Minor problem. In JP we're talking about genetically engineered creatures. Not something you find in the wild. You can't exactly create something completely new and then leave it in the wild with no analysis as to its impact.
He managed to get 2 bears shot and killed along with himself and girlfriend being eaten alive. Complete failure. From the transcripts of the attack, I'd say he probably would have changed his tune about dying for those animals about 2 seconds into the 6 minute ordeal of being mauled then dragged off, alive, and eaten. Six minutes can be a long, long time.
Yeah he kept that promise for sure but also failed massively cause he got them shot an killed by officers got their, multiple bears died cause of his passion. Sn he got his gf killed
The brilliant thing about Herzog's documentary is that it refuses to lift this guy into martyrdom, as many amateur filmmakers would do. Herzog's mature camera lens actually looks at the good and the bad in the person, but more importantly- digs at human nature's struggle with nature. Herzog gets to the heart of it because he's been out filming in these harsh wilderness environments- in his film Burden of Dreams, he rejects the humanized version of nature- nature is not human. It has human attributes, sure, but it is clearly a different entity- and his view is the binary opposite of Treadwell's. He sees it purely as a place of death, and murder, and pain, with the animals all being at war with each other and the elements. Watching the full documentary, one tends to draw the conclusion that this is exactly what he deserved- as much as Treadwell acted like he was the protector of the animals, he failed to understand the fundamental nature of their world. If at any time he turned his back to the bears for a moment they would've taken a chunk out of him- that's the fundamental reality. Yet Herzog's film doesn't come across as nihilistic- one simply gets the impression that you must respect the social contract man has with the animals. You don't get too close, and there's a very good reason for that. That Treadwell operated under the assumption he could do this is the most telling- he should've listened to the park rangers and the natives instead of assuming he had some magical ability to do what he clearly could not. The guy was gambling every minute he hung around there without a weapon. But as with all gambling- you're going to lose eventually. The difference here is that the long he stood to lose was his life and the life of his girlfriend. There is a lesson in this film, and it's not a very complicated one- that's what makes it so effective.
Nobody deserves to get eaten alive by bears bruh. Well maybe pedos but not someone like him. Yes his actions caused it but he wasn’t intending to harm them he really thought in his mind that he was helping them.
The guy clearly had psychological issues and problems socializing with humans. It is a bittersweet documentary about a fascinating, yet flawed and self-indulgent person. It is unbiased and all I can feel is bad about the guy but still ponder about his fault in the ending of his own life. He got his ego too big
I really think this is one of the best documentaries that Herzog ever made because he really went into the nuance of a man who had a compassion for animals but didn’t realize that he overstepped a boundary that shouldn’t be crossed when you come face to face with a wild animal. No one deserves to go through something like that. But this documentary alone was a cautionary tale. It’s a brilliant movie.
That's the point of the documentary. The guy had good intentions and a good heart, but he was completely delusional and somehow self indulgent. He had a lot of psychological issues untreated, anxiety, depression and delusions. He sought the embrace of nature to fill his awkwardness with humans. People didn't understand him back then, and they still don't.
Imagine Timothy looking directly into the bear's eyes for a moment while it's devouring him, what did he feel at that time? Betrayal? Confusion? Regret? It's scary to think about
I've thought about that too. Did he finally realize that everything he believed in the previous 13 years were wrong. At the moment of his death he became a normal human, terrified of what was happening to him.
They talk about this in the doc and I agree, but there seemed to be a part of him that perhaps wanted to die the way he did. It's an absolutely insane concept to comprehend, but not surprising given the way he interacted with them.
No, he would not have felt betrayal or confusion. He had deep emotional issues and what is commonly referred to as "bipolar", but he was not stupid or delusional. He knew a bear attack was a distinct possibility. As for what he felt in his final moments, it was likely the same feelings as many others in the final moments. Probably a feeling of terror and shock followed by resignation
That was pretty harsh to say he got what he deserved! He may have become careless as the years rolled on and he became too trusting, but to say he deserved to be killed is horrible. If he hurt & tortured the bears, yes. But he only wanted to be friends & love the bears. Yes, he was stupid to do so! But it's still sad to say he & his girl "deserved" to be killed. No reason to hate just because he loved bears too much for his own good.
People always say that kind of thing when it comes to people living really passionate but dangerous ways of living. Christopher Mccandless got the same response. If Alex Honnold had slipped off El Capitan, we'd hear the same thing.
What’s amazing is how long those bears put up with him. They put up with him following, touching and just being a noisy, goofy obstruction in their natural habitat. At one point the bear turns around and growls at him clearly signaling to go away but he doesn’t respect it. The real heroes of this documentary are the bears who had the patience NOT to kill him.
I think because it was a national park... These bears were probably a lot more used to humans than if they were truly wild. He made it sound like he was saving them while they were already in a national park.
@@Lhansmeyer33 yeah, he was on the "katmai coast" the whole time. I read that the bears there are more relaxed and "friendly" then in other areas. I'm not a bear expert and don't know how that works but maby in this area they are more used so humans and have enough food so they're more relaxed. It was also said that the main reason he survived that long was in fact not because he understood the bears so good and knew how to handle them (apparently he actually sucked at those things), but because the bears where sk friendly.
There are no humans in the Katmai Nationalpark, the reason the bears there are more friendly to other beings is simply bc there is a real big population of other bears and yeah maybe the big amounts of salmon. So the Bears are there used to have other bears pretty close to the them. You could say that the bears there are more ''social''. Also bears are not agressive in their nature, probably this guy just scared a bear, bc he lost respect for those animals and if they want, they kill you easily. Watch David Bittner he is out there since a decade and is still alive, bc he would never try to touch a bear. This guy did, that was the point were he lost count for his place in the living room of the grizzlies.
Thank you ! ⚘ And why are they so patient, he lives for a very long time in their habitat...13 jears...and no bear hurts him...what do you for Bad think is the reason ? Sorry for my english. 😖
It’s haunting to imagine his screams while he was pulled away into the forest during the black of night. This trailer literally gives me chills; it terrifies me.
He was responsible for getting the woman he took out there killed with him, she had the pleasure of being eaten alive. Audio footage was on one of the cameras and they didn't put ou ton the doc for obvious reasons. Forget the bear. People like to romanticise this guys death but cold hard fact is he was irresponsible, wanted to kill himself and was selfish enough to drag someone else thru his bullshit let alone the old and ill bear that eventually ate them
This documentary is yet another of Werner Herzog's brilliant, outstanding films. Herzog tastefully and compassionately tells the story of a deeply troubled man who had been in the throes of mental illness for a long time and the people who cared about him most. It really is a quite marvelous film... But Treadwell is probably most famous for and most remembered for a six-minute recording of the inevitable. I must believe that what was so horrifying about the bear initiating its attack on Treadwell---other than the extreme pain and realization that death was imminent--was the sudden betrayal he surely felt. That this creature he so deeply loved, and which became the most important thing in his world for so long--the Brown Bear--betrayed him and violated the trust he felt he had with the creatures. For a moment, at least, the thought "Why is this creature killing ME?" surely went through his mind. He knew that bears are killers. But he had lost the foresight to realize that bears would kill even him, whom he considered to be a protector of the animals. He had become so detached from his fellow human beings and their world that he despised, that bears became more human to him than people. And ironically, people are even less trustworthy than wild animals. But people all the sudden don't begin eating you alive (at least most don't). His girlfriend was Treadwell's victim as much as she was the bear's. This is a story of shattered dreams, a descent into addiction, genuine mental illness, with an ending that anyone with even half-a-brain saw coming long before Treadwell's most ironic and grizzly death.
I echo your sentiment 100%. I believe at some point during the attack and even if for just a very brief half a second, that thought of "but why *me*?* HAD to have crossed his mind. Sadly enough, I feel that the idea of the bears "betrayal" was probably as equally horrific and earth shattering to him as the idea of knowing he was about to die. Not only did he die, but he died at the hands of the one thing he loves the most in this whole world above anything or anyone else, and it is that very thought where my empathy for this man lies. But, that's also what makes some people have zero empathy for him, is because of the idea that this man would have viewed this as a betrayal, rather than what it actually was in that moment. Pretty fascinating.
I love grizzly bears too. In fact, they are my favorite wild land animal but I'm not going to go and try and pet them and make friends with them. Why? I'm not psychotic!!! This guy's heart was in the right place but in the end he paid the ultimate price.
He insulted all hard working rangers in Katmai National Park. He died in a horrible way, he asked for it and he got it. I am sorry because of Amie, she put all her trust in him, she was so naive. Also I feel very sorry for the bears, it was their land, and they were wild animals. Animals live, and try to survive as long as they could. Sadly they were killed for nothing.
Do you hear him talk? He claims to be "protecting the bears", when he was squatting illegally in a protected game preserve. He didn't need to die for the bears because park rangers protected them. The bears hadn't "been with him for 13 years" , he had been living in their habitat, bugging them and following them around. He had zero training, knowledge, or experience with bears, it was all a fantasy he concocted and believed in. His constant claims that he was fighting to protect them was completely ludicrous, since he was not supposed to be there. The park rangers did all the protecting, counting and daily information gathering. Treadwell used a camera to film himself expounding his grandiose ideas of himself with the bears as his backdrop. He was pathetically delusional.
Zachary Champoux I credibly stupid and naive . He should have carried something with him. He had a death wish and it came true. Unfortunately he took someone else down with him.
shilohwillcome not everyone is American bud. It’s not sone holy grail. There are loads of crummy vets. War criminal vets. Lazy Vets who refuse to move on, and grow as people. Entitled vets. Vets who never did anything heroic and enlisted for economic reasons or because their life was going no where. Not everyone is a true believer.
Randomly when I visited my friend in Germany he said I've seen this documentary and you have to watch it too. We watched it and were obsessed, analysing it and making a few dark jokes about it the whole trip. Definitely a film that stays with you.
This guy was delusional. It is clear after watching the first 5 min of him talking, mostly about himself. He talks about how he is unstoppable, brave, dominant over bears, a warrior, how he never makes mistakes (while filming with his back to the bear) and of course his ultimate demise and getting his girlfriend killed at the same time shows he was out of his depth. The real value of this documentary is the beautiful scenery and the bears.
Which only exists because of him. He was a fool who forgot that humans are nothing in the face of nature because we are merely an egotistical part of it but he was a brave filmmaker if nothing else.
His girlfriend chose to be there and she chose not to run away when he was killed. Women aren't children you gooner. Don't reduce them to the actions of men.
To everyone saying he’s crazy, yes you’re correct. To everyone saying he’s a compassionate animal lover, yes you are correct. To everyone saying that no one deserves to go through what they went through, yes you are correct. But what most of you are missing is that he was still just a human being. This is all seen through Werner Herzog’s expert direction. His films are all about empathy and this one is the true definition of it. How can I feel empathetic to a man that was eaten alive as well as his girlfriend when he knowingly went into bear territory? Well...maybe you can try? Maybe you can try to see why he was going to do what he did? All i know is that beyond dismissive to call someone just crazy, just because you don’t understand this person doesn’t mean that they’re not a person. Maybe it wasn’t the bears that made him crazy, maybe it was the society that he left behind? In the end we’ll never know...but at least we can try to understand and Herzog gave us that opportunity with this masterful documentary.
Actually it was the one he called grumpy that killed and ate him,it was an older bear that couldnt hunt like it used to. After the wardens killed it they knew right away by its extremley worn down teeth why it attacked him and his girlfriend...it was starving to death.
He treated those bears with no respect. He entered their domain and acted as if they wanted him to be there. They didn’t ask him to come he just invited himself and got what was coming to him.
So i guess you know how to treat a Bear with respect? Tell me what was so disrespectful about what he did to the bears? Yeah sure he’s going to wait for an invitation in the mail from the Bears in Alaska, its true he wanted to die there but to say he deserved it? Thats just sad by your part
If this had been made as a fictional tale, people would say it’s too far-fetched to be believable. Truth is stranger - and more disturbing - than fiction.
To those defending him, he actually caused a bear to be killed as well as the woman he brought there. The people who retrieved his footage had to kill the bear. I feel bad for him in a sense, because he was clearly troubled by something to do what he did, but he definitely wasn't helping the bears or himself.
Not only was the bear killed that killed him and his girlfriend, but also a juvenile Male bear that apparently charged a park ranger while examining their camp site. Sad all around. 4 unnecessary deaths for some ridiculous footage of bears being followed around and somewhat antagonized. The man clearly had the tendency many people that become obsessed with dangerous animals do, they apply human emotion and character to wild animals, misinterpreting their encounters and reactions with these animals as if they were human
""I will protect these bears with my last breath," Treadwell says. After he and Amie become the first and only people to be killed by bears in the park, the bear that is guilty is shot dead. His watch, still ticking, is found on his severed arm. I have a certain admiration for his courage, recklessness, idealism, whatever you want to call it, but here is a man who managed to get himself and his girlfriend eaten, and you know what? He deserves Werner Herzog." --Roger Ebert, in his 4-star review of Grizzly Man
She likely assumed that he knew what he was doing. I'm sure she realized how crazy the guy actually was on the very first day of them camping together. Dude had a death wish and had zero concerns for anyone but himself.
Yes Sir! It’s true she “sought him out” but that was only because she believed in his self promotion of being an expert bear whisperer. I think it was from watching his interviews or something she got the idea to meet him. Her friends recalled her as being very naive and trusting, unable to spot obvious lies unless they were admitted. She believed he was an expert. He wrote about her being afraid of the bears and admitted to manipulating her to believe that was wrong. She wanted to leave earlier and he ignored that. He even made sure they didn’t have any defences when the attack came (no bear spray). She didn’t share his fanatical beliefs, but tragically she believed in him.
Very true. The way I see it is, no matter how stupid and naive their decisions were that brought them to that point, they both displayed a kind of heroism in the moment of truth whereas Timothy's first thought was to tell the girl to save herself, and she bravely stayed by his side trying to save him. If nothing else that speaks to the bond they had for eachother.
Just the fact that he says he is 'their only protection out there' tells you everything you need to know. He was living a delusion and a fantasy where the bears actually needed him and he was some kind of protector. What happened was just a matter of time. :/
In 1983 man and his wife traveled to Yosemite national park. And the man have gotten out of his car approached a grizzly bear he started towards the bear he was feeding and his wife was filming, unbeknown to the man the bear is a very wild and dangerous. Suddenly the bear ripped the man to pieces and was eating him with his wife screaming in horror for help. The park ranger heard the screams and he finally came. The grizzly bear came charging at the park ranger and he shot the bear dead 4times with a 357 magnum revolver. The tourist should have stayed in his vehicle. That was a very stupid thing to do.
Of course the difference between the two cases is night and day. If anything the tale demonstrates that Timothy may have understood and had the ability to interact with grizzy bears perhaps better than anyone, certainly better than all but two or three people, on earth. Yellowstone man survived a few minutes, Timothy virtually thirteen full seasons of "up close and personal' contact.
Far and away one of the best documentaries I've ever seen, and I've watched a lot of them. You go through a range of emotions watching it, from fear (for Timothy and Amie), sadness, bewilderment, and complete awe. Sadly, it's pretty obvious Timothy's expeditions were just as much him wanting to avoid society as it was his genuine desire to protect the bears. 10/10, a must-see film.
I’ve noticed that not many have sympathy for him, but call him crazy and see Amy as a victim. She also knew the risks and went two years in a row with him. Nobody forced her to go live among bears.
William Brownell He was crazy for sure, and his negligence led him to that terrible fate. But after killing him and the woman he was with, those bears had to be put down. You can’t imagine the sheer horror and extreme suffering of being eaten alive. At least the bears were killed quickly. When I go hiking in the Rockies, I carry a Smith & Wesson 500 just in case of a bear encounter. I will without hesitation, try my hardest to kill any bear that comes too close.
@@mehforreal6954and who’s fault is that? Most bears are not interested in eating humans, he made a grave mistake killing those two bears and his girlfriend. The fact that he lived amongst bears for 13 years is a testament to the fact that bear’s are not that interested in eating humans. He should leave nature alone, they are wild, undomesticated animals. It is not the bear’s fault, and I’d even argue it’s not necessarily his girlfriend’s fault, because he pressured her immensely to come with him. He was warned by countless people that what he was doing was dangerous. If he just died himself maybe I’d have more sympathy, but he took the lives of two bears, and his girlfriend, sorry.
"I will die for these animals, I will die for these animals, I will die for these animals." Ends up getting eaten by them and causing their deaths when they were gunned down in retribution.
No, not retribution. An animal that has tasted human flesh and blood will want more. They effectively become 10 times more dangerous. Having said that, I still think that killing the bear was wrong.
So there is something I still don't get. TImothy kept saying he protected these animals, but did he actually actively help them in some way or was he just hanging around them?
@D no he caught a few poachers over the years.. protested and won a few land buy ups got the ground recognised as a state park. But yeah he could have did most of that from a couch very stupid
I'm just watched this documentary as someone who knows nothing about bears or living in the wild, and all I can say is that this man seemed mentally ill, not to mention very self-absorbed and extremely annoying.
This is one of the most heartbreaking documentaries I ever seen, I highly encourage people to see this, even if they aren’t that fascinated by the wilderness and nature. I’m not the biggest nature lover on the planet and I never watched any of Herzog’s films before I saw this movie, but it immediately grabbed my attention. Keep in mind that this is coming from somebody who mostly watches comedy or action blockbuster movies. At first, I expected something more like your typical nature documentary such as the Planet Earth series, but instead this is an intriguing character study of a flawed and very passionate individual. Some people might say that Treadwell was delusional and got what he deserved, but I honestly felt a little bit bad for the guy, like yeah he was crazy, but I believe he had good intentions even if he did get dangerously close to the bears whose territory he was trespassing in. Him and his girlfriend Amy got killed by one of the bears, so yes, he wasn’t a perfect human being and he may have been not quite right in the head, I still found it tragic how they both lost their lives. Still, an incredible documentary and worth a watch for nature lovers or people who are interested in finding out more about Treadwell.
Totally agreed. Timothy Treadwell was a tragic individual who previously suffered from multiple addictions, which he overcame through his interactions with the bears. In a way, the bears saved him from premature death. Only for them to kill him prematurely. It is tragically ironic.
I'm not the nicest of people, but how people can say he actually deserved this?! So you actually realize that bears rip you alive slowly. Do you really think he deserved this? Having his face slowly ripped off? Just imagine the pain and horror. I think even burning alive would be better!
@@virtualwarpand the bear was shot dead because of his infantile obsession…..Helping the bears ? Doing what ? Which part helped the bears ? He wanted fame and filmed some amazing shots ……The man was a prat
@@MrPaultoppdude the bears were 100% at fault! Timmy was trying to stop them from taking people's pick-a-nick baskets and because the bears had run out of barbiturates they were extra pissed and hit him a little to hard with an oak branch! Sorry it's just...pah-thetic!
He was selfish. The Fox Timmy , a wild animal was feeded by Treadwell like a dog.like a Pet. And he talks to the bears like they where little kids. And he never heard of other Ppl with good advice. His death was predictable
Aside from the obvious tragedy of him dying, and his GF dying, her last visions were of him being attacked. THEN there’s the emotional trauma for the rescue crew and the poor Dr, who all had to clean up the mess. And, of course, then there’s the bear. Having grown up in the Yukon, in cabins in the bush, yadda, yadda, you HAVE to have a respect for wildlife. This man treated them like pets, giving them cutesy names and trying to pet them, etc. His professed live for them was actually a misguided and profound lack of respect, tinged with megalomania. All I’ve seen is this documentary, but even just from his own footage you could tell he was completely deluded. Dangerously so, sadly. If it was just him that died, fine, but he got someone else killed who didn’t even want to be there. Where was his love and respect for her?? And don’t even get me started about his touching the feces. He should NOT have been allowed out there unsupervised. Everyone pays the price.
Treadwell was a fool for romanticizing wild animals and harassing the bears. They were very tolerant of him invading their homes and the only reason they didn't kill him sooner was because they were well-fed.
Right, he had no deep understanding of bears, hell, anyone could have pulled it off for thirteen years, (after all they were well fed). PS You are a complete idiot.
SAME sentiment applies to those disgusting, Sea-Monsters the "GREAT WHITE" Shark. Stupid Vile, Bloated fish that goes around indiscriminately eating everything. IT Seems wrong To me That something of such low intelligence ( please don't contradict the fact of low "I.Q., can they read, invent a vehicle, appreciate MOZART, solve THEIR Own Emergencies,...?NO.) Seems WRONG, ASYMETRICAL, EVIL That a crude, Stupid and Wild creature that Finds itself with a tactical, physical advantage Over a More Advanced, refined, SUPERIOR and POTENTIALLY More Valuable being To just, without Thought just gobble them up.SEEMS Counter productive. LIKE going In reverse.Entropic? I mean, if this Treadwell character( Ironic name, considering the tragic results of His Tresspassing) wasn't Clearly, MENTALLY ILL, He wouldn't have been Anywhere Near these Dangerous predators Without a simple safety tool in form of a 357. pistol for example. IT Just seems Wrong to me That People Can be Eaten by monsters, with Everything that is possibly 'invested", the involvement of time and resources, education, the POSITIVE( NOT THE CURRENT B.S.) World-changing ( I MEAN ADVANCEMENT, Not a mindless , political "power-shift" to the dispossessed, But advancement; cure for cancer, deactivation of aging, creation of tech to END World Hunger, discover proof of "GOD" etc. etc.) It seems a Big WASTE For a creature that has some GREAT potential and So much Involved in their development to be destroyed by a LESSER Creature a WASTE, Illogical.A Waste. AND WASTE Is SINFUL. Should NOT Be Allowed. I Mean "SHARK WEEK"? I mean Should it be O.K. if somehow Einstein Was put in a situation ( NOT of his own doing like "Treadwell") And was eaten by a Bear, OR Stupid big fish? OR Madame Currie? OR Werner VON BRAUN, Before they could do their work? Or the "Beatles"? Steve Jobs? Does that make sense that the UNIVERSE would Allow Or even, perhaps Orchestrate that?
@@hector-jesuscampos-desqual434 bears and sharks have to eat, too. It's always sad when a human dies. But an animal isn't evil just because it hunts and kills prey. Sometimes, sadly, humans are killed by animals; but like you said, animals don't have the mental capacity that humans have- therefore, animals don't make moral decisions the same way humans do.
What I learned from this tragedy, is that it just goes to show you, that bears have different temperaments and personalities just like humans. Some are friendly and good natured, and some are not. What is so sad about this ending is that it was October, the season where bear will be forging for food for hibernation...and it just isn't a good time to be in their territory. Also, they were dropped off in a new location, by which a few unfamiliar bears were noted and even as being hostile...so that was a a big warning of what was to come. I wish he could have called his buddy to come pick them up as soon as he noticed this, as these new bears were the type who were not use to his presence and were the type of bears that don't like company or competition. I was so sorry to hear about what happened to them, but it really seems they could have closed up camp earlier and let the fall and winter take its course alone without him in the bear country. Not to take away his good, previous experiences he had with other bears and location but it was an earlier time, earlier in summer, and they were more relaxed, as well as being relaxed in his presence. Going to new locations as a stranger is something to really take seriously. Wow, this bear was the meanest as they could come, and it is just too darn sad, that he got taken this way.
It's obvious, Treadwell was off his rocker. What I find amazing is that he actually found a GIRL FRIEND to go along with him. She was afraid of the bears, but they went to Alaska unarmed, no defensive anything. TOTALLY STUPID. Treadwell not got himself eaten by a bear, his girlfriend suffered the same fate after he had been killed and eaten. She must have been absolutely TERRIFIED. Moral of the story, NEVER go along with people that have no common sense, never take a risk you should not take, and NEVER go anywhere in the wild without a BFG. A BIG F.....Gun. Know how to shoot it and keep shooting until the animal doesn't move. All it takes is one BAD or one very HUNGRY BEAR.
She definitely had issues of her own to be latched to a delusional psychotic quack like Timmy. I read an interview from a teacher who worked with her who said she'd been in several abusive relationships before Timmy. Timmy never abused her, but women who bounce from 1 dysfunctional type of loser/psycho to another do so because they feel that they can do no better & they feel that being with dysfunctional loser psychos is the best they can do. It's an all too common tragic reality.
Sometimes people do have a very strong bond with animals through love and mutual respect, usually when one or the other is introduced at a young age, but this guy was clearly just delusional. Those bears were just polite and tolerated his fearless and non-threatening presence.
He had a big heart and he meant well, but he made terrible decisions and put himself and those around him in danger. Ultimately this cost him his life, his girlfriends life and couple of bears he so deeply loved. So, in the end, he did more bad than good. R.I.P.
@@reginaldforthright805 well his girlfriend trusted him blindly which costed her life. Park rangers killed those bears because they were looking for Timothy’s belongings. Ultimately it was Timothy’s fault. None of these would’ve happened if he listened to those warnings. He ain’t no here I tell you. If he was then he surely was a dumb one. Rip
He was lost in how much he loved them, because he must've known how dangerous it was to stay even near bears in October..which is why he was used to leave the bears santuary at that time of the year, but he simply couldn't leave them that time and his love for these animals overwhelmed him..
Man has lived with wild animals since the beginning of time and treated them as wild animals.He treated them as pets. He was a good guy that loved animals and nature but he played the game and lost his life ! RIP to all that lost their lives!
My classmates dared me to listen to the audio, but I said no. Something in my head not to do it and I’m glad I didn’t. This documentary shows how morbid it was and I was lucky to save myself from trauma. Plus, I have a teddy bear that I treasure very much and I didn’t want to ruin how I felt about it.
You know, and I think that I can speak for everyone including Yogi, Boo-Boo and Pooh, Timothy Snackwell died doing something that he loved. With the the movie in mind, he was able to accomplish something that most will never achieve. So, that's a nice way to think about it and everything.
he was a total idiot and did not need to be there to "protect" the bears if anything he made them more used to being around humans which made them more vulnerable. he got what he deserved.
OK. The trailer is excellent for all times, before You Tube and after that . The takes from the film are excellent! The documentary film Grizzly Man is excellent, so does its trailer too! Thanks a lot!
It's also fake. The real one is likely far worse and has never been released. His friend who owned it likely followed Herzog's advice and destroyed the master long ago. The cops probably had a copy, but in evidence.
“It’s what i wanted” it sure didn’t sound like he “wanted” it in the bitter end. I was obsessed with bears (especially the very romanticized, “docile” black bear) as a kid. But films like this one and other docs that would play on Animal Planet or Nat Geo Wild or literature like Into the Wild were needed to snap enthusiasts back into reality. People like the ill-fated Treadwell not only romanticized the wildlife around them, but they romanticized themselves above all else. It is sad to see that hubris is more dangerous than grizzly bears could ever be.
The bears just tolerated him. Actually I've see bears actually show great affection toward its owner (See "Our big bear family") on RU-vid. Probably because the owner raised it since birth. As you can see he kept a distance between the bears and was always cautious. There was no real love on the part of the bears. I believe this was HIS therapy for his obviously troubled soul.
I remember watching this on the discovery channel years ago. I thought it was fake because it just seemed really silly, until the end and of the doc when the narrator explained how he and his wife/girlfriend was mauled to death by a bear.
The late Charlie Russell did a similar experiment with bears on the Kamchatka peninsula, and ultimately he habituated an orphaned pair of cubs, then left them to fend for themselves. Both were dead, killed by hunters, within a year. Yeah, you might get away with an asinine stunt like that, and you might not even die. Bears are usually less dangerous than most people realize. However real nature lovers would look at the long story, bears that live near humans are later killed by other humans far more than they would if they were left alone. Genuine nature lovers show respect....
