Bob Carter said, "...A common line in bear stories I hear is "all at once" meaning the bear did something unexpected." Yep. A very experienced Tiger handler just said words to that effect about a kitty that bit that hand and neck of the one who raised him. I also saw other infomation today that there was a video tape found at the scene. There was no video of the attack but apparently Treadwell was wearing a microphone. The audio of the attack was recorded for a few minutes before something else happened..... 8-( Later, Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Subject: [Paddlewise] Bear idiot > Is there a newspaper article/obit about Mr. Treadwelll? Joe P. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (i.e. headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] From: "Joseph Pylka" <jpylka_at_earthlink.net> > Is there a newspaper article/obit about Mr. Treadwelll? Check www.adn.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> From: "Rev. Bob Carter" <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> > His main > mistake was that he felt he could always predict their behavior. Here's a link to a story about the attack which describes him as a "self-taught bear expert": http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAQ1SCPILD.html "Treadwell was known for his confidence around bears. He often touched them, and gave them names. Once he was filmed crawling along the ground singing as he approached a sow and two cubs." jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Just picked up a story about Treadwell; he was on the Letterman show a number of years ago and describes Alaskan brown bears as "mostly harmless party animals." Such attitude about bears will eventually get you killed. Even though I have been around a lot of bears and no longer fear them, I still view each bear as "a wild animal that could be dangerous". Several years ago in Alaska on Kootznooowhoo Island a man named Stan Price homesteaded at Pack creek. He came to know the bears by name since he had seen most of them raised as cubs. he rarely carried a gun preferring instead a walking stick. If a bear gave him trouble he hit it on the nose with his stick and yelled at them by name. If one was in his potato garden he used a shovel. Finally a bear did maul him and Stan's explination was that this was a bear he had never seen before. My point is that even the those who know bears best occasionally run into the unexected situation and some live and some don't. A common line in bear stories I hear is "all at once" meaning the bear did something unexpected. My guess is that Treadwell predicted a bears behavior and the bear fooled him. By the way two bears have been killed as a result of this. First was the bear that was standing over the bodies when they were found. Later a younger bear was killed as it approached the troopers as they were recovering the bodies. Both bears showed a great deal of aggression. I will render a guess that with the salmon tailing off these bears have begun looking for other sources of food and if stress will prey on humans. Since there were no witness we may never know. Our prayers go out to the victims families. Bob *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I looked it up on Yahoo and used the key words tTeadwell + Bears. I then tabbed the News icon and many articles from various papers came up. Otherwise you will get cached news that is dated. Rob G *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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