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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This man is sadly the epitome of an arrogant and disrespectful human. Sure he loved Grizzly Bears, but not enough to give them the distance and respect they require. A wild and dangerous animal is not a pet nor a friend no matter how much you admire them. He was foolish and paid the ultimate price. My condolences to his family for their loss.

Mistakes Were Made, Lessons Were Learned, Bears were fed

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

This is the epitome of "fuck around and find out"

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.

*"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.

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. 😞

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..

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

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

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….

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....

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.

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.

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! 😂

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. .

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.

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.

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

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

I feel like this guy wasn't just stupid but actually clinically insane, each clip of him speaking ticks every box on the crazy chart for me

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.

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

this audio clip will always haunt me.

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.

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

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.

He became famous for becoming the appetizer for a hungry Grizzly that didn’t tolerate him being on its turf.

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

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”

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.

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

Sounds like he was killed by his own stupidity.

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.

It's difficult to feel sorry for that man

I hate how everybody bashes his girlfriend. If you've heard of a guy hanging around with bears multiple times, wouldn't you assume he knew what he was doing? Why wouldn't you go on a trip with him then? This would be the experience of a lifetime. She had no reason to assume that Treadwell was delusional.

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.

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

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.

Fear is the beginning of wisdom. Ignorance is the beginning of the end.

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

The guy killed himself pretending to protect already protected bears

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

Think of all the visitors, employees, locals and Rangers he put in danger for 13 years.

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

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.

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.

Treadwell gets killed. The Bear leaves to meet up with his Homeboys. Bear 1: "The deed is done. Hes gone and was very tasty." Bear 2: "Good Good." Bear 1: "What about the Witness?" Bear 2: "There are no Witnesses. "

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.

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.

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

Dunning/Krueger plus narcissism...a lethal combination.💀🍻

He was literally warned days and weeks before that the Bears were starving and the park rangers told him that the Bears are getting aggressive

8:27 "This behavior was nothing short of pure stupid." - Biologist Vic Barnes I nearly fell over. LOL

Sure enough, bears are not 'sinister', that doesn't mean they suffer fools gladly. These ppl like their peace and quiet even from each other, and they will deck a human and worse if being transgressed upon - or if hungry enough. It is so strange how so many humans cannot respect other species as sapient, sovereign and absolutely valid and valuable beings who are however different and need to be respected on their own terms. Including the basic fact that here on earth, we quite often eat each other. That's how we are alive together.

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.

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

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.

“I will not die at they’re claws and paws” Apparently the bear took that personally

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

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

"I figure every creature deserves a warm meal." --Dr. Evil

The only thing that went wrong for this guy was the fact that he disrespected these beautiful and deadly animals. I don’t know why people believe that a wild animal will not attack them. They are born with the instinct to hunt. Granted, there are bears that were kept in captivity and did not attack their owners. However this is the exception and those owners will tell you they never let their guard down around them. What this guy did was ignore all the warnings given to him. His fate was inevitable.

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

Can you imagine getting shot dead when a strip of bacon kept following you during dinner time.