Sunday, March 10, 2013

RTB's Continuing Fascination with all things Ursine


All these pics, and pretty much all the text is from http://mkmcst.com/michaelswildAmerica/

and some from Timothytreadwellmighthavebeenadumbass.com. But mostly all from Michaels Wild America-

the report here

Choice quotes here-, copied directly from above link at Michaels Wild America-

"The next voice is from Timothy as he screams “Get out here! I’m getting killed out here!” (Tim was wearing a remote microphone on his coverall’s). The sound of a tent zipper is then heard and the tent flap opening. Amie is heard screaming over the background sounds of rain hitting the tent, the wind, and other storm sounds all mixed in with the bear and Tim fighting to “Play dead!” Seconds pass before Amie yells again to “Play dead!” (Van Daele 2004)

Not surprisingly, with Amie yelling and screaming nearby, this seems to work and the bear breaks off the attack. (more on this below) A short conversation ensues as Amie and Tim try and determine if the bear is really gone. Being trained as a physician’s assistant, it is believed that Amie made her way to Tim, and from the sounds caught on tape, the bear returns and Amie is forced to back off. Tim then is clearly heard screaming that playing dead isn’t working and begs her to “hit the bear!” ( Van Daele 2005, Fallico 2004)


The sound of rain hitting the tent, along with wind muffle the sounds at this point. However, Amie is clearly heard yelling to “Fight back!” She is then heard screaming “Stop! Go Away! or possibly Run Away!” as the sound of “a frying pan is used to beat the top of the bears head and the sound of Tim moaning. (Fallico 2004)


It is believed that at this point in the attack, the bear let go of Tim’s head which the bear had in it’s mouth, and grabbed him somewhere in the upper leg area. The sound of Amie screaming very loudly, as Tim is clearly heard over the sounds of the storm, saying “Amie get away, get away, go away”. Tim knew he was going to die at this point and wanted to save Amie from the same fate. (Herzog, Fallico 2004)


Amie did not go away.The audio portion of this video tape lasts roughly 6 minutes. During this period, Tim’s cries and pleadings can be heard for two-thirds of that time. He did not die quickly, unlike some traumatic death victims who were lucky enough to drift off into a shock induced dream state. Tim was obviously very aware and struggling desperately to survive during the last moments of his life.


Unlike what is portrayed in the movies, the bear is nearly silent. Only low growls and periodic grunts are heard which only adds to the horror of the scene. Sounds of the bear dragging Tim off, and the fading sounds of his scream’s indicate that Tim is being pulled and dragged into the brush and away from camp."


Basically dudes girlfriend (Amie) started his camcorder, and captured the last 6 minutes of both of their lives. It apparently was just audio, but this story is both horrifying and fascinating to me. 


Here is the grizzly man after being with his "friends " for a bit-





Here is one of the 2!!! bears the rangers had to shoot on the scene- 




In summary, bears are the top predators of the world, eclipsing even the mighty komodo dragon (but only by a cunt hair, in awesomeness), Tim Treadwell was playing with fire and got his girlfriend killed, and thanks to Michaels Wild America, because of your site, I only had to write like 4 sentences for this post. 




Boom!