Why the Grizzly Man Didn't Survive: Eaten Alive on Camera 

His mistake was thinking he was somehow special. He wasn't. He was just another meal. As soon as we get cocky and full of ourselves, common sense departs from us.

He had so many warnings by experts and rangers. They even banned him at one time. The thing he should be blamed for is putting his girl friend in mortal danger.

I did some research. The bears he befriended didn’t kill him. It was an older 28 years old bear who was in his last days. It had wandered in the area after it couldn’t hunt much.

I've never understood people who insist on treating wild animals like this. Lions, tigers, bears, pythons. It's not a matter of "if" but "when".

Moral of the story: Leave wild animals alone in their habitat. Do not disturb them.

From what I've read the bears that did Treadwell and his wife in weren't actually the local bears, but migrants passing through. These bears had no familiarity with either of them, and they looked like food to bears that had been traveling a while - and were very, very hungry. He'd been warned to ditch the area *because* they knew the migration and storage season for hibernation got wound up during that time. If the migrants didn't get them the local bears sooner or later would. Once those bears decided they'd make a great bit of trail mix, they had absolutely zero chance. The bears had to be killed, too. Once an animal like that learns that humans are edible, they will always start seeking us out as easy prey and in a park like that, that's an unacceptable risk. So Treadwell's stupidity not only killed himself and his wife, but the actual bears he claimed to love so much.

As seen on a t shirt '' What doesn't kill you will make you stronger, except for bears, they will kill you.''

As i kid I used to befriend dogs all the time. I thought I was literally a dog magnet but it turned out that I have never met a truly aggressive dog at the time.

If a Grizzly bear doesn't attack you, it simply hasn't realized you're edible yet.

Pisses me off when someone thinks they can befriend a wild animal. Person gets killed by wild animal and wild animal gets shot because of someone's dumb decision. One of the many reasons why wild animals should be left ALONE.

Even if someone raises a bear from a cub, they still can turn on that person. Sad story.

Dude was directly responsible for the death of two grizzly bears.

Being mauled by a bear is one of my biggest fears even though I live nowhere near their natural habitat.

The ignorance and hubris of this man was unbelievable. No bear spray, ignoring warnings, thinking he's somehow the bear's friends, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Unreal. RIP to his girlfriend and the bears.

I'm born in Alaska and lived here my entire life. We have one word to describe bear behavior. Unpredictable. We never get cocky about our relationship with wild animals unless we want to die.

I was in Katmai during July 1990 and as soon as we stepped off the floatplane, rangers gave us the strict rules....then told us there was a guy getting too close to the bears. That turned out to be Treadwell on his first visit to that park. He was lucky he lasted 13 seasons.

Bear: “I love you too with a side of salmon and maybe some berries."

They were eaten in October. The hunger increases right before hibernation. It’s best to leave prior to that increase in hunger. I work as an RN. I took care of a man who who had survived an attack from a grizzly. He balled himself up protecting his neck and abdomen. The wounds from the swipes of the grizzly paws were absolutely huge!

For one person ignoring warning signs, not leaving the spot in October, not changing the tent spot every few days, camping right next to the salmon source, not having bear spray or gun on him, getting too close and personal with the bears is very unthoughtfull risky behavior, but for 2 people taking the same risk?! Why? Why she never questioned him? Why she never suggested at least a bear spray or to leave like everyone else?

He may have meant well but it cost the lives of him, his girlfriend and the lives of those two bears - the very creatures he was out there trying to protect. It’s just very sad.

They weren't bears that he was "friends with. They were bears who were looking for food. He was camped right on a bear trail, with his camp site hidden so that the rangers couldn't see it and force him to move it. He wasn't simply a bear enthusiast. He was a nut case who pushed his luck around bears as far as he possibly could.

This is a case where the cameraman didn't survive

He broke his most important rule. He stayed later than normal when the less strong bears become more and more hyperphagic. He had some sort of stress and decided to deal with it by camping longer in the season. He had left and went back with his girlfriend to deal with the stress. It's too bad they did not camp anywhere else at that time.

The saddest part of this story is they killed two of the bears, just because they behaved as bears in their natural habitat.

Timothy and Amy: The bears are our friends. Bears: Those two idiots are on the menu.

If someone wants to be careless with their own life, that's their business; but when someone is careless with the life of others, that's not just immoral; it's criminal.

If you think you have a bond with a wild animal you are wrong. There are some rare cases where they may pick you. But you never engage them. I would never. I respect Bears so much and I am terrified of them. I also think they are so beautiful. But I’ll admire them at a distance.

I feel worse for the bears that were taken down because of these two idiots

Why didn’t he survive? 1500 lbs, 6” teeth, 8” claws, strength of a tank, speed of a thoroughbred…. No one can survive an attack!

He got his wish, he truly became one with the bears.

Bears in their natural habitat, living the life they are normally supposed to live, not harming anyone, being killed because of this incident, It fills me with so much anger

There was footage of him trying to pet a massive grizzly as it was bathing. It let him know immediately it didn't like to be touched. There's a similar story from Russia of a guy getting eaten by bears. They went through his camera and there was one bear of interest. Pics started off with it snarling because it didn't appreciate being followed and the final pic it was snarling with all of it's teeth visible which was the final warning.

Something starts eating you alive it's a good sign the friendships over..

There is a reason people who live in the Alaskan Wilderness never leave the house without a rifle.

"Ye Gong Loves Dragons"(葉公好龍) There was once a man named Ye Gong who loved dragons so much that he had dragon patterns carved all over his house. When the dragons in the sky heard that Ye Gong was obsessed with dragons, they decided to come down to earth and visit Ye Gong's house to show him what a real dragon looked like. Originally, everyone thought that Ye Gong would be very happy to see a real dragon, but to their surprise, Ye Gong was so scared that he was out of his mind and his face turned pale. Only then did everyone realize that Ye Gong did not like real dragons, but rather fake dragons that looked like dragons but were not. This Grizzly Man is the same kind of person. He was obsessed with the beautiful bears in his fantasy, but when he was faced with the real side of the bears, he broke down. The wildness of the bears shattered his fantasy. His most real reaction before he died was to yell at his girlfriend to attack the bears. If there is a god, I would not think he would consider him a truly "good person".

I studied this in grad school in Werner Herzog's film Grizzly man. He lived with the same group of bears for years. Then a rogue hungry bear got into his tent and attacked him and his girlfriend. The audio was on, no visual. Werner said to the woman who had the tape not ever to listen to it. I was traumatized by this film. Bothered me for years. She didn't even want to be there. Reckless .I'm not going to watch this so forgive me if this is repetitive.

He was an idiot. The really tragic thing is what happened to his girl friend. If you want to risk your own life, it's up to you, but putting her at risk was homicidal.

Being “friends” with bears gets you to this point. He was warned over and over again. HE killed the bears. I feel sorry for them not him. He gets eaten and you know why? They are BEARS! He wants to “protect” them and yet they end up getting killed because of a fool.

He forgot he was just any other human, not a Superman. Bears are wild animals and all wild animals are just that....wild. Leave them alone. His raising the middle finger on the authorities, shows he was deluded. He put other campers' lives at risk too.

He said he was there to protect the bears, but his stupideness eventually lead to the bears being shot instead...

The worst of it is that two bears were killed because of his stupidity when in fact they were just being bears.

She had it way worse. She knew what was coming and just had to wait it out.

This guy is so wrong. They determined it was a rogue bear hungry near starving and saw it as an opportunity to eat. He did not know Treadwell.

man vs bear in the woods

All already a red flag: "developed a special bond with a group of Alaskan grizzly bears" First off, its a wild animal, second who the hell thinks: "Oh ya this bear and I have never met before, lets make a bond."

"...what made these grizzlies snap?" They're effing bears! That's why they "snapped!"

Absolute hubris. Attempting to bond with a large carnivore(s) in their habitat never ends well.

Russian people use to say: 'be friendly to bear, but hold your ax ready"

I always find it funny when people think the world is all rosy and peaceful then find out the hard way. My late father's girlfriend once thought that she had a peaceful aura that animals could sense. She once visited a friend of my father with a very mean dog that she thought she could pet after being told not to go near the bad dog, but she insisted saying that she had a special connection with animals. The dog bit her so hard she needed stitches.

He did fit into their group. The dinner time group. Unbelievable that anyone could think they could live with wild bears

The real villain is the director of the movie he’s profited from treadwells and his girlfriends deaths

The story is that where Timothy camped each year was familiar to the bears of that area and they were use to seeing him in the same spot every year til the last year when a rogue bear happened to wander into that area and the tradgedy occured....RIP Timothy and Girlfriend.....❤

I feel sorry for the bears that were killed and the families of the couple who got eaten, but not the couple themselves. They were reckless and stupid for thinking they could befriend bears.

I watched the documentary and Timothy Treadwell took many many chances. He also was bi-polar which played a part in his death as well. The footage from above his campground is frightening, you can imagine the chaos. He was unwell.

I remember when this happened. Timothy stated there was bear in the area that he didn’t know and he had concerns because the bear didn’t know him either…Timothy called him “Ole” i think and that is said to be the bear that deleted him….Also Amy said she had a dream they were eaten by bears the night before…

He kept food in his camp and tent! There were rumors he fed bears. He habituated multiple bears to humans. He was the biggest threat to them. There are approximately 25000 grizzlies in Alaska.

"This fire won't burn me because we have a special relationsh... OOOUUCHHH!!!"

He was absolutely mental.

Warner Herzog's narration in "Grizzly Man" was absolutely chilling.

I do not understand the total faith and trust that people put in wild animals that are larger, more powerful predators. No matter how they are raised.

When he said I love you to a bear you knew it would turn out bad.

I learned a great deal about this guy. My ex girlfriend, years ago, was in college and did a paper on this guy. The girlfriend actually had broken up with him on the trip. She felt terrible to end the relationship, chose to do it on the trip. There is absolutely no secret recordings of this happening. Only one person has the audio and there was no video. The girlfriend,or ex girlfriend by that point is a hero. She never left Timothy and fought the bear by hitting it with a frying pan. She had numerous opportunities to run and Timothy is heard screaming for her to run away. She stayed right there till the end when the bear finally turned on her.

I heard they were singing The Lords prayer and... "Look for the Bear Necessities"

Did he think he was the bear whisperer? Trying to square up over a picnic basket?! Hmm

I used to read his book "Among Grizzlies" before school and before bed and couldn't believe he thought he was so special that a wild animal wouldn't attack him. His book came out before he died and I wasn't surprised when he did die years later.

I don’t know what he did to conserve the animals. Animals got killed because he was eaten by them, through a fault, which is entirely his.

4:07 thats what the bear who ate him thought while eating😂

Why is the narrator so fking excited lmfao

Never under any circumstance underestimate the power of stupidity.

Some people still don't believe that bears are very dangerous 🙄

Bear was like, yummy yum yum.

Bro took cameraman never dies seriously

I think it is incredible he managed to survive so many years. I would get killed by the first bear encountered.

Timothy broke many of his own rules. A few days earlier they were scheduled to leave but there was a problem at the airport with their flight, something Timothy really blew up over and decided to go back out with his GF into the park. This was a rule broken. Once you get into later October, he always made it a point to leave before than as you would now see the older, more desperate hungry and aggressive bears trying to fatten themselves up before they slumber. He had never been in the park this late in the season. He documented all his feelings about the National park and how he saw himself as a hero against them and attached some wild conspiracy that the National park was out to harm the bears. Timothy treated bears as if they were wayward innocent children and his lack of respect for them as hungry predators led to his and his girlfriend's demise at the hands of them. But he probably did get closer to the bears than anyone ever has but his own poor judgement and choices put him in a position for the bears to do what comes naturally in late October., that is hunt and live, or starve and die and he put himself in their literal crossroads of where they migrate and hunt. Camped on probably the most dangerous strip of land for bears anyone ever has. RIP Timothy and Amy.

This is what happens when you think monsters are your friends

Wrong. The bear that got him was an unfamiliar one that didn't know him, long after the other bears went into hibernation.

There was another "Bearman" of Alaska who met the same gruesome fate but in Kamchatka. He was a well known Japanese photographer called Michio Hishino who published an award-winning book of his photos of Alaskan bears and was also published in National Geographic. He became famous in Japan and had highly publicised exhibitions of his photos. He held the same beliefs as this fool but minus the arrogance. During the time he became well known I became well known as an award-winning whale photographer from a kayak in Southeast Alaska and I really wanted to meet him. It was on one of my long kayaking trips in 1996 that I was informed that he had been killed by a rogue bear in Kamchatka when he was with a film crew making a documentary about him. I was devastated by the news because I had felt an affinity with him through our intimate relationship with Alaskan wildlife; both foreigners, I'm British, who fell in love with Alaska. But I was dismayed when I heard the details because it was foolishness and pride that killed him, and the same sense as Treadwell's that he was a brother to the bears and untouchable. They knew there was a suspect bear in the area but he insisted on sleeping in his tent while the film crew found protection in an observation tower. They heard his screams at night and watched helplessly as the bear dragged him into the bushes and partially ate him. His death, like Treadwell's was so avoidable. I had a lot of close bear encounters when I was camping in Southeast Alaska but in that situation wirh the knowledge that there was a suspect bear in the area there's no way that I would have slept in my tent, and I have lived to write my long overue story of the Whaleman of Alaska.

It's a simple lesson in life that everyone should understand: If it sounds like a bad idea it probably is. This was always an epically bad idea and everyone knew it but him.

Bear: Now we have bear you enough!!

Tragic that his irresponsibility ended up damaging the very cause he fought for.

I'm from Australia, how is it possible that Timothy Treadwell was allowed to live with wild animals. Timothy Treadwell went from drugs to thinking Alaskan grizzly bears are humans. Where were his family and friends to stop him.

“ah yes i’d rather be alone with a bear in the woods than any man”

Treadwell named a wild grizzly 'Booble'. No, that's a name for a tiny, ferocious kitten.

Those bears just tolerated his presence then ran out of patience as winter began to set in .........

The wild creatures paid for his ego and fame with their lives. That's unconscionable.

This is an unrealized Norm Macdonald joke.

My body and soul are just riddled with numbing terror even with the minimal screaming that I could hear. 😱

Thank you for this video. "What made the grizzly bears snap?" They didn't snap, they acted like what they are - wild carnivores.

He thought he was an expert but didn't really understand the bear's point of view. Bears don't care about some "special bond" with humans when they are hungry, they need to find food to survive. Even humans can become cannibals when they are hungry enough.

Bet you he had life insurance, and one had meal, another had a bonus

This shouldn't be on how to survive but how to die 😂😂😂 On another note, this man is the definition of f around and find out

The man had the common sense of a rock.

Well it’s not my intent to desecrate the memory of a person like him but I guess his ego got the best of him. He was told by experts not to stay idle in a bear eating ground for so long and he thought in his ignorance that he was the bear man and just ended up getting chew like jerky by one of the bears…girlfriend included. Ignorance is deathly.

I don't think the bear got enough calories. Tim looked a little bony to me.

The long term side effects of drugs = special connection to bears.

Timothy Treadwell thought that he had a "special relationship" with the grizzly bears. Unfortunately nobody told the grizzly bears about their "special relationship" so they ate him and his girlfriend. He was a dope who worked as a waiter and went around schools telling children how cute and cuddly and friendly the grizzly bears were. Tragically, his girlfriend Amy, was terrified of the bears and he got her killed too through his stupidity.

Finland had a similar "bear man". He would feed brown bears, play with them. Also raised some orphan cubs. The bears attacked him and while he survived, the grounds for the bears turned out to be less than ideal.

TW: I have heard the recording. It still gives me nightmares. I hear her screaming for him to “play dead” while watching her partner eaten alive before they came for her. Surprisingly this is not the most tragic story about someone being eaten by a bear that I have heard. I also read a story written by the mother of a girl who was on the phone with her mom while Being eaten alive by a bear. The bear had killed the woman’s boyfriend first then went for her daughter. The daughter was on the phone with her mom for an hour as she passed away. The phone kept dropping. At the end of the call the daughter said she knew the end was coming because “it doesn’t hurt anymore.”

He made a connection with the bears alright. By becoming dinner.

I can't believe it took an 8 minute video to explain why he didn't survive, he didn't survive because he messed with grizzly bears.