A Life With Bears
Timothy Treadwell was an environmentalist and filmmaker known as the Grizzly Man. He loved the grizzly bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Treadwell spent 13 summers camping among the wild animals. He even gave the bears names and considered them his friends.
The Fatal Encounter
In October 2003, Treadwell and his partner Amie Huguenard camped in the Grizzly Maze. This area was dense and wooded. The couple stayed beyond the usual season during a bear feeding period. On October 6, pilot Willy Fulton arrived to pick them up. He found a collapsed tent and a massive bear eating human remains.
Chilling Physical Evidence
Park rangers investigated the abandoned campsite. They found Treadwell’s severed head and his arm with a watch still attached. Investigators also found a camera with a six-minute audio recording. The lens cap was on, but the microphone captured the entire attack. Meanwhile, filmmaker Werner Herzog later listened to the tape for a documentary.
Chilling Final Words
The audio reveals the couple’s desperate fight against the predator. Treadwell can be heard screaming: “Get out here! I’m getting killed out here!” Huguenard hit the bear with a frying pan to save him. Later, her own screams are heard before the recording ends. Herzog warned others to destroy the tape and never listen to it.