I like that the author is objective and unbias. discovered food smells coming from the gear Perhaps it isn't too late and all of us can attain satisfaction in knowing who penned such a strongy narrated article. Obviously what Timothy did was wrong for both himself, Amie, and bears, but unlike a lot of the reviews here I can't find myself laying the blame on him. Very sad ending to their lives. Have you listened to the supposedly real death audio that is floating around on the internet, including UTube and is it real? Seen a lot of Tim bashing here. Habituation to humans results in loss of fear. Treadwell gained national celebrity status after his appearance February 20, 2001 on CBSs David Letterman Show, promoting his 1997 book Among Grizzlies: Living With Wild Bears in Alaska, along with his close-up photographs and video footage, often showing him within arms reach of large brown bears or creeping on all fours towards a sow and her three cubs, talking in a soft, child like, sing song voice.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[320,50],'yellowstone_bearman_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_8',129,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-yellowstone_bearman_com-medrectangle-3-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[320,50],'yellowstone_bearman_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_9',129,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-yellowstone_bearman_com-medrectangle-3-0_1'); .medrectangle-3-multi-129{border:none !important;display:block !important;float:none !important;line-height:0px;margin-bottom:7px !important;margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important;margin-top:7px !important;max-width:100% !important;min-height:50px;padding:0;text-align:center !important;}, Katmai National Park has about 3000 of the total 35,000 Alaskan grizzly bears (ursus arctos horribilis). would have stirred up a lot of smells in the area. Amy should have ran in the opposite direction. Many factors may have contributed to the deadly encounter, among Great article. 1997, Among Grizzlies: Living With Wild Bears in Alaska. Grizzly is just common usage in the lower 48, having first been used during the Lewis and Clark expedition when they referred to a brown bear with grizzled appearance. "Me thinks if you cared for the person you were with would be, "RUN LIKE HELL!! The next morning, Treadwells friend Willy Fulton arrived at the campsite on October 6 to pick him and Huguenard up. Anyway, thanks for the article! Not only that, but there are clues hidden in his childhood. No aggression Homer, Alaska 99603 Cue her trying to use the tents to create separation when the bear comes after her.Lastly, for the well and truly discomforting part, your report of fractured canine teeth and some others ground down, so perhaps took the bear longer to kill them (owing to less efficient bites)(or maybe they both got lucky)(maybe that bear had a fondness for carotid or femoral artery). There are boundaries in the world of the bear, and in wilderness. I don't even remember what it was I was looking up on google when I came across your story. In fact, in the movie Grizzly Man, Tim himself had video taped the remains of a young bear that had been killed and eaten by other bears. Makes no sense.You might want to fix that.Write the book. Not the bodies, but just the torn-up camp and things like that etcAlso, has anyone went back to the site?