Believe it or not, I knew of her since I was 4 years old (I’m 32 now). I’m autistic & have always done my own thing, even in childhood. So, I learned how the VCR worked & picked out films of my own choosing, thankfully not being stopped by relatives. That’s when I watched “Gorillas In The Mist” for the 1st time. I watched it from start to finish, only pausing to grab a drink/snack or use the loo. I’ve always been unable to control the emotions I feel & I must admit, many parts did have me on the edge of tears. If I’d openly cried just part of the way through, the video would’ve been stopped, so I bottled it up (feeling it build up inside me like a volcano). But when it showed the bloody hand & then the “funeral” scene, I couldn’t hold back any longer & cried a river. My mum was going to take the video away, but that set me off even more, as I wanted to watch it again (& again, many times over), so she just let me. I was able to control it better the more times I watched it, but it was rough going all the same. I empathised with her for years, because she was alienated by many people for the way she defended her beloved gorillas (& I’ve more or less been alienated by people due to being autistic/disabled or simply because of my moods that I can’t control). I’m an animal lover myself, though I haven’t really been responsible for any pets except my baby rabbit; who sadly perished from GI stasis at 10 months & 24 days old (just after Christmas 2018). I was as close to him as Dian Fossey was close to poor “Digit”, though at least I have stories of Rainbow Bridge & his toys (etcetera) to comfort me, whereas Dian only had memories, the other gorillas & some comfort from her faithful tracker Sembagare. I have to admit, I would probably be as disturbed as she became if someone had tried to hurt my baby rabbit like that. Maybe I’m like Dian in the sense that we felt more comfortable amongst our animal friends. I’ve never stopped wondering who could’ve been responsible for her demise, but I often assume it was one of the poachers she may have pushed over the edge; because even though the end said her death remains a mystery, the shadow of someone with a raised machete implied that it was an intruding poacher who was sick of her “interfering” with their way of life. I can’t help but wonder how desperate that person must’ve been to feed their family, if it forces them to take the life of another human being. It didn’t really help them in the long run, though, did it? It seems she became a martyr for her gorillas & the foundation that sent her there to begin with were so inspired that they vowed to do whatever it took to protect the gorillas, thus letting her legacy go on. I suppose you could say that’s karma, but I’m no expert. Anyway, I think I’ve said enough about it for now. If you’ve read this far down, thank you so much. I only hope that Dian is with Digit (& her other beloved gorillas who died) in a peaceful place now. Regardless of her tactics against poachers, what she did for those gorillas was beautiful & I’d like to think she is in a much better place now, watching over the new generation of gorillas... 💕✨🌈❤️🦍✨💕

A wonderful person who did not deserve her fate.

She's a very brave women. R.I.P

This case should be re-opened somebody must know something

the world is a dangerous place for everyone with who ever killed her still alive

Maybe she locked herself in there, hidding from whoever was after her. They cut the tin trying to get in and get her.

Rest in Peace!

Sounds like she wasn't taken by surprise. More like that she was cornered / taking refuge in there.

A brave amazing woman rip and thank you

RIP to a wonderful person ❤

Perhaps the tin was cut or prepped during the day when Dian was not there. Then they came back at night and peeled it back and did their dirty deed !

I believe it was someone she knew. And they probably cut the hole in the wall to make it look like a forced entry

Probably one of the poaches she annoyed over the years. In the movie you just see a shadow of her killer at end. I recall her death on news my mother was sad.

RIP Angel

Anyone here from ellen?

Wow I just saw her on an old episode of Carson sad that this was her fate after that.

Well come on guys from when all the Gorillaz bodies were amputated and the same thing happened to her you should picture you directly who the person was

She is brave womam

So where's justice?

I 100% Love her!

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Wow...

Yeah, I'm gonna now trophy hunt for poachers. I can tell it was poachers who did this to her, she's a conservationist and poachers absolutely hate them. It's sad the way she died, and she was all alone there.

Outer tin wall cut prior to attack, then easy to come back, slice through interwoven inner wall and take her life.

Must have been more than 2 people to do this to her .

Maybe she didn't hear her attackers coming because it was raining very hard . it rained 10 out of the 12 months where she was at .

I THINK SHE NEVER HAD A CHANSE TO RUN. THEY KILLED HER THAT FAST.

Well I would surmise that it would be hard/near impossible to flee if her cabin was TOTALLY surrounded...

Poachers killed her. They will have to face the consequences of it one day , if they haven't already

I watched the film

How was she found, right there, next to her bed The 1-2 bottles of whiskey a night she was known to consume is the most likely answer.

This was not her country and if this movie is true you can't go yelling in people's faces and not expect repercussions. She used her heart and not her head in dealing with this situation where the latter would have been better.

Bien à quelle souffrance il faut s arrêter maintenant ?

So who killed her? Poachers?

Stay strapped or get clapped

OP Answer: South African Poachers Assassinated Fossey.

Why didn't the do a dna test?

B

Not a lot of people know this, but, by the time of her death, Dian Fossey was a crazy racist alcoholic who treated the locals like garbage, regarding her gorillas as superior to them, and consequently, her tragic death wasn't that of a surprise to those who knew her.

I think she killed herself and made it look like an break in/robbery

it's africa what do you expect?

The monkes killed her

Wake up snowflakes...

I know it was a gorilla