[budster101]

Watching ABC tonight at a very strange and heartbreaking story of Timmothy Treadwell, a naturalist who had a relationship with Bears, yet died with a young woman by a 20 year old rogue bear.

What was horrific was his camera was on while the attack and carnage took place. I was just watching the part where his folks were listening to the tape in the camera, (Lens cap was on during filming) What a horrible thing to listen to. The sounds of your only son being eaten alive by a bear.

Timothy Treadwell Bear Attack Audio Tape

Alaska Bear Mauling Recorded on Tape 

By RACHEL D'ORO, Associated Press Writer 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The graphic sounds of a deadly bear attack in the Alaska wilderness were captured on tape, revealing a wildlife author's final, frantic screams as he tried to fend off the beast, authorities said Wednesday. 

Trooper Chris Hill said the tape suggests a video camera was turned on just before Timothy Treadwell was attacked at his campsite. His girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, was later mauled to death by a bear. The recording is audio only, and the screen is blank for all six minutes. 

"They're both screaming, she's telling him to play dead, then it changes to fighting back. He asks her to hit the bear," Hill said. "There's so much noise going on. I don't know what's him and what might be an animal. 

"It's pretty disturbing. I keep hearing it in my mind." 

The remains of Treadwell, 46, and Huguenard, 37, both of Malibu, Calif., were found Monday at Katmai National Park and Preserve on the Alaska Peninsula. Treadwell was known for approaching, even touching, bears in the wild. 

An air taxi pilot who arrived to pick up the couple contacted the National Park Service and troopers to report a brown bear was apparently sitting on top of human remains in the camp. 

A ranger shot and killed a large brown bear when the animal charged at them through the dense brush. Troopers and rangers later killed a smaller bear apparently stalking them. 

Hill said he was stunned by what he heard on the tape. 

"The audio starts while he's being mauled and ends while he's being mauled," Hill said. 

Treadwell may have heard a bear and asked Huguenard to turn on the camera, which was found with the lens cap on and packed in a camera bag, Hill said. 

"At first, she sounds kind of surprised and asks if it's still out there. I'm not sure if she was asking if a bear was outside their tent or in the brush," Hill said. "The audio stops because the tape runs out. Otherwise, it probably would have captured the whole thing." 

Hill said he will attempt to transcribe the tape. But there are no plans to make the recording or transcripts public, trooper spokesman Greg Wilkinson said. 

Troopers recovered video and still photography equipment as well as three hours of earlier video footage from the site, across Shelikof Strait from Kodiak Island. 

Much of the footage is close-up shots of bears. Some scenes show bears no more than a few feet from Treadwell, co-author of "Among Grizzlies: Living With Wild Bears in Alaska." Others show a more timid Huguenard leaning away as bears come close to her on the bank of a river. 

Rebecca Dmytryk, who oversees an animal rescue organization in Malibu, recalled other video footage of Treadwell before his death that showed him in a streambed near an older bear he nicknamed "Quincy." 

"Quincy, do you remember when you stood over me? You were so hungry, and you should have eaten me, but you didn't. Thanks for not eating me, Quincy," Dmytryk recalled him saying to the bear in the clip. "If Quincy had eaten me, good, 'cause he's a nice bear." 

Treadwell's family was in shock over the death. 

"I was dumbfounded, ready to fall through the floor," said his father, Valentin Dexter, who lives in Pompano Beach, Fla. 

Later on a group went in to investigate and they were attacked by two bears, the one that killed Timmothy and girlfriend where they shot the bears dead. They found the remains of both inside the bear at the autopsy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427312/

Trivia: He was in line for Woody Harrilson's job on "Cheers" but lost out... hence began his downward spiral his father said.

More links:

http://www.adn.com/front/story/4118880p-4134149c.html

http://www.msnbc.com/news/977560.asp?cp1=1

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Who in their right mind would be so careless? He was supposed to be an expert...

[euchomai]

RIP and RIPped apart, I heard the real documentary that will be out tomorrow in some theaters will have the actual audio playing.

[Atomic Rooster]

The bear had good feast that day. mmm...mmm!

The guy was a paranoid mental case.

I feel for the girls family only. He was a pig to put her in harms way.

These were grizzlies not kitty-kats. Naturalist my ass.

[budster101]

Those were my thoughts as I watched this show. He really sounded off his rocker, or they edited the show to look like that, I'm not so sure. He was quoted as saying "Girls don't like me, blah,blah" and my wife and I both thought he sounded feminine and acted like a wussy...

It is sick how he put her in harms way like he did himself all too often though. I don't think he's all that different from many naturalists though. They are quite fanatical about the animals they study, no matter how dangerous.

[OogaBooga]

Man that sucks.

If I was being attacked by a bear, I'd go for it's nose and eyes. The bear wouldn't kill me without at least suffering some injuries.


Makes you have some respect for nature.

[budster101]

Man, those things will decapitate you with one swipe of their huge paws and claws, and



Males reach their maximum weight of 330 to 1500 pounds in 12 years. (This one was 20 years old)
So, I guess you could poke his eyes as he is on top of you chewing your face off.

http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure...ls/grizzly.htm

[Gator Lager]

a friend, works for the discovery channel. he told me the story. sad

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence...out/about.html

[AKcrab]

Yes, the man was unstable. It was just a matter of time until this tragedy happened. Many *actual* experts tried to warn him, but he thought he was "one with the bears".