @Princess_Celestia_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I've never lived in AK and I knew the guy was an idiot the first time I heard of him. Didn't even need to hear the rest of his story to know how it was gonna end. I guess Treadwell found out first hand that bears really do shit in the woods.

    • @Mary1337
      @Mary1337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Can you stop speak like everyone lives in your country? Lol

    • @Princess_Celestia_
      @Princess_Celestia_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Mary1337 Aaannndd your point is what, exactly?

    • @paulhomsy2751
      @paulhomsy2751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Dan Bertucci You sound pompous thinking you're better because apparently you live in Alaska. Please smell the roses, idiots exist everywhere including Alaska.

    • @vimy1589
      @vimy1589 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      and most of us here think that also

  • @thepaintingbanjo8894
    @thepaintingbanjo8894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    *"I will die for these animals. I will die for these animals."* etc etc etc
    Yeah, and the bear had to die for him as well because he had to be a moron tempting fate too many times just to satiate his ego. Then it finally caught up to him.
    When an animal kills and eats a person, it's gotta be put down ASAP least they start associating human bodies as an easy source of food and become all the more dangerous. Super ironic, huh.

    • @carldewitz5239
      @carldewitz5239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I Agree a sad lose for the bear

    • @lindamaemullins5151
      @lindamaemullins5151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😔

    • @truemedia2682
      @truemedia2682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It was sadly ironic that they had to kill two bears to retrieve him and his girlfriend. The first time a bear had been killed in a very long time in that area.

    • @carolyngrey2853
      @carolyngrey2853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lol yeah that guy was an idiot

    • @briannaaaron6804
      @briannaaaron6804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yep. He claimed to care so much about the bears yet he and his equally idiotic girlfriend were pretty much responsible for one's demise.
      I don't feel bad for them, they kept tempting fate and lost.
      I only feel bad for the bear.

  • @user-eg4pt8bc1p
    @user-eg4pt8bc1p 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Could you imagine being a nat geo photographer filming grizzly bears in a remote location, when you see a guy wearing a trench coat, sunglasses rocking a blonde bowcut in the distance following a couple of 1000lb grizzlies?! Sheesh!

  • @VaderPopsVicodin10
    @VaderPopsVicodin10 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I can't help but picture Treadwell talking to a Grizzly with cutesie baby language as a Bear just stands there and, just like in cartoons, Treadwell's image to the Bear sees Treadwell slowly morphing into a talking bag of Burger King..

  • @subliminallime4321
    @subliminallime4321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +588

    Everything that had to go wrong:
    1- a bear was hungry
    2- that's it.

    • @joeydoe421
      @joeydoe421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You forgot,
      3.Stupid liberal pets a bear

    • @xxchancetxx
      @xxchancetxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, some simple bear spray would have prevented it.

    • @evoxghiretti
      @evoxghiretti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      4. it wasnt a dog, it was a fucking bear.

    • @colettewilliams3575
      @colettewilliams3575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@joeydoe421 What makes you think he was a liberal. He could have been a libertarian or even conservative.

    • @joeydoe421
      @joeydoe421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@colettewilliams3575 It's obvious by the way he talks and his mannerisms.

  • @AEE60
    @AEE60 3 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    The guy killed himself pretending to protect already protected bears

    • @icannotpretend5834
      @icannotpretend5834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Right!! He had to lie to himself constantly to believe bears in that area where under threat. Poachers had not been an issue in decades. It's odd more people didnt correct him when he MADE that "heroic savior" claim.

    • @c.galindo9639
      @c.galindo9639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So he was psychotic

    • @jordanw1649
      @jordanw1649 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wow. That’s a really good point!

    • @rubyharris4422
      @rubyharris4422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@icannotpretend5834 he comes across as too batty to correct. If he was a narcissist, correcting him wouldn't have ended well but either way, he seemed to genuinely believe his own hype so maybe others either went along with it (like poor Amy) or kept their mouths shut.

    • @enricorodrigues-castragran7810
      @enricorodrigues-castragran7810 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      True, he even had celebrities rallying to a fake cause (like Leonardo Dicaprio and others). He was spreading a bogus story saying it was "secret" poachers that come in and hunt bears. Lol even if that were true....how will ONE crazy guy screaming at a camera in a raggedy beat up tent, stop a bunch of poachers with high powered weapons and hi tech equipment? Much less, scare them off? Lol im more surprised at how people believed him lol in the documentary, you even see him yelling at the "poachers" (which actually turned out to be the rangers telling him to stop getting close to the bears and that hes camping WAY too close). They covered this in the documentary too actually...he was REALLY using the donated money for "miscellaneous"....he was a recovering/relapsing addict, so with his actions, his "girlfriend" and is "miscellaneous" purchases, ill let "imagination" take over. Its alot that was swept under the rug with him.....I KNOW that was one

  • @GLING17
    @GLING17 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    The documentary Grizzly Man is really good. It tells the story of Timothy and his foolish obsession with the bears. He treated them like pets and not the dangerous predators that they are. He gave them cutesy names and talked to them in a baby voice like you would a pet. Ridiculous! His heart was in the right place as an animal lover but wild animals are not your friend! His crazy bear obsession got him & his gf killed. Very sad. 😞

    • @teastrainer3604
      @teastrainer3604 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No wild animal's behavior is 100 percent predictable. Domesticated animals often surprise people with their behavior too.

    • @dand412
      @dand412 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is a good documentary, just wish they would release the audio from the attack.

    • @teastrainer3604
      @teastrainer3604 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@dand412 If the one I've heard online is authentic, it's too horrifying to include.

    • @xxxxxxxxx3944
      @xxxxxxxxx3944 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​ Many don't believe it is. Jewel Palovak said she would never release it publicly. I agree with her. People say it would be "educational", but knowing people, many would use it to vilify his memory by turning it into a rap song or a cartoon.

    • @teastrainer3604
      @teastrainer3604 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@xxxxxxxxx3944 I think it's genuine. He had a very distinctive voice

  • @corycramer9098
    @corycramer9098 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    In the police/coroner report (the statement can be found on the internet)- investigators stated the following.
    What was left of Tim was his skull, which had been scalped, his arms (only attached to the skull and a few neck vertebrae by skin), two arms, one of which had the meat eaten down to the elbow, the other one primarily intact, crossed and held by the prominence of a tattered t-shirt. He had a large piece of his back skin and some of his abdominal skin because they could see his belly button (he was caped; hunters would know this word). A leg that was described as crushed- indicative of a predation event due to crushed and shattered bones- the tissue looked as if it was pulled away from the femur. Not chewed, the meat was pulled. Bone shards, no apparent blood spot (indicating the body was opened in a different location) and a kidney.

  • @johnnyanglo6709
    @johnnyanglo6709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +947

    Treadwell switched from drug addiction to fanatism as an all-knowing bear expert. He replaced the rush from drugs with the rush of living amongst apex predators. Both choices offered him a way of escape from the pain of reality, which was pursuing him. In the end, his need for fantasy escapism would prove to be tragic, as so often is the case. Pride cometh before a fall.

    • @Leopar525
      @Leopar525 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      That was a very nice explanation indeed

    • @tauras665
      @tauras665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LMAO...!! Yeah okay Skippy.....SMH!!!

    • @bugeye8749
      @bugeye8749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That sounds about right

    • @djkell78
      @djkell78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Sure he wasn't high as balls when he was doing this 😂

    • @sECUREij
      @sECUREij 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Honeslty the fame from becoming “the grizzly man” pushed some of his more extreme behaviours as well.

  • @GrooveQuest
    @GrooveQuest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    For someone that was supposed to be a Bear expert, he didn't seem to know much about them.
    I am a Bear Imbecile, and even I know that camping in the middle of a Grizzly Maze during feeding season isn't gong to turnout good for me.

    • @carlycrays2831
      @carlycrays2831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You see, that's the thing. You know enough about bears to know that you bears are dangerous. This man thought he knew enough about bears.
      There is a different.

    • @zombienursern4909
      @zombienursern4909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@carlycrays2831 :Reminds me that Julius Caesar thought that Brutus was his friend...

    • @andrewsld
      @andrewsld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But they were his FRIENDS.

    • @JuFated
      @JuFated 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      His supposed bear expert skills were self taught. He didnt get them from a legit source.
      The video doesnt mention this, but Treadwell would also argue and be aggressive with legit scientists and rangers since he keeps throwing himself to danger and too close to bears' territories. He would also overstay his welcome when camping because he honestly believes he understands and is communicating with these bears with his supposed skills.

    • @304enjoyer3
      @304enjoyer3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But they're his FRENS!!!

  • @Lady_Flashheart40
    @Lady_Flashheart40 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It's so sad that the bear had to die for this man's foolish actions.

  • @karenlawton2549
    @karenlawton2549 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I appreciate any person who cares deeply about animals and fights to protect them. Timothy meant well but he crossed a boundary. Wild animals will always be wild.

    • @TheTwitchybird
      @TheTwitchybird 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He loved himself and he loved the idea of being a chosen one, in this case, the human the bears chose to "bond" with. And this is where that got him. The man was a total egocentric fool that not only caused his own death, but he also caused his girlfriend to die one of the worst possible deaths on top of causing the death of the bear. He was a true loser.

  • @JC-wi2jz
    @JC-wi2jz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2106

    The ultimate respect you can show these animals is by leaving them ALONE! This guy was just full of himself.

    • @brettbanta2100
      @brettbanta2100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Yeah, dude was a complete nut-job

    • @reitairue2073
      @reitairue2073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This

    • @chrismcbrias8577
      @chrismcbrias8577 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Narcecist of the worst kind thought he could bond with bears done more harm than good At the end of the day we are just a food source

    • @fsfx
      @fsfx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      no i want to pet them and post on instagram

    • @bcmcboot
      @bcmcboot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      so true

  • @mereduthgrubb3648
    @mereduthgrubb3648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    That Bear didnt turn his back cuz it trusted him, it had 0 fear of him and thats a scary thing.

    • @bestopinion9257
      @bestopinion9257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just save that meal for later. :)

  • @CriTicOfsOrts
    @CriTicOfsOrts 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I know there’s a layer of tragedy here but I love this dude, convinced he lost roles to woody harrleson, convinced he’s completely integrated with bears, goes to Alaska bring some brainwashed lady and gets mauled and there’s even a recording of it all.. no one’s ever heard it except his sister and I think they deleted it but god damn dude it’s a tale to tell kids on how not to live

  • @capnadam4102
    @capnadam4102 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The very first thing that went wrong was this man's line of rational thinking. Some say he was brave but let's be real. He was a fool to think he could just randomly mingle with an apex predator in the wild. The arrogance is/was astounding. The result was a literal example of natural selection.

  • @wagstag89
    @wagstag89 ปีที่แล้ว +2641

    He traveled around showing school children pictures of himself getting close to bears and telling them things like "if they get mad I just sing to them". Great message for a bunch of kids. He was quoted as saying the bears wouldn't attack because they loved him too much. And the irony of the whole thing is that his actions led to one of those bears being put down. There's not many nice things you can say about this guy. He was an irresponsible, delusional, idiot.

    • @theprinceoftides6836
      @theprinceoftides6836 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Very sad but true. Poor bear and his girlfriend.

    • @wendystewart1867
      @wendystewart1867 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Extremely sad but I think he was wacko

    • @LuciferTheDogKiller
      @LuciferTheDogKiller ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This doesn't make him a bad person, he was just mentally unstable and needed professional help.

    • @larion2336
      @larion2336 ปีที่แล้ว +191

      @@theprinceoftides6836 Meh, I think the girlfriend is equally responsible for her own demise. She spent past summers with him too. She can't have been ignorant of the dangers. They were both delusional.

    • @r2d2musk6
      @r2d2musk6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Despite your criticism and rationale, which I agree with by the way, you can't deny he did some amazing things with bears. He was able to approach wild grizzly bears and not be immediately killed. He did have a relationship or vibe that the bears felt comfortable with. The one that killed him was even one he claimed to not like.

  • @trishh1734
    @trishh1734 ปีที่แล้ว +730

    Once you put yourself there, you become part of the food chain. For someone who claimed to love the bears, he caused the death of one. Their deaths were tragic but preventable.

    • @flarion00
      @flarion00 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      True

    • @jonesquadmama9534
      @jonesquadmama9534 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      I agree. The bear did nothing wrong. He was just doing what he needed to do to survive. Timothy played a dangerous game and he lost.

    • @allies7184
      @allies7184 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That bear was very bad; I don't care one iota if it died.

    • @shanepedersen883
      @shanepedersen883 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@allies7184 lol @ this comment. You're either a child or stupid.

    • @promeneuzivotu117
      @promeneuzivotu117 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@allies7184 bear was just acting out of instinct and had no evil intentions so it's not the animal's fault that humans can be insanely stupid.

  • @Kevin-wb5jl
    @Kevin-wb5jl 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Narrator: He treated them more like friendly companions than wild animals. He used unorthodox and dangerous methods…
    Which raises the question how did he end up in the stomach of a creature he considered to be his best friend.
    Me: YOU JUST GAVE US THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION! Everything you JUST said ANSWERS the Question you said was RAISED by your opening! 😂

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "If it happens, it happens.."
    Narrator: It happened

  • @kodiakkeith
    @kodiakkeith 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1094

    Late, but the only thing that went wrong was his timing. I had talked with him several times because someone had introduced me since I had been mauled on Kodiak several years earlier. He was arrogant and thought he knew more about bears than people in Kodiak that live with bears year-round. I ran into him at Macks (local outfitter and sporting goods in Kodiak) a day or two before he was flying back into Katmai. I told him, and I know his pilot told him as well, that fall bears are not like the summer bears he had dealt with previously. Summer bears are fat, happy and calm. They gorge on salmon during the runs and are rarely a threat to humans. Fall bears enter a physiological state called hyperphagia. They aren't just hungry, their complete metabolism changes. They are charged with adrenaline and move about restlessly seeking every scrap of protein they can get. They'll even attack other bears at that time of year, not as the dominance thing that you see in summer where the loser walks away, but as food. I had been mauled by a fall bear and only survived because somebody shot it off me. When I saw him at Mack's and he said he was going back in, I told him he won't be dealing with friendly summer bears and he should rethink it. He dismissed me in his arrogant way with "They know me." Well ... okey dokey!

    • @AutisticBearLover
      @AutisticBearLover 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +114

      I’m sorry to hear about your mauling. I hope you’re doing alright from it. Sending support and love💗

    • @dominiquemiyake8625
      @dominiquemiyake8625 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +132

      I can’t even imagine what that must have been like for you. I’m glad you survived! I’m Canadian but I think Alaskans are among the toughest people on the planet. I saw Grizzly Man years ago because I love Werner Herzog 😂. But the fact that this guy had so much hubris he wouldn’t listen to someone who lives in Alaska who had survived a mauling is just mind blowing 🤯.

    • @nataliemoraes2033
      @nataliemoraes2033 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can't talk sense into stupid

    • @AutisticBearLover
      @AutisticBearLover 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      @@dominiquemiyake8625 No fr that just seems like a huge slap in the face tbh.

    • @salleymudd5488
      @salleymudd5488 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All they had to say was "California" and it all made sense. Californians are seriously the most delusional people on the planet.
      This is what happens when you live in a State where colleges and schools teach you that you can change your biology simply by "identifying" as something else.
      Timmy really thought that if he hung out with bears long enough he would "become" one, but I guess those Grizzlies didn't go to UC Berkeley. 🐻

  • @Moonshinedave1
    @Moonshinedave1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +549

    He didn't accept the bears as they are, but how he wanted them to be. He was lucky to have lived as long as he did.

    • @ThunderbackOG
      @ThunderbackOG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yup. I agree with Dr. Vic Barnes. This guy was delusional. And, judging by the way he speaks and writes, not very smart.

    • @TheRealBatCave
      @TheRealBatCave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lol he did accept the as they are, no spray, no fences, and in his own words "if it happens it happens" how more acceptance donu want??

    • @charlesbrophy6406
      @charlesbrophy6406 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are definitely correct sir!!!

    • @HellyeahRook
      @HellyeahRook 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He anthropomorphized(sp) them.

    • @anthonyjackson6087
      @anthonyjackson6087 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts

  • @MainFrameGamerz
    @MainFrameGamerz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I felt sorry for Amy, She probably trusted Tim on his knowledge of Beer behavior. Which cost her her life. I remember seeing Tim "way back when" and thinking this guy was asking for trouble. "Some day" I told my son many moons ago. This was no great feat to predict what kind of demise hed face but his GF too. .

  • @matanuskabutler7566
    @matanuskabutler7566 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    As an Alaskan born and raised, there was only a single thing that needed to go wrong, nothing else, and it was him thinking he could talk to an apex predator....

  • @beerye9331
    @beerye9331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    10:25 "I will die for these animals...I will die for these animals"
    Mission Complete.

    • @bobklose5455
      @bobklose5455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Clearly he was Very Stupid

    • @jimc6687
      @jimc6687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Epitaph on his grave stone!!

    • @winniethepoop7178
      @winniethepoop7178 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yummers

    • @jonathantan2469
      @jonathantan2469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Achievement Unlocked: Bear Neccessities - Nourish a starving hungry bear with your body

    • @cloudman8911
      @cloudman8911 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahhahaha

  • @clootscalhoun9481
    @clootscalhoun9481 ปีที่แล้ว +823

    Narrator: “How did he end up in the stomach of a creature he considered to be his best friend?”
    Bear: “the feeling was not mutual”

    • @charlesbrock5932
      @charlesbrock5932 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Exactly.

    • @ganymeade5151
      @ganymeade5151 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He trusted too much.

    • @josephnelson5463
      @josephnelson5463 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You won the internet for today with that comment

    • @mizzury54
      @mizzury54 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you 12 ?

    • @hoviksmail
      @hoviksmail ปีที่แล้ว

      Thin line between friends and enemies.

  • @davidyemm7910
    @davidyemm7910 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    NO ONE deserved that fate, but his reckless approach sealed it.

  • @papajugador
    @papajugador 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    RIP Machine. The true victim in the story. He did nothing wrong and was put down. :(

  • @pennydaytreasures8173
    @pennydaytreasures8173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +516

    The only sad irony here is in his “life” he said he would die for the bears but in his “death” his life endangered the bears.
    At least one bear was killed and it’s stomach contents were checked for human remains. Had he gotten on that plane that bear likely would have lived at least another year maybe many. It would have produced offspring.
    So in fact he died putting the bears lives in grave danger. His selfish choice was either stupidity, ignorance or ignorant stupidity.

    • @CrowT
      @CrowT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Nailed it👍

    • @jaymanz9779
      @jaymanz9779 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Willfull ignorance

    • @priatalat
      @priatalat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Exactly. He wasn't helping the bears, only himself.

    • @johnnyjarrett8166
      @johnnyjarrett8166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Stupidity...bears eat meat

    • @Belows682
      @Belows682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      well said!!

  • @matthewhines9787
    @matthewhines9787 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1119

    He seemed to act towards bears with behavior similar to what I have observed in obsessed and delusional stalkers. He was basically a fan, a stranger showing up at their front door with flowers and gifts and begging them to love him even though they didn't know who he was and his presence was unnerving.

    • @daveken9936
      @daveken9936 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You are sad and wrong.

    • @swashington942
      @swashington942 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@daveken9936 Tell em big Dave. You should continue Tim’s crusade.

    • @daveken9936
      @daveken9936 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@swashington942 I only wish I had his courage his commitment his passion. He didn't die a coward as so many do living lives of quiet desperation. I hope you find a something besides that job you dread everyday. I hope you find excitement in something other than jumping out of your chair for a touchdown you had nothing to do with. Best of luck.

    • @daynalynnxo
      @daynalynnxo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I’ve been watched his documentary a dozen times. What you say is true. Sad. But true. I live in northern Ontario. I see black bears often. But I always respect them. As much as I love them, I know we can’t be friends. Tim loved them; but he only hurt them in the end.

    • @daveken9936
      @daveken9936 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daynalynnxo how did he hurt them. Your comment was wrong and sadly pathetically uninformed.

  • @RecbyVideos
    @RecbyVideos 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “Oh hey you wouldn’t believe it who got killed, the crocodile hunter.”

  • @user-zr8ou1yi2j
    @user-zr8ou1yi2j 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Putting the bear down over this man’s bad choices is absolutely ridiculous.

    • @randyjj363
      @randyjj363 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      The issue is that when a wild animal attacks and eats a person, they are exponentially more likely to do it again and may even begin actively hunting humans. We get moved in that animal's mind from the "unknown danger" category to the "food" category and they become a threat even to responsibly acting individuals. It is unfortunate, and in this case it is clearly not the bear's fault. But putting the bear down was the most reasonable course of action to avoid further ugly bear/human incidents in the area.

    • @mf8125
      @mf8125 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never forget Harambe. RIP.

  • @damnitimp8269
    @damnitimp8269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +400

    in wild life, sometimes protecting them means leaving them alone.

    • @robertjensen1048
      @robertjensen1048 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You win the "Best YT Profile Picture" of the week award.

    • @ChassityNOubre_88
      @ChassityNOubre_88 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts

    • @donkeyslayer4661
      @donkeyslayer4661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Means nothing to the chronically insane, as Treadwell was.

    • @loremipsum980
      @loremipsum980 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you love them, let them go...

  • @mccflo99
    @mccflo99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +757

    As a born and raised Alaskan outdoorsman, I'll offer the general sentiment between us about Tim. We knew he was going to be killed eventually - it wasn't if, it was when. He was not liked, because he put himself and others in danger so that he could go on these rediculous "expeditions" in order to chase some level of fame. One thing we were constantly shocked by was how long it took for him to be killed by a bear. In the end, his wreckless behavior cost an innocent woman her life because she believed the lies he told her about it being safe. It wasn't until his own commentary from his footage and interviews with his friends and family were widely distributed that people saw his true intentions.

    • @mccflo99
      @mccflo99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      @Jack Ugaitafa No, don't think you can get banned from the state. And if you could, this wouldn't be anything that would be considered a ban-worthy offense. Everything he did was legal. He traveled to the state and legitimately hired a bush pilot to fly him into the area. Of course, everyone that came in contact with him told him that he was crazy and that he was going to end up getting killed by doing what he was doing, but Tim didn't listen to anything but his thirst for fame and fortune, which ultimately cost him (and that poor woman) their lives. Alaska is not a place to come take risks for "funsies." Don't get me wrong, I love all the people that come to the state to have a good time and see the most beautiful state in the country, but being inexperienced and seeing the fictionalized version of "Alaska" on these reality shows really sets some people up for failure. Alaska is rough, rugged, and raw. It's an extremely tough environment. I grew up hunting, fishing, hiking, rafting, trapping, 4x4'ing, snow machining, mountain climbing, and have spent a lifetime in the wild, and not even I would do something so stupid - not even for the potential for fortune and fame. Death is assured doing things like that, eventually.

    • @mccflo99
      @mccflo99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Jack Ugaitafa My pleasure!

    • @alonzogonzalez4272
      @alonzogonzalez4272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@mccflo99 I’m sorry to ask you this but how come your state has a high crime rate?

    • @mccflo99
      @mccflo99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@alonzogonzalez4272 No need to apologize, fair question with a simple answer: Hard drugs, mostly meth.

    • @alonzogonzalez4272
      @alonzogonzalez4272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mccflo99 That’s surprising given the rough environment you mentioned.

  • @JuliaLilly-tu6yj
    @JuliaLilly-tu6yj 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    No matter what we do, humans will never be able to "commune" amongst wild animals with any long-term confidence. This isn't the arena to show out, to be insecure, to be arrogant. We have an entirely different set of context clues, for example, what we see as a smile, a gorilla sees as baring teeth aggressively. What we see as hugging or kissing to express affection, animals will feel they are trapped and in danger. Domestic animals feel this way, but the difference is dogs will allow it because they know it's love. Domestic animals also do not have to be on guard for their lives or go hungry if they do not hunt.
    If people want the thrill of danger in dealing with animals, there's a two-legged variety with opposable thumbs that's the most dangerous of all.

  • @doloj6490
    @doloj6490 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good video!
    There are more details too I recall him leaving the lense cap on while it recorded audio where he gets mauled and tell her to save herself but she ran up and started smacking the Bear with pans and he got her too. Not sure if she could have got away but it’s crazy and he was pretty nutty if you ever watch his old tv special Grizzley Man. Fun fact: he was going to be cast as Woody Harrellson’s character on Cheers

  • @shadrach1999
    @shadrach1999 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    You said it. He couldn't have picked a worse place to camp. In another video about him, it mentioned it was a particularly bad year for salmon and he was camped 25 yards from the river with poor salmon returns. Bears are heavily dependent on salmon for winter prep. Getting to the river and noting few salmon to feed on, they said "Well.. what else is in the fridge? Ahhh.. Timmy.. Yisssss!"
    He's no bear expert. Like the guide said Treadwell was completely delusional about the true nature of bears.

    • @elliebellie7816
      @elliebellie7816 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I used to feel sorry for her but then I realized she accompanied him of her own free will. All she had to do was look up Bears in Alaska in the dictionary and it was all right there for her to read.

    • @raylopez99
      @raylopez99 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@elliebellie7816 A cute blonde? Really? Don't want to stereotype but a lot of cute blondes are not exactly scholars who are going to crack open a dictionary. Just stating the obvious, and yeah I've actually met cute blonde PhDs in the hard sciences.

    • @shadrach1999
      @shadrach1999 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @junc9530 I wouldn't be surprised. I can't be completely sorry about what happened to him. At least he was publicly vocal enough to acquire some fame and notoriety so when he got eaten people know not to listen to him. Trouble is.. you still see tourists trying to pet, feed, or be pals with wild, dangerous animals.

    • @steveweatherly6907
      @steveweatherly6907 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In Werner Herzog's film, he talks about how Treadwell partied on cocaine and was addicted to drugs - ultimately dropping out of college. My point is that Treadwell didn't have any education past high school, which might help substantiate and back up some of his claims about the bears... However, in the end, Treadwell was an uneducated, former druggy - who wound up getting eaten by a bear... He shoulda just continued doing blow and heroin... He probably would have lived longer...

  • @HTYM
    @HTYM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Treadwell: I'll name you The Machine.
    Bear: I'll name you Lunch.

    • @OswaldoLafee
      @OswaldoLafee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      actually, dinner.

    • @madcat4301
      @madcat4301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cut to Homer Simpson drooling: Ummmm. Lunch.

    • @alkaholic4848
      @alkaholic4848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bears saw him like we do tinned food - not the best food but it has a long expiry date and doesn't need any special storage so keep it in reserve for when there's nothing better to hand.

  • @randomchance7796
    @randomchance7796 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    he was so wrapped up in his own ego that he thought the bears had to feel exactly the same as he did.

  • @benjaminhawthorne1969
    @benjaminhawthorne1969 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    To quote the great philosopher Mr. Forrest Gump: "Stupid is as stupid does!" 😁

  • @ankylosaruswrecks3189
    @ankylosaruswrecks3189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    If you watch the documentary Grizzly Man, there's a moment where one of the bears comes upon Timothy and Amy very quietly while the sit in a grassy area. Amy is between Timothy and the bear and he tells her to bend down so he can get a better shot. She is visibly terrified. All he cares about is getting a good shot.

    • @charliefoster3221
      @charliefoster3221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, I get that.

    • @enricorodrigues-castragran7810
      @enricorodrigues-castragran7810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      That documentary was FUCKED UP! In all honesty, it seemed like he was just trying to go out in the "grandest way possible" and his selfish ass bought his friend along on his selfish goal. They said in the documentary he KNEW EXACTLY what he was doing, he had full knowledge what would happen and how he was getting too close. Fight or flight kicks in, in EVERY person and dude simply ignored all natural responses and even goated her into ignoring hers....

    • @putjesusfirst9814
      @putjesusfirst9814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Ok then why did she go? He didn’t hold a gun to her head! She should have listened to her instincts!

    • @ankylosaruswrecks3189
      @ankylosaruswrecks3189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @Put Jesus First That's a fair question. Treadwell was very charismatic, you don't really see that here. It's not unusual for someone like that to inspire love and trust in other people. Amy was a bit enthralled with his passion. But she loved and trusted Treadwell. She believed him when he said he knew what he was doing, the bears wouldn't hurt them, she was safe. This wasn't her passion, it scared her, but she wanted to be part of his life. She trusted the person she loved. No one made her go. She went believing Treadwell would take responsibility for her safety. She was wrong.

    • @abbysheyba8421
      @abbysheyba8421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@putjesusfirst9814 she probably trusted that he knew what he was doing considering he'd been successful thus far

  • @JPKnapp-ro6xm
    @JPKnapp-ro6xm ปีที่แล้ว +862

    Treadwell didn't love the bears, he loved the idea of being the world's greatest bear expert (which he wasn't). Being the grizzly man was a huge psychological lift for a man who didn't have much going for him.

    • @mark8544
      @mark8544 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      100%

    • @slappyburrito9481
      @slappyburrito9481 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      idiotic narcissism at its finest

    • @shasmi93
      @shasmi93 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      This is the only comment out of HUNDREDS I’ve read regarding this case that is correct. I think he also felt his fans have him money and support because he got so close. He couldn’t eventually start being safer because he had to give the fans what they wanted. Stupid. All of it was ego, hubris and stupidity. But hey! People die everyday from those traits.

    • @Burdbones
      @Burdbones 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Well said

    • @SophieMarie-qx7cr
      @SophieMarie-qx7cr 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Nah he seemed pretty ready to die to the bears, he probably loved bears.

  • @Wren40
    @Wren40 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Knowing the dangers in September, Timothy pretty much brought it on himself. I really hate to say that, it's cruel but true, it's truly sad, Grizzly and Brown bears are beautiful animals, but must be respected.

  • @calliopelove
    @calliopelove ปีที่แล้ว +755

    After watching him in the film and the more you see hear him say things like, “If it happens, it happens” and “I would die for these bears” it seemed that in some bizarre way, he wanted this to happen. He kind of willed it to happen. Totally wild. Completely insane.

    • @brandon6281
      @brandon6281 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Yeah I don’t know if he realised quite how painful it would be though 😂

    • @beaulyons1977
      @beaulyons1977 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brandon6281 😂

    • @ieattofu68
      @ieattofu68 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      I get the impression that he was going to fit in with those bears or die trying and he died trying.

    • @eddriver7815
      @eddriver7815 ปีที่แล้ว

      DID THE WOMAN SAY THAT TOO ????
      ... LETS HOPE HE SUFFERED .... A L O T !!!!!
      IF I COULD CHANGE ANYTHING i WOULD ASK THA HE WAS RIPPED APART BY A KODODO Dragon

    • @giftedfox4748
      @giftedfox4748 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I think that was his accuse towards people that kept warning him of the dangers. Why she should try to protect himself. Why he shouldn't do so risky tactics for his film. I think in his head, this was his ticket to be famous and since he had spent so many summers with them he forgot what he was really dealing with. He became complacent more and more until he end up being eaten alive.

  • @ozdorothyfan
    @ozdorothyfan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2298

    The saddest thing about this is that two bears were killed because of his stupidity. Killed for being bears. While he was killed for being an idiot.

    • @chriswebster24
      @chriswebster24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      It’s ok. There’s other bears that weren’t killed. You’ll be ok. Don’t cry.

    • @MrShitthead
      @MrShitthead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      He was also humanizing the bears. A real problem that causes animals to get too used to people, and because they're often fed by these kinds of morons they also begin to associate people with food, so when they go near people they no longer fear and aren't fed, they attack.

    • @roccomuriale7755
      @roccomuriale7755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lol! I have to laugh when the say either a Tiger or a Grizzle is a Man eater? What! Are they not naturally opportunistic Man eater’s ? I could never understand that Term.

    • @killercd7682
      @killercd7682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      A lot more than two were killed. This man's idiocy led to the deaths of a bunch of these bears in the following seasons, because they had become desensitized to humans so got shot by hunters and following other bear human interactions when they normally stay away from humans.

    • @gwenethrogers5820
      @gwenethrogers5820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed

  • @lisalynnn
    @lisalynnn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He wasn't concerned about his safety, but he neglected to understand the harm his behavior caused the bears. We aren't meant to live among bears and interactions with them disturb their natural behavior. The bear Tim considered precious was killed because of his foolishness. I feel bad for his girlfriend. I'm sure she thought she was safe with him. Leave wildlife alone and leave no trace.

  • @brianwoods9266
    @brianwoods9266 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The bear should not have been put down for human stupidity.

  • @googleuser9009
    @googleuser9009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +422

    They killed the bear called "the machine" for behaving like a bear. The bear didn't kill this man, his hubris and stupidity did.

    • @TheGelasiaBlythe
      @TheGelasiaBlythe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Where I'm from, the saying is "a fed bear is a dead bear." It is a warning not to feed bears, because it teaches them not to fear people and to get closer and more aggressive toward people in the quest for the next meal. If a bear kills a person for food, it's killed automatically. This bear couldn't be allowed to survive after killing a person - because it is assumed that, based on previous behavior of other bears, it will always kill people for food.
      That having been said, it's what bears do. And this guy was an idiot not to know better. He killed himself, a girlfriend, and a bear because he was so convinced that he was special. It didn't need to end like this at all.

    • @Princess_Celestia_
      @Princess_Celestia_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      They killed the bear because it had evidently lost it's fear of humans and instead learned to associate humans as food due to what Treadwell had done. This is why every place with bears has signs saying "don't feed the bears". Treadwell was a special kind of moron who thought he knew better then the bear experts, he thought that the conventional wisdom about bears was wrong. He's ignorance of bears got him and his girlfriend killed, got some bears killed and put people's lives in danger. All because he was a moron who thought bears could be treated the same as a pet.

    • @williamtallman9816
      @williamtallman9816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hubris is a good word

    • @Connor-dy6wq
      @Connor-dy6wq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes, the guy was stupid, and it's unfortunate. But also, when most predators kill a human, it doesn't end there. Now they know that humans are fairly easy to kill, and tasty. So they have to be killed, because they will likely kill again. It's unfortunate that bears first kill had to come because of an idiotic person putting himself in that situation, but that bear was then a danger to people.

    • @leeharveyoswaldskovich2578
      @leeharveyoswaldskovich2578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So humans go in to their territory hiding in camouflage to shoot bears that don’t have a taste for human blood.
      But the second it’s suspected a bear might put up any resistance or hunt the human invading their territory....that bear needs to be killed.
      I say, if your a hunter with any balls you should use all your technology advantages and go in to the woods with some hungry man eating bears. See what you can do...or what they can.

  • @josephkimmel3602
    @josephkimmel3602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    In just the way he spoke you could see there was some mental illness there,

    • @moonstruck8245
      @moonstruck8245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I agree, that repetition is a common sight in patients with schizophrenia and other mental disorders - I have first-hand experience with it, being schizophrenic myself and thankfully treated for it. He was bound to end up getting himself killed with no one stopping him.

    • @catmandoo4u1
      @catmandoo4u1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      amen. Grizzly Man is not a movie about bears it's a movie about somebody in mental issue.

    • @adotintheshark4848
      @adotintheshark4848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He went from Grizzly Man to Gristly Man

    • @adotintheshark4848
      @adotintheshark4848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@moonstruck8245 the worst thing is he got his girlfriend killed too.

    • @moonstruck8245
      @moonstruck8245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@adotintheshark4848 I know, two horrible deaths that would be so EASILY avoided...If he'd just listened to ANYONE. It's bad enough that he got himself killed, and two of the bears he loved, but her too? Just...such a waste of life.

  • @vivelaresistance3239
    @vivelaresistance3239 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just watched video of a nine-minute fight between two adult male grizzlies. It was jaw-dropping, and kudos to the two photographers, who you could hear planning an escape route in case the bears lost interest in each other. The only place I’d feel comfortable filming a bear fight is from a helicopter. They’re powerful and the way they bite and rapidly headshake is terrifying.

  • @blackprix
    @blackprix 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loving a wild animal and ingratiating yourself into his sanctuary… Is a no-no. The thought that he became one of them was wrong and it cost him his life!

  • @aj9530
    @aj9530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +722

    He wasn't actually knowledgeable, he wasn't a scientist and on top of that, he was aggressive and hostile to the *actual scientists who had formal training* He was a nut job and a joke to Alaskans.

    • @runlarryrun77
      @runlarryrun77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      If you watch Werner Herzog's documentary about this guy you see flashes of that aggression a few times. In a lot of his video footage where he's talking to camera Treadwell almost seems foppish & camp but there are other moments where a deep underlying rage clearly creeps through. I definitely wouldn't have wanted to be around him when he got "passionate" lets say.

    • @woodheat49
      @woodheat49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I couldn't agree more. I grew up walking the banks of the Kenai River before there was pepper spray. I was 5 and caring a 357mag. Saw bears , fished with them sometimes and sometimes I had to hand over my catch to them. It's all about respect for space and not becoming an opportunity to become ones meal. My wifes childhood friend was partially eaten while taking core samples or a mine here in Alaska. This was just a few years back.

    • @aj9530
      @aj9530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@woodheat49 Yes I remember that, how devestating...and the worst part is that she understood the actual danger and took precautions, but was still mauled to death . It just shows you how great the risk is. I honestly don't know how Treadwell survived for as long as he did because 13 seasons is an insane amount of time to get away with acting as foolish as he did. The irony of it all is that he preached respect but was actually disrespecting the bears and their habitat more than anyone.
      Haha I probably sound like an a-hole to a lot of people ...but I'm also from AK (Anchorage) so maybe since being "Bear Aware" is something that's ingrained in our minds as Alaskans, we are even more flabbergasted by Treadwell's story.

    • @user-mv9tt4st9k
      @user-mv9tt4st9k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I wish that better research had been done for this video. Treadwell was supposedly known to argue with rangers when he was told to change campsites or had overstayed his five days. Territorially, he may have presented a threat to the bears, even though he might not have been directly competing for food or resources. Treadwell's is a terrifying and cautionary tale about how NOT to perceive the wild and the animals living there.

    • @aj9530
      @aj9530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@user-mv9tt4st9k Exactly! He was very disliked among rangers, scientists and other professionals who's work involved bears/bear territory. I actually remember when he died and the local newspaper interviewing biologists who had nothing nice to say about him lol

  • @Gamevet
    @Gamevet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    He wasn't building a bond of trust with the bears. He was breaking down a barrier of fear that they had for man.

    • @rishiramkissoon6976
      @rishiramkissoon6976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      exactly..he did more damage

    • @kissarococo2459
      @kissarococo2459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Them turning their backs is a sign they don´t see you as a threat, which was a bad sign but to him it was a sign of friendship!

    • @LL-vj5yp
      @LL-vj5yp 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gamevet ......good point

    • @markuse3472
      @markuse3472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NOT with brown bears you don't.

    • @charliewhite2625
      @charliewhite2625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Right! I agree.! For 13 years these bears just tolerated him and over time lost their natural fear of people. Any apex predator, especially those in the wild, can never be tamed and is definitely not your friend. His behavior was not only foolish and deadly risky, but judging by his dialogue in his videos, he may have been suffering from some delusional mental health issues.

  • @John-ev3rm
    @John-ev3rm 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How does someone intent on studying Grizzly Bears start out ignorant of their most basic primal instinct to survive as carnivores.

  • @hollydisanto9148
    @hollydisanto9148 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This first glimpse of his hair alone is scary. 😳

    • @peterpim6260
      @peterpim6260 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The bear`s hair or Tread(un)well`s ? Or both ?

  • @itallia666
    @itallia666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Just want to say this.
    Sir David Attenborough who is still doing his amazing job bringing us awareness of our planet & animals & is in his mid 90's, hes 94 or 95 yrs old & he DIDNT get to this great age by acting irresponsibly around wild animals & he has certainly not put the life of others at risk just to get his points over.
    If Timothy wanted to risk his life trying to " be friends " with wild bears he shouldnt have encouraged or allowed his girlfriends life to be endangered.
    Sir David documents, observes & protects by non invasive methods
    I cant think of another man who could love animals more but he respects animals & knows you cannot be friends because thats a human trait not an animal one
    & respect & distance are all you can do. Its why hes done so much to advance animal protection & brought world awareness to pollution etc & how hes still here at his almost century of living on this Earth.

    • @carlycrays2831
      @carlycrays2831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      There are literally hundreds of bear researchers who go out and observe bears every year and don't get eaten!

    • @gracehowell.
      @gracehowell. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Steve Irwin didn't observe from a distance, and look what happened to him. This is why I don't get people's obsession with The Crocodile Hunter. He literally got all up in the face of Australian animals, instead of observing their natural behaviour. It's surprising he lasted as long as he did.

    • @carlycrays2831
      @carlycrays2831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@gracehowell. To be fair, a lot of his stuff was staged and conducted in a somewhat safe manner. Who would have thought it would be a stingray that got him? That is still bizarre to write out.

    • @c.galindo9639
      @c.galindo9639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah because some people are aware that an animal’s territory is not to be invaded or disrupted by human involvement. Leave nature be

    • @c.galindo9639
      @c.galindo9639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@gracehowell. Steve Irwin actually was raising awareness about wildlife and also making sanctuaries through his actions.

  • @katie195
    @katie195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +701

    Treadwell was delusional. It’s a shame his girlfriend was killed also.

    • @MrOgyny
      @MrOgyny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      She was just as delusional as he was. He didn't make her go with him.

    • @kttth342
      @kttth342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He was far from delusional,, he knew very well about the gamble

    • @mariaguilar4623
      @mariaguilar4623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@MrOgyny she actually was about to leave him, supposedly that was their last trip together

    • @acousticshadow4032
      @acousticshadow4032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@mariaguilar4623 ~ And so it was.

    • @kttth342
      @kttth342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @ treadwell n amy did not tell the people to shoot the bear.. its a island and those idiots had no right to shoot the bear.. 13 succesful summers prooves they knew what they were doing.. they were adults and they chose the risk just like sky divers and race car drivers and people who surf in the ocean where great whites are.

  • @hollywont9447
    @hollywont9447 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Had he tried to form a special bond with a Polar Bear, he wouldn’t have made it past the naming ceremony.

    • @Subham1418
      @Subham1418 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hahaha 😂😂😂

  • @Themuffinman4311
    @Themuffinman4311 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Kissing a wild Alaskan grizzly bear on the nose... this guy was a lunatic

  • @julespeace8026
    @julespeace8026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    Where he placed his tent he might as well have dressed into a salmon outfit and wade in the water.

    • @BonuxCouleur
      @BonuxCouleur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He probably tried that and made many salmon friends.

    • @conradmurphy5846
      @conradmurphy5846 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm going to show my best friend squidward to everyone in town, wearing a salmon suit

    • @mrwdpkr5851
      @mrwdpkr5851 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or dressed up like a fresh baked bleberry pie !

    • @fbi3078
      @fbi3078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You might as well dressed up as a giant steak and bathed in barbecue sauce

    • @Kelly14UK
      @Kelly14UK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I read something on the internet called Night of the Grizzly, it shows a hand drawn map. He'd pitched the tents right at the point where there are 4 trails and a 5th nearby. edit, just seen it here.

  • @jesperj8736
    @jesperj8736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    So this "expert" literally made all the wrong decisions based on information he knew, and ignored his own fear and doubts....
    Sounds like he wanted to be eaten.

    • @neeneko
      @neeneko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It is rather fascinating to see how someone with good pattern recognition can go so wrong when working with lots of data and no fundamental understanding. It highlights why having a good baseline understanding of something is important for learning, since having the wrong initial ideas can warp everything.

    • @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
      @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@neeneko It wasn't that he didn't have a baseline, it's that his baseline was polluted by a narcissistic exception. This is not unlike the Woke social "scientists" that are now preaching anti-racism and white supremacy as their creed. They begin with the assumption that there is an all-encompassing evil called whiteness and then proceed from there.

    • @Janine.Najarian
      @Janine.Najarian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 what in God's holy name are you blathering about

    • @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
      @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Janine.Najarian You are lucky you don't know. If you want to find out watch the interview with Douglas Murray on Coleman Hughes' channel.

    • @Bob-fz7pd
      @Bob-fz7pd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      SPZ's analogy is spot on.

  • @kg4374
    @kg4374 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this audio clip will always haunt me.

  • @ramon-8003
    @ramon-8003 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    All it takes is one wrong bear… sure, most bears were tolerating his presence and he took that as they were friends, like he “understands” them. And all it took was for him to think he “understood” this one wrong bear which would end up killing him.

  • @StephSanderson1693
    @StephSanderson1693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    It’s kind of annoying that because he chose to ignore the facts, the Machine was put down. 😒

    • @Sarah-wf2bl
      @Sarah-wf2bl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@growingupruff you look about 12 so you would know huh?

    • @mistydelahay9255
      @mistydelahay9255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Agreed! Poor Machine. Not his fault at all.

    • @Belows682
      @Belows682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@growingupruff huh? i dont disagree with steph at all. seems to me your the 12-year-old. maybe a little stupid also? that bear was following its natural instincts and reacting to an unnatural intruder into its environment. what would you expect to happen. smh people man. educate yourself before you just make yourself look like an idiot bro.

    • @Lieutenxnt_Dxn
      @Lieutenxnt_Dxn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@growingupruff yeah dude what are you even trying to say with this statement I don’t get it.

    • @Neechiemoose102
      @Neechiemoose102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So was Harambe and he was a National hero

  • @Ka-tet84
    @Ka-tet84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    It's ironic that his obsession with "saving" the bears ended up having to have one of them killed after it ate him because he was too stubborn and reckless.

    • @josephbragg6388
      @josephbragg6388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kinda like allowing your children to hand feed wild bucks ,it ain't gonna work out to good sooner or later there will be a problem.

    • @zutrue
      @zutrue 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah...in broad stokes I would agree.
      On the other hand, virtually every advancement
      known man is the resulting efforts of someone
      that was stubborn, reckless and unrelenting.
      Most other people just talk, and enjoy those efforts.
      ...and then complain because its not convenient
      enough.

    • @johnalanelson
      @johnalanelson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Two of them, actually. An adolescent charged one of the people who came to recover the bodies and was also shot.

    • @kttth342
      @kttth342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tim and amy would have objected to thae bear being killed.. the dickheads that showed up killed the bear but they shouldntf have

    • @TheChuckfuc
      @TheChuckfuc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He forgot that bears are animals. They're not monsters but they're not your friend. And if he was an expert he should have known this.

  • @mekkiepoo
    @mekkiepoo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have watched every bit of media I could find of this guy. He fascinated me. He had many run ins with the bears, and I believe he truly did know how to coexist with them. He often spoke about how the most important thing in encountering bears is to show confidence and fearlessness. He also openly wrote that his girlfriend was afraid of bears. Obviously, I wasn't there.. but I whole heartedly believe she was the cause of their demise. What I find most heartbreaking about this guy is that he had such love and respect for the bears, that he had recorded a video saying something along the lines of "if I make a mistake and get eaten, please don't kill the bear, I'll be content to have fed it for the winter".
    The first thing officials did was hunt it down. They couldn't even honor his last wish.

  • @sazure2
    @sazure2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Crossing their boundaries and unfortunately his "anti poaching" effort ended! Watching him in Grizzly Man he clearly knew these issues but seems to anthropomorphism them (talking to them as IF they understand him!!!). Ikes - what a way to go! (I remember both Grizzly and Black when we'd go camping in Kentucky as children. Park Rangers and we listened well. The Molassis cookies and other food was put in the old Cadillac trunk and during the night some bear ripped the trunk open and ate the entire huge bag of cookies! He was just sitting there staggering Very powerful!

  • @BugOperator
    @BugOperator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Everything that had to go wrong:
    1 - He thought he was a bear.
    End of list.

    • @jaymercha3859
      @jaymercha3859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But bears fight each other....he lost.

    • @jothishprabu8
      @jothishprabu8 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jesse Gutierrez r/ woosh

    • @SDZ675
      @SDZ675 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He thought he was their friend, but he was just emergency food.

  • @SandyzSerious
    @SandyzSerious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +556

    How he lasted 13 years without getting eaten, is a miracle.

    • @tobeyparker3459
      @tobeyparker3459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Didn't you hear what the hunting guide said? "They're just tolerating us"

    • @yonisali3879
      @yonisali3879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      He probably always left befor fall season kicked into gear. That and stupid amount of luck.
      Apex predators are very territorial especially when they are hungry or their offspring are around.

    • @Will-nb8qk
      @Will-nb8qk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@yonisali3879 : yeah and probably didn’t camp directly on bear trails at the height of the bears needs to fatten up prior to hibernation.

    • @madhatter8508
      @madhatter8508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It sounds like he actually took precautions before that last stretch.

    • @teresa701
      @teresa701 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ Jake Goodnight...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pmsl