Re: [Paddlewise] "Woman who died with 'bear guru' was duped"

Hi Michael,

Saturday, January 22, 2005, 9:12:11 AM, you wrote:

[snip]

> So long as we keep putting a "Bamby" twist on nature Darwin will
> keep reminding us of the facts.

Well said!

At her age, and assuming she was of relatively sound mind, unless she
was under hypnosis or some mysterious spell woven by Treadwell, she
too has to bear some responsibility for her ultimate fate in a
situation that should have been obvious to anyone to be potentially -
even likely considering Treadwell's methods - lethal.

The writer of the article did mention that he felt she was fairly
gullible, but even so, when dealing with the possibility of coming
face to face with so many bears, and in the way that Treadwell was
known for, just how gullible must one be to go along with such an
adventure?

An unfortunate tragedy regardless, and unfortunately tragic for the
bear that was killed as a result of this incident as well. Treadwell
may have "gotten what he wanted" in some sort of twisted way, but
considering his professed love of the bears, can his spirit really be
happy about what happened to the bear as well? Learning from hindsight
is only practical for us if we live to do better the next time around.

-- 
Melissa
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