Quote from I am Hellfire on Sep 1st, 2005, 12:03pm:Ill tell you one thing about primitive fishing. If you are in a spot where fishing is very important... PLEASE.. !.. dont screw with the bears.
Anyone ever hear of Timothy Tredwell? What a stupid idiot! He thought bears were cute and cuddly and thought it was all Disney, and he was stupid. He even told kids not to be afraid of bears. He stayed in Alaska for two years with his stupid girlfriend and they got mauled. Even better, it was caught on tape! Really nasty, listening to them screaming.. Do a google search, I hear theyre making his story into a movie.
You're saying something a bit different than what I've read about him. From what I've read, he was a heroin addict that quit using and went to alaska to get away from his problems. The he lived there for upwards of 10 years with the wildlife and learned the bears' limits and eventually became part of the environment. The bears knew him, and weren't about to attack him unless he provoked them. He considered them his family and they just tolorated him as they would a large rock. Then he brought his girlfriend up there with him. She was frightened of bears, and they did not return to the place he was originally. The bear that attacked them was old and hungry, and it was almost time for it to hibernate. It was desperate for food.
He and his girlfriend weren't really stupid, he was just a very odd person. And in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Or at least, that's what I've read.
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