10 Harrowing Facts Surrounding Timothy Treadwell, Who Was Eaten Alive By Grizzly Bears

6 /10 The Last Camping Trip

Tim brought his girlfriend Amie Huguenard out to camp with him in October of 2003. They arrived via Air Taxi from Tim’s long-time friend, Willy Fulton, in Katmai National Park on Kalifa Lake’s upper side.

ven before leaving, Willy Fulton noticed something strange going on. As he passed by for his plane, he saw the bear, the killer itself, and described it as “just the meanest looking thing.”

Tim and Amie did not respond to him as he left or signaled him as he flew over. They were unaware of what would come next.

5 /10 Unseen Aftermath

Willy was the first to witness the scene from the air. He tried passing by to scare the bear away, but between one fly-by and another, he went from seeing the flapping tarps of their tiny plastic tents to a hungry bear on a mound of human remains, chewing meat off of a human rib cage.

He called it into the park rangers who deployed immediately and arrived at the campsite a few hours later and shot the bear dead as it was still there, eating what was left of Tim and Amie. Even their food was left untouched by the bear. It only cared to eat them.

4 /10 Old Nemesis

The bear that murdered the couple was an old friend Tim had met before. An older male, aged for a bear at least, who had avoided him in the past and was reported by Tim himself as one of the meanest bears he’d ever met. Despite that, he kept trying to befriend it with no positive results.

The bear itself was previously tagged and tattooed with a number 141 on the inside of its lip for tracking. Friends of Tim knew it as soon as they heard the news. Bear 141 was Tim’s natural enemy.

3 /10 Chilling Silence

Tim documented everything, and before the attack, he started up his camera in his tent before he left. The recording left behind was all audio.

Amie couldn’t take the lens cap off in time before Tim started screaming at her. Though many tapes have been leaked, all have been debunked.

Those reported on as fair share one similarity only: the bear was silent. They don’t growl or roar like in movies when they feed. They eat. The only ones crying out were Tim as he slowly died, one bite at a time.

2 /10 What Remained

After the bear was taken out, the remains of Tim and Amie were recovered. Four bins of human remains were extracted from the bear’s stomach belonging to both campers.

The most solid remains reported were a ribcage, stripped and chewed, Tim’s right arm detached below the shoulder with the watch still attached to his wrist, and his head, which was severed with a bit of spinal cord still attached, frozen in horror.

1 /10 The Legacy Of The Grizzly Man

A documentary film titled after Tim’s epithet was released and included his whole life story, interviews, and filmed footage of wildlife that he protected and artfully cataloged his death at the hands of the dreadful beasts he tried so hard to watch.

His end was tragic and gruesome and served as a constant reminder to activists that even if their hearts are fair and their causes are noble, nature will not care.

Although bear attacks on humans are rare, they happen, and even if your heart is too small, too big, or just right, a bear will gobble you up all the same.