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I'm out in the prime cut of the big green.
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Behind me is Ed and Rowdy,
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members of an up
and coming sub-adult gang.
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They're challenging everything including me.
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Goes with the territory.
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If I show weakness, if I retreat,
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I may be hurt, I may be killed.
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I must hold my own
if I'm gonna stay within this land.
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For once there is weakness they will exploit it,
they will take me out, they will decapitate me,
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they will chop me into bits and pieces.
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I'm dead.
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But so far I persevere.
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Persevere.
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Most times I'm a kind warrior out here.
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Most times I am gentle, I am like a flower,
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I'm like a fly on the wall,
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observing, non-committal,
non-invasive in any way.
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Occasionally I am challenged,
and in that case the kind warrior
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must, must, must become a samurai,
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must become so...
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So formidable,
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so fearless of death, so strong,
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that he will win, he will win.
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Even the bears will believe
that you are more powerful,
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and in a sense you must be
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more powerful if you are to survive
in this land with the bear.
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No one knew that.
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No one ever friggin' knew
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that there are times when my life
is on the precipice of death
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and that these bears can bite, they can kill.
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And if I am weak I go down.
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I love them with all my heart,
I will protect them,
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I will die for them,
but I will not die at their claws and paws.
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I will fight, I will be strong.
I'll be one of them.
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I will be the master.
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But still a kind warrior.
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Love you, Rowdy.
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Give it to me, baby.
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That's what I'm talking about.
That's what I'm talking about.
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That's what I'm talking about.
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I can smell death
all over my fingers.
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Herzog All these majestic
creatures were filmed by Timothy Treadwei!
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who lived among wild grizz/Ies
for 13 summers.
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He went to remote areas
of the Alaskan peninsula
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believing that he was needed there
to protect these animate
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and educate the public.
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During his fast five years out there,
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he took along a video camera
and shot over 100 hours of footage.
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What Treadwett intended was to show
these bears in their natural habitat,.
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Having myself filmed
in the wilderness of jungles,
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I found that beyond a wildlife film,
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in his material lay dormant a story
of astonishing beauty and depth.
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1 discovered a film of human ecstasies
and darkest inner turmoil.
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As I? there was a desire in him
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to leave the confinements of his
humanness and bond with the bears,
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Treadwefl reached out
seeking a primordial encounter.
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But in doing so he crossed
an invisible borderline.
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Go back and play.
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Go back. Go back.
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Go back.
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This is a sub-adult,
and this is what happens to them.
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They work together
and they get really powerful.
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As you see, I'm just feet away.
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I have now proven myself
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as being able to hold my ground
and therefore earning their respect.
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He's now moving away from me.
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This is Rowdy the bear, and he's rowdy.
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He's getting bigger and...
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Knew him from he was a little,
little dot a couple years ago.
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He's getting to be a big boy.
Anyway, we're doing just fine.
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But that was a challenge,
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and you have to remain cool
in the challenge, in the moment.
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If you don't, you're dead.
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They can kill, they can bite.
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They can decapitate.
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Excuse me.
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Hey-
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Hey!
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It's OK. It's OK, ifs OK.
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I didn't mean to get in your way.
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Wow.
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It's OK. You're the boss.
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Nice job.
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Wow, nice job.
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I kind of think he was over
10 feet high, don't you?
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Whoo, he's a big bear.
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He's a big bear.
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A very big bear.
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Wow.
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Huh. Anyway,
he was over here rub-a-dub-dubbing.
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He's a big bear!
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The excitement Treadwell felt
connected him immediately with children.
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In his campaign to create awareness
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he reached thousands
and thousands of school children
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who would remember his
fabulous story telling
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as one of the highlights of their school years.
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He took his mission so seriously
that he never solicited for a fee.
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Over time, he reached the status
of a national celebrity.
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Man} Timothy Treadwefl
is crazy about grizzly bears.
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How crazy? Sometimes.“...
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It was as if he had become a star
by virtue of his own invention.
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I would be within
the physical presence of bears
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24 hours a day for months at a time.
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This is crazy.
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This is nuts.
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These are the most dangerous animals
on the face of the earth.
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And you want to go and put yourself
in harm's way 24 hours a day.
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I think they've been misunderstood.
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How can I believe that if you
are about to be killed by a bear
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that you wouldn't say,
"Oh, I made a mistake. I'd like to have a gun."
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I would never ever kill a bear
in the defence of my own life.
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I would not go into a bear's home
and kill a bear.
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One day,
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I came home and I was sitting on my patio,
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and my wife was
in the bedroom with the TV on.
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And I heard her scream.
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And I thought she'd fallen or something,
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and I came in and she was
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sitting on the edge of the bed
staring at the television.
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And I looked at the television,
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and I saw Timmy's face.
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And I hadn't heard the sound or the news yet,
but I knew just by seeing Timmy's face on TV
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and hearing my wife's reaction
that the worst had happened.
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Not necessarily a surprise,
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but the worst.
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1 never have days when I grieve for Timmy
as 1 have with other friends who have died.
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They feel dead.
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Timmy doesn't feel dead.
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This is the last photo
of Timothy Treadwe/I.
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It was taken at the beginning
of his thirteenth summer
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in the wilds of Alaska.
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With him is Amie Huguenard
who would die by his side.
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The man who took the photo
was VVi/Iy Fulton,
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a close friend of Timothy's
and the pilot who would bring him
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to this remote pan of the Alaskan peninsula.
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Treadwe/I saw himself
as the guardian of this land
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and stylised himself as Prince Valiant,
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fighting the bad guys with their schemes
to do harm to the bears.
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But all this land
is a federally protected reserve,
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part of Katmai National Park.
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This big plain Treadwell called the Sanctuary.
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Here he would spend
the early summer months
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before moving along some 35 miles
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to this densely overgrown area
which he cal/ed the Grizzly Maze,
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where he would observe
the late summer salmon run.
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It was here that Fulton
would pick him up in the fall.
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On October 6th last year,
this is the spot here
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at Kaflia Lake where
I pulled in to pick up Tim and Amie.
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A typical day out here, rain, foggy,
a lot of wind and...
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fl was kind of stranger.
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Didn't see him, didn't hear anything.
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There's no gear on the beach
or anything, you know,
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so I tied up and I started yelling a little bit.
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Tim, you know, Amie and,
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no answer, and I caught
a little tiny bit of movement up on the hills.
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So, I'm like, well, you know, it was windy,
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maybe they just couldn't hear me
or something,
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so I decided I'd go up in the camp,
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you know, and see what was going on,
and headed off up through the alders.
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It's kind of a thick trail up
into camp there, and...
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Got about three-quarters of the way up the hill
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and something just
didn't feel right at all, you know?
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Something was, something seemed strange.
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And I'm yelling and no answer or anything,
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so I turned around and started
coming back down the trail,
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a pretty good clip I guess.
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I was kind of trotting along,
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and as I got in the thickest part
of the alders right here...
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As I got near the aeroplane
I just happened to turn around,
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and I turned around and looked, and...
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Pretty nasty-looking bear
that I had seen here before
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is just sneaking slow with his head down,
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just the meanest looking thing, you know,
coming through the brush.
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And so I jumped on the aeroplane real quick
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and untied it and took off,
turned around, flew over,
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over camp there, and...
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Just looked down and saw a human rib cage,
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you know, that I knew had to be either
Tim or Amie laying there,
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and, he was just eating that,
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and as I...
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So I circled around again, got really low
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and tried to run him off just over
and over again with the aeroplane.
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And every time I would come over,
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he'd just start eating faster and faster
and crouch over this,
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this rib cage there, and,
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and, right at that time I...
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I just realised, "Wow," you know,
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I was pretty close to getting eaten myself,
is what I thought,
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and this shot of adrenalin like I've never had
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just came over me and my throat went,
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couldn't breathe, my face went numb,
my arms and legs went numb,
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and then I called back to the office
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and told them what happened out here,
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what I thought had happened
and that we would need
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some assistance out here,
that we had some problems.
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After the park service arrived,
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then I'm leading them up
through the alders here.
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This is the same trail
that I'd come up the first time,
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and we got to about right here
and we just stopped, you know,
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and we stopped just to take a look around
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and right then one guy
with us just yells, "Bear!"
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And they all spin around,
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these gun barrels come over
the top of my head,
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and, boy, they just start firing it off,
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and I ducked down
cos they hadn't given me a gun.
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I'd look up and then they fire
over and over again,
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and then I look up when they're done firing
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and there's just a cloud of smoke here,
you know,
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and I look over
and the bear is laying right there.
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They're yelling at me,
“Just don't go near the bear."
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And I knew he was dead.
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He'd been shot in the head
and the neck and everywhere,
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and he was just laying here
pretty much lifeless
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and this is right where...
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Where the bear...
And I told them at the time,
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I said this is the bear that killed Tim.
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I knew cos that was the same bear
that I had seen down here looking at me,
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right through the alder bushes there,
so I knew this was the bear.
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I said, "Yep, that'll be the one," you know,
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and that wound up being the bear that
they found Tim in.
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I'm here on camera with Ollie the big old bear,
and the big old grumpy bear.
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He just took Cracker out of the creek area.
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There's not a lot of fish here,
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so you could understand him wanting
to have control of the creek,
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but he's acting like an alpha male here,
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which I guess, for the fact that
he is the only male here,
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he is the alpha male.
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At any rate, he's also, he's a surly bear.
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I met him on the path the other day
after feeling sorry for him, thinking that he
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was a bit thin, a bit gaunt.
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And he promptly charged me
with the intent to probably strike.
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I know the language of the bear.
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I was able to deter him
from doing that, and I'm fine.
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But I will tell you something,
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it is the old bear,
one who is struggling for survival,
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and an aggressive one at that,
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who's the one that you must
be very careful of,
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for these are the bears that on occasion
do, for survival, kill and eat humans.
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Could Ollie the big old bear
possibly kill and eat Timothy Treadwell?
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What do you think, Ollie?
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I think if you were weak around him,
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you're going down his gullet,
going down the pipe.
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Right up top of the hill here
is where we found
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what was left of Tim's body,
his head and a little bit of backbone
245
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attached, then we found...
246
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A hand, arm, wristwatch still on the arm.
247
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I remember the watch and,
shoot, I can remember the watch,
248
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and here's a guy that,
249
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used to dive in the lake down here naked
to scare the aeroplanes away
250
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and here now I'm finding his watch
and arm on top of the hill.
251
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And then here's about all that's left
of the bear that killed him.
252
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A few pieces of rib bone.
253
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This bear was shot
254
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and drug off and eaten
by other bears here, right in this area.
255
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The tough thing out of all this
is Tim would have never wanted
256
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to see any bears killed.
257
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Even if they had killed him,
he would have been happy if
258
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nobody found him,
nobody found any remains,
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nobody found his camp or anything.
260
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He would have been perfectly content.
261
00:16:43,290 --> 00:16:46,373
He definitely lived on the edge,
you know, but he...
262
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He was a little smarter than
everyone gave him credit for.
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He made it out here a long time
before they caught up with him,
264
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and actually the bear that wound up
killing him was a...
265
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Just a dirty, rotten bear that he
didn't like anyway, you know,
266
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and he wanted to be friends
with but never happened.
267
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I want to introduce you to one of the key role
players in this year's expedition.
268
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The bear's name is the Grinch.
269
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The Grinch has come onto be one of the more
frequent bears here in the Grizzly Maze.
270
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The Grinch is a female
of about five years of age.
271
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Oh, hi, Grinch. Hi.
272
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And she has kind of an aggressive attitude.
273
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Hi.
274
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If I turn around too much she'll bite me.
275
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It's OK. Hi, how are you?
276
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How are you?
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Don't you do that.
278
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Don't you do that!
279
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Back off.
280
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Don't do it.
281
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It's OK. I love you.
282
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I love you. I love you. I love you.
283
00:17:56,930 --> 00:17:58,694
I love you. I'm sorry.
284
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I'm Sam Egli.
285
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I was called out as a helicopter pilot to assist
286
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on the clean-up
after the Treadwell tragedy of last winter.
287
00:18:11,370 --> 00:18:15,773
I was in there the morning
the fish and game officers were there
288
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examining the bear that had done the killing.
289
00:18:21,210 --> 00:18:26,011
The bear was all cut open,
it was full of people, it was full of clothing.
290
00:18:26,090 --> 00:18:29,333
It was, we hauled away four garbage bags
291
00:18:29,410 --> 00:18:33,335
of people out of that bear.
292
00:18:33,410 --> 00:18:34,491
Um...
293
00:18:36,490 --> 00:18:41,530
Treadwell was, I think, meaning well,
trying to do things
294
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to help the resource of the bears,
295
00:18:45,410 --> 00:18:49,335
but to me he was acting like...
296
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Like he was working with people wearing
bear costumes out there
297
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instead of wild animals.
298
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Those bears are big and ferocious, and they
come equipped to kill you and eat you
299
00:19:04,610 --> 00:19:08,899
and that's just what Treadwell was asking for.
300
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He got what he was asking for,
he got what he deserved in my opinion.
301
00:19:14,410 --> 00:19:19,211
The tragedy of it was taking the girl with him.
302
00:19:21,050 --> 00:19:27,376
I think the only reason that Treadwell lasted
as long in the game as he did
303
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was that the bears probably thought
there was something wrong with him,
304
00:19:32,890 --> 00:19:36,053
like he was mentally retarded or something.
305
00:19:36,690 --> 00:19:37,771
Um...
306
00:19:39,970 --> 00:19:42,814
That bear I think that day decided
307
00:19:42,890 --> 00:19:48,021
that he had either had enough
of Tim Treadwell
308
00:19:48,050 --> 00:19:52,021
or that something clicked in that bear's head
309
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that he thought,
"Hey, you know, he might be good to eat."
310
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My opinion,
t think Treadweh thought these bears
311
00:20:01,570 --> 00:20:06,098
were big, scary-looking, harmless creatures
that he could go up and pat
312
00:20:06,130 --> 00:20:08,053
and sing to and they would...
313
00:20:08,090 --> 00:20:09,091
Look at that little bear.
314
00:20:09,170 --> 00:20:13,892
...bond as children
of the universe or some odd.
315
00:20:13,930 --> 00:20:18,777
I think he had lost sight
of what was really going on.
316
00:20:32,450 --> 00:20:34,896
He wanted
to become like the bear.
317
00:20:34,930 --> 00:20:38,491
Perhaps it was religious,
but not in the true sense of religion.
318
00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:43,815
I think perhaps he wanted to mutate
into a wild animal
319
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as he says in this last letter.
320
00:20:46,210 --> 00:20:51,979
He says, "I have to mutually mutate into a wild
animal to handle the life I live out here."
321
00:20:52,010 --> 00:20:55,093
And I think there's a religious sense in that,
322
00:20:55,130 --> 00:20:59,658
in the sense of connecting so deeply
that you're no longer human.
323
00:20:59,690 --> 00:21:02,421
And that is a religious experience.
324
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Here's another example.
325
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"There are many times that I feel death
is the best option.
326
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“My work would be much more
seriously looked at
327
00:21:13,370 --> 00:21:17,056
"and possibly make the difference
that, in living, I can't do."
328
00:21:17,130 --> 00:21:20,418
And I think that was sort of a paradox for him,
329
00:21:20,490 --> 00:21:25,098
that he felt not worthy enough
to get his message across at times,
330
00:21:25,170 --> 00:21:29,494
and so maybe in the drama of death
his message would be more poignant
331
00:21:29,570 --> 00:21:31,334
and reach out to more people.
332
00:21:32,010 --> 00:21:35,219
But his message
stirred a lot of controversy.
333
00:21:35,290 --> 00:21:38,772
The Gaedes' have collected
thousands of angry letters.
334
00:21:39,090 --> 00:21:41,252
I can read you some of...
335
00:21:41,330 --> 00:21:45,130
I picked out three of these,
vitriolic hate mails.
336
00:21:45,170 --> 00:21:47,741
They cover the gamut.
337
00:21:49,330 --> 00:21:52,857
"Stereotypical environmentalist.
338
00:21:52,890 --> 00:21:55,211
"Just as long as the donations keep coming,
339
00:21:55,330 --> 00:21:59,733
"furthering the anti-human eco religion
as a noble cause.
340
00:21:59,810 --> 00:22:01,892
“Who cares about reality?"
341
00:22:01,970 --> 00:22:08,137
And the very idea
that Timothy made a lot of money
342
00:22:08,210 --> 00:22:10,258
doing what he did
is absolutely preposterous,
343
00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:12,537
cos he's one of the poorest people we knew.
344
00:22:13,530 --> 00:22:15,453
Another one.
345
00:22:15,530 --> 00:22:21,060
"A bear diet consists of liberals and dems..."
Meaning democrats.
346
00:22:21,130 --> 00:22:24,976
"A bear diet consists of liberals and dems
and whacko environmentalists
347
00:22:25,050 --> 00:22:28,896
"that think the spotted owl
is the most important thing in the world.
348
00:22:28,970 --> 00:22:33,339
"We need to somehow drastically increase
the number of bears in America,
349
00:22:33,410 --> 00:22:37,415
"especially in such key spots
as the Berkley campus."
350
00:22:40,890 --> 00:22:43,894
I too would like to
step in here in his defence,
351
00:22:43,970 --> 00:22:47,213
not as an ecologist, but as a filmmaker.
352
00:22:48,090 --> 00:22:51,572
He captured such glorious
improvised moments,
353
00:22:51,650 --> 00:22:56,736
the likes of which the studio directors
with their union crews can never dream of.
354
00:23:03,090 --> 00:23:04,171
OK.
355
00:23:08,130 --> 00:23:10,815
What are you doing up there?
That's where you're sitting?
356
00:23:21,450 --> 00:23:23,100
There. Come.
357
00:23:24,050 --> 00:23:25,461
Go.
358
00:23:25,490 --> 00:23:26,537
Come.
359
00:23:27,450 --> 00:23:28,497
Come.
360
00:23:29,450 --> 00:23:30,940
Come on, come on.
361
00:23:32,730 --> 00:23:34,016
Come on.
362
00:23:34,090 --> 00:23:35,615
Come on home.
363
00:23:45,650 --> 00:23:46,890
Come on.
364
00:24:09,090 --> 00:24:10,501
Hi.
365
00:24:10,530 --> 00:24:12,294
Hey, you little champion.
366
00:24:13,130 --> 00:24:14,177
Hi.
367
00:24:14,610 --> 00:24:17,181
How are you? You're such a good champion.
368
00:24:27,090 --> 00:24:28,933
Now get up there and guard that tent.
369
00:24:31,690 --> 00:24:34,978
Well, I'm here with one my favourite bears,
it's Mr Chocolate.
370
00:24:35,010 --> 00:24:36,455
Hi, Mr Chocolate.
371
00:24:36,530 --> 00:24:40,091
He is the star
of many people across the country,
372
00:24:40,170 --> 00:24:44,061
children, people, adults,
and we're here in the Grizzly Sanctuary,
373
00:24:44,130 --> 00:24:47,020
but I'm wrapping up my work here
in the Grizzly Sanctuary. Why is that?
374
00:24:47,050 --> 00:24:51,692
Because I'm on my way to the Grizzly Maze
where bears do not have human protection,
375
00:24:51,770 --> 00:24:53,374
but are under human threat.
376
00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:57,535
Bears like Aunt Melissa, bears like Demon,
Hatchet, Downey and Tabitha,
377
00:24:57,610 --> 00:24:59,533
and it's time for me to go to protect them.
378
00:24:59,610 --> 00:25:01,294
I wish I could bring Mr Chocolate with me.
379
00:25:01,370 --> 00:25:03,532
You'd be great protection there.
380
00:25:03,570 --> 00:25:06,301
He's been with me for over a decade,
and he's been my good friend,
381
00:25:06,370 --> 00:25:08,896
and I really appreciate it.
Thank you, Mr Chocolate.
382
00:25:08,930 --> 00:25:10,170
I'll see you again next year.
383
00:25:10,210 --> 00:25:12,372
No, I'll see him again at expedition.
384
00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:16,017
End of this expedition.
I'll be back here to join you again.
385
00:25:16,050 --> 00:25:17,131
Back with Mr Chocolate.
386
00:25:17,210 --> 00:25:21,977
But first, it's off to the exciting
and often dangerous Grizzly Maze.
387
00:25:23,170 --> 00:25:25,935
Hence) Now the scene seems to be over,
388
00:25:26,010 --> 00:25:30,015
but as a filmmaker,
sometimes things fall into your lap
389
00:25:30,050 --> 00:25:33,099
which you couldn't expect,
never even dream of.
390
00:25:33,170 --> 00:25:34,331
Hi, Spirit.
391
00:25:34,410 --> 00:25:38,176
There is something
like an inexplicable magic of cinema.
392
00:25:39,330 --> 00:25:40,616
Hi, Spirit.
393
00:25:44,050 --> 00:25:46,132
Well, I'm here with...
394
00:25:46,210 --> 00:25:50,818
With Mr Chocolate and Spirit the fox,
and here comes some of her pups, yay.
395
00:25:51,770 --> 00:25:53,420
Comes some of her pups.
396
00:25:55,810 --> 00:25:56,857
Hi.
397
00:25:57,690 --> 00:25:58,771
Hi.
398
00:26:00,250 --> 00:26:01,536
Hi, Spirit.
399
00:26:04,210 --> 00:26:06,212
Hi, Spirit. Hello, baby.
400
00:26:08,170 --> 00:26:09,695
Coming down.
401
00:26:15,130 --> 00:26:16,575
What are you doing to that hat?
402
00:26:18,130 --> 00:26:19,495
Where's that hat going?
403
00:26:37,730 --> 00:26:39,414
Hey, whds stealing that hat?
404
00:26:40,090 --> 00:26:41,660
Let me see that hat.
405
00:26:41,690 --> 00:26:43,340
Ghost, I want that hat.
406
00:26:44,810 --> 00:26:46,653
Oh, man. Ghost is bad.
407
00:26:48,690 --> 00:26:50,533
Ghost, what are you doing with that hat?
408
00:26:51,210 --> 00:26:53,816
Ghost, that hat is a very important hat.
409
00:26:53,890 --> 00:26:55,335
Drop it. Hey!
410
00:26:57,490 --> 00:26:59,777
Oh, goddammit.
411
00:27:00,250 --> 00:27:02,491
I can't believe this.
412
00:27:03,090 --> 00:27:04,251
Ghost!
413
00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:06,972
Ghost, where's that fucking hat?
414
00:27:07,010 --> 00:27:10,139
That hat is so friggin' valuable for this trip.
415
00:27:10,610 --> 00:27:13,056
Ghost, you come back here
with that friggin' hat!
416
00:27:13,970 --> 00:27:16,450
If it's in the den I'm gonna fucking explode.
417
00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:18,694
Ghost, where's that hat?
418
00:27:19,170 --> 00:27:21,172
It's not OK for you to steal it.
419
00:27:22,090 --> 00:27:23,535
Oh, man.
420
00:27:24,690 --> 00:27:26,055
Oh, man.
421
00:27:26,970 --> 00:27:28,734
It's a friggin' den.
422
00:27:29,850 --> 00:27:32,330
One of the things
that I've heard about Mr Treadwell
423
00:27:32,370 --> 00:27:34,213
and you can see in a lot of his films
424
00:27:34,250 --> 00:27:37,333
is that he tended to want to become a bear.
425
00:27:37,370 --> 00:27:41,455
Some people that I've spoken with
would encounter him in the field,
426
00:27:41,530 --> 00:27:42,816
and he would act like a bear.
427
00:27:42,850 --> 00:27:44,614
He would woof at them, he would...
428
00:27:44,690 --> 00:27:47,899
He would act in the same way a bear would
when they were surprised.
429
00:27:48,690 --> 00:27:52,251
Why he did this is only known to him.
430
00:27:52,330 --> 00:27:54,139
No one really knows for sure.
431
00:27:54,210 --> 00:27:58,010
But when you spend a lot of time with bears,
especially when you're in the field with them
432
00:27:58,050 --> 00:28:01,532
day after day, there's a siren song,
there's a calling
433
00:28:01,570 --> 00:28:04,380
that makes you wanna come in
and spend more time in the world.
434
00:28:04,490 --> 00:28:06,458
Because it is a simpler world.
435
00:28:06,530 --> 00:28:10,819
It is a wonderful thing,
but in fact it's a harsh world.
436
00:28:10,890 --> 00:28:13,894
It's a different world
that bears live in than we do.
437
00:28:13,970 --> 00:28:16,621
So there's that desire to get into their world,
438
00:28:16,690 --> 00:28:20,172
but the reality is we never can because we're
very different than they are.
439
00:28:39,490 --> 00:28:41,936
The line between bear and human
440
00:28:41,970 --> 00:28:47,101
has apparently always been respected
by the native communities of Alaska.
441
00:28:47,810 --> 00:28:51,451
We visited the curator
of Kodiak's Alutiiq Museum,
442
00:28:51,530 --> 00:28:55,933
which had recently been raided by
tourists out of control.
443
00:28:57,490 --> 00:29:00,653
Somebody wanted it
so much they cut the paw off.
444
00:29:00,730 --> 00:29:05,258
They stole it from here,
so it was quite tragic for us
445
00:29:05,290 --> 00:29:10,933
because, you know, ifs on loan
and they came in and took it.
446
00:29:10,970 --> 00:29:12,131
Mmm-hmm.
447
00:29:12,170 --> 00:29:15,174
And how do you see
Timothy Treadwelfs story?
448
00:29:15,530 --> 00:29:17,976
I see it as something that's both...
449
00:29:19,810 --> 00:29:23,974
It's tragic because, yeah, he died
450
00:29:24,010 --> 00:29:28,299
and his girlfriend died, because,
you know, he tried to be a bear.
451
00:29:28,370 --> 00:29:32,455
He tried to act like a bear,
and for us on the island you don't do that.
452
00:29:32,490 --> 00:29:35,414
You don't invade on their territory.
453
00:29:35,490 --> 00:29:39,461
You, when you're in their territory
you know you're there,
454
00:29:39,490 --> 00:29:45,054
and when you're nearby you make sure
that they know you're around.
455
00:29:45,130 --> 00:29:46,370
Um...
456
00:29:47,130 --> 00:29:52,580
You know, for him to act like a bear
the way he did would be,
457
00:29:54,290 --> 00:29:57,612
I don't know, to me it was the ultimate of
disrespecting the bear
458
00:29:57,650 --> 00:29:59,539
and what the bear represents.
459
00:29:59,610 --> 00:30:02,853
But he tried to protect the bears, didn't he?
460
00:30:04,170 --> 00:30:07,538
I think he did more damage
to the bears than he did...
461
00:30:07,610 --> 00:30:12,332
Because when you habituate bears
to humans they think all humans are safe.
462
00:30:13,290 --> 00:30:17,056
Where I grew up
the bears avoid us and we avoid them.
463
00:30:17,130 --> 00:30:19,019
They're not habituated to us.
464
00:30:19,650 --> 00:30:20,981
If I look at it from my culture,
465
00:30:21,010 --> 00:30:26,335
Timothy Treadwefl crossed the boundary
that we have lived with for 7,000 years.
466
00:30:26,370 --> 00:30:28,418
R's an unspoken boundary,
an unknown boundary,
467
00:30:28,490 --> 00:30:32,495
but when we know we've crossed it,
we pay the price.
468
00:31:08,250 --> 00:31:13,859
Jewel, I apologise that this wrist watch
is still in an evidence bag,
469
00:31:14,730 --> 00:31:18,701
however, I want you to have this watch.
470
00:31:18,730 --> 00:31:21,859
I think that it is important that you have it.
471
00:31:23,330 --> 00:31:26,174
You knew Timothy for a longtime.
472
00:31:26,250 --> 00:31:29,094
My understanding is that you lived together
for three years,
473
00:31:29,170 --> 00:31:31,093
you were very close to him.
474
00:31:31,130 --> 00:31:33,531
Yeah, he was my boyfriend for three years,
he was my boss,
475
00:31:33,610 --> 00:31:37,012
he was, he was a lot of things
to me in 20 years.
476
00:31:37,090 --> 00:31:41,061
Yeah, I understand that,
and that's the reason I want you to have this.
477
00:31:41,090 --> 00:31:43,570
This really should be yours.
478
00:31:43,610 --> 00:31:45,772
This watch is still running.
479
00:31:45,850 --> 00:31:46,931
Oh, wow.
480
00:31:46,970 --> 00:31:50,895
It has been running continuously
since the time that I received it.
481
00:31:50,930 --> 00:31:54,013
This was taken off Timothy's wrist.
482
00:31:55,610 --> 00:31:57,260
Wow, there it is.
483
00:31:57,450 --> 00:32:00,613
Oh, it's still running. I can't even believe it.
484
00:32:00,650 --> 00:32:03,221
I can't believe it. I'm gonna wear it.
485
00:32:03,650 --> 00:32:05,300
And I'm gonna remember him.
486
00:32:05,330 --> 00:32:07,458
And I'm gonna remember Arnie.
487
00:32:07,730 --> 00:32:10,051
Can you speak about Amie?
488
00:32:11,850 --> 00:32:15,138
Amie was brave and Amie was strong.
489
00:32:16,490 --> 00:32:19,414
Amie was my friend
and she was Timothy's friend.
490
00:32:19,490 --> 00:32:24,178
She was his girlfriend,
but most important she was his friend,
491
00:32:25,770 --> 00:32:30,856
and I believe that
I'm gonna honour their choice.
492
00:32:30,930 --> 00:32:35,492
I'm always gonna respect them for what they
did and for how they did it and for...
493
00:32:35,570 --> 00:32:38,619
For being out there and for protecting bears
494
00:32:38,650 --> 00:32:43,497
and living in wild nature and living,
living their life to the fullest.
495
00:32:44,370 --> 00:32:47,499
They truly died doing what they lived for.
496
00:32:49,610 --> 00:32:51,374
Representing Timothy.
497
00:32:53,130 --> 00:32:55,053
- And then I'll fill in the rest. That's...
- OK.
498
00:32:55,130 --> 00:32:56,814
-...the specific number, so.
- So there it is.
499
00:32:56,850 --> 00:32:58,340
- So there it is.
- Circle. Full circle.
500
00:32:58,450 --> 00:32:59,497
- Yeah. Full circle.
-I've got it all.
501
00:32:59,530 --> 00:33:00,975
- Yeah.
502
00:33:01,010 --> 00:33:03,172
Hopefully it will continue to run a long time.
503
00:33:03,210 --> 00:33:04,814
- I think it will.
504
00:33:10,130 --> 00:33:11,416
Hmm.
505
00:33:15,850 --> 00:33:17,852
The last thing that's left.
506
00:33:21,730 --> 00:33:23,300
Thanks, Franc.
507
00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:27,452
Jewel Palovak.
508
00:33:29,570 --> 00:33:32,858
You were very close to Timothy Treadwell.
509
00:33:32,890 --> 00:33:35,734
Do you sometimes feel like his widow?
510
00:33:35,770 --> 00:33:38,580
Ha! Do I feel like his widow?
511
00:33:39,090 --> 00:33:40,091
Um...
512
00:33:41,090 --> 00:33:43,616
Yeah, you know, in some ways I do.
513
00:33:43,690 --> 00:33:46,694
I feel like his widow because
514
00:33:46,730 --> 00:33:51,292
everything that he had,
everything that he worked for...
515
00:33:52,530 --> 00:33:54,578
ls... He left to me.
516
00:33:54,970 --> 00:34:00,136
I was his girlfriend, I was his employee.
517
00:34:00,210 --> 00:34:04,374
I was the person that figured
all the last minute details out.
518
00:34:05,570 --> 00:34:08,574
You also founded
a foundation with him?
519
00:34:08,650 --> 00:34:10,778
Yup, we did. We founded Grizzly People
520
00:34:10,810 --> 00:34:14,701
whose mission is to protect
and preserve habitat worldwide.
521
00:34:17,410 --> 00:34:21,620
For Treadwe/I,
who had a natural tendency towards chaos,
522
00:34:21,690 --> 00:34:25,251
Grizzly People served
as his organised platform,
523
00:34:25,370 --> 00:34:29,091
and Jewel was his most trusted co-combatant.
524
00:34:30,930 --> 00:34:32,500
I met him in a restaurant.
525
00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:36,495
We both worked at lhls place called Gulliver's,
and it was a prime rib restaurant.
526
00:34:36,570 --> 00:34:38,299
It was huge and theatrical.
527
00:34:38,330 --> 00:34:39,695
Well, Timothy was a squire,
528
00:34:39,770 --> 00:34:42,774
cos it was set in the time,
it was based on Gulliver's Travels,
529
00:34:42,890 --> 00:34:49,136
and he had a chintzy felt hat
and a cheap, plastic apron and some knickers,
530
00:34:49,210 --> 00:34:51,861
and that blonde hairjust sticking out.
531
00:34:51,930 --> 00:34:55,776
And me, I would be your English
serving wench for the evening.
532
00:34:55,810 --> 00:34:58,017
You had to toss the salad with aplomb,
533
00:34:58,090 --> 00:35:01,253
and you had to boil the soup
and serve it to the people.
534
00:35:01,290 --> 00:35:06,330
And I had seen Timothy, and he was kind of
fun, and I didn't really know who he was.
535
00:35:06,370 --> 00:35:08,498
And one night
I just wasn't in the best of moods.
536
00:35:08,570 --> 00:35:10,652
I had a huge table, a family of people
537
00:35:10,730 --> 00:35:14,701
that wanted me to make it the best dining
experience of their life.
538
00:35:14,770 --> 00:35:18,536
Do it up big, make the soup big,
you know, use the vernacular.
539
00:35:18,610 --> 00:35:22,331
You know, there was grandmas and babies
and hairdos and coats,
540
00:35:22,970 --> 00:35:26,656
and so I thought, you know what?
I'll make it. I'll make it big for ya.
541
00:35:26,690 --> 00:35:30,217
I'll make it really big.
You'll never forget this birthday.
542
00:35:30,290 --> 00:35:33,453
So one of the parts was
you'd lake the soup can
543
00:35:33,490 --> 00:35:37,211
and you'd light it up with this gas so that
the soup was bubbling and boiling.
544
00:35:37,290 --> 00:35:40,453
You could smell the deliciousness, and
545
00:35:40,530 --> 00:35:42,100
I decided to make it really big,
546
00:35:42,170 --> 00:35:47,813
so I trailed a little bit extra of the lighter
fluid around the polyester cloth,
547
00:35:47,850 --> 00:35:52,538
and I kind of miscalculated
because the soup exploded,
548
00:35:52,570 --> 00:35:55,460
the people screamed,
the fire went everywhere,
549
00:35:55,530 --> 00:35:59,091
so I was called into the office
in the next couple days.
550
00:35:59,170 --> 00:36:03,573
And who do I see when I sit down
in the office waiting like you're,
551
00:36:03,650 --> 00:36:06,381
you're in the jail
or you're in the principal's office,
552
00:36:06,410 --> 00:36:08,219
I see Timothy Treadwell.
553
00:36:08,250 --> 00:36:11,174
I was like, hey, how are you?
I know I've seen you, I'm Jewel.
554
00:36:11,210 --> 00:36:12,621
He said, "I'm Tim."
555
00:36:12,690 --> 00:36:14,055
And I said what are you in for?
556
00:36:14,130 --> 00:36:16,781
And he said, "Oh, I'm in for walking funny
in the dining room.“
557
00:36:16,850 --> 00:36:19,535
He said, “what did you do?", and I said,
"Ah, I lit the soup can on fire.“
558
00:36:19,610 --> 00:36:21,055
And he said, "That was you?"
559
00:36:21,130 --> 00:36:24,179
And, you know,
it wasn't love at first sight,
560
00:36:24,210 --> 00:36:26,417
but ii was certainly kindred spirits.
561
00:36:28,250 --> 00:36:32,096
Only Timmy is the boss
of all foxes and all bears.
562
00:36:32,170 --> 00:36:33,740
You're the ruler.
563
00:36:37,570 --> 00:36:39,618
Hey, thanks for being my friend.
564
00:36:41,970 --> 00:36:43,779
Does that feel good? Yeah?
565
00:36:44,890 --> 00:36:47,416
We patrol the Grizzly Sanctuary together.
How did we meet?
566
00:36:47,450 --> 00:36:49,259
Over a decade ago.
567
00:36:49,330 --> 00:36:53,096
He left his mother and father's side, promptly
peed on my shoes, pooped on my clothes.
568
00:36:53,130 --> 00:36:56,213
That was it.
He was my friend, Timmy the fox, yup.
569
00:36:56,250 --> 00:36:59,254
And we watch over things, and he's the boss.
570
00:36:59,330 --> 00:37:01,094
Takes care of everything.
571
00:37:01,130 --> 00:37:03,098
Yup, YUP'
572
00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:07,774
I think one of the things
that's really important is,
573
00:37:07,850 --> 00:37:09,579
as you can see the bond that
574
00:37:09,610 --> 00:37:15,299
has developed between this very wild animal
and this very... Fairly wild person.
575
00:37:15,330 --> 00:37:19,460
And you realise he has this gorgeous fur,
and people are trying to kill him for it,
576
00:37:19,530 --> 00:37:22,739
with steel jaw traps
and cruel farming practices.
577
00:37:22,770 --> 00:37:26,695
And other people run 'em down on horses
for sport, fox hunting.
578
00:37:26,770 --> 00:37:28,613
We want this to end.
579
00:37:28,690 --> 00:37:31,455
Between Timmy the fox,
this beautiful fox and me,
580
00:37:31,530 --> 00:37:37,617
we ask the public, please, stop killing
and hurting these foxes and torturing them.
581
00:37:37,650 --> 00:37:39,459
- Don't you think?
- Yeah.
582
00:37:39,530 --> 00:37:43,455
If they knew how beautiful he was and
how sweet he was they would never hurt him.
583
00:37:44,410 --> 00:37:45,696
Thanks, king.
584
00:37:45,770 --> 00:37:49,820
Timothy used his camera as a tool
to get his message across.
585
00:37:49,890 --> 00:37:52,860
Sometimes his approach was very Mayfair.
586
00:37:52,930 --> 00:37:56,821
Do another take here. I fucked up
the last one, I almost just fell off the cliff.
587
00:37:56,890 --> 00:37:58,813
I'm a fucking asshole.
588
00:37:59,970 --> 00:38:01,460
Behind me is the Grizzly Sanctuary,
589
00:38:01,490 --> 00:38:05,973
and also behind me hidden down below in
those trees somewhere is my camp.
590
00:38:06,570 --> 00:38:08,220
I must stay incognito,
591
00:38:08,290 --> 00:38:12,579
I must hide from the authorities,
I must hide from people who would harm me.
592
00:38:12,650 --> 00:38:14,493
I must now even hide from people
593
00:38:14,530 --> 00:38:17,534
that seek me out because
I've made some sort of...
594
00:38:18,130 --> 00:38:20,212
I don't wanna say celebrity, but,
595
00:38:20,290 --> 00:38:23,180
they come here to Alaska
and they hear about Treadwell in the bush
596
00:38:23,250 --> 00:38:25,139
and they wanna go find him.
597
00:38:25,170 --> 00:38:27,571
But they can't. I'm hidden down below.
598
00:38:27,650 --> 00:38:29,937
No one knows where I am.
Even I don't even know where I am.
599
00:38:31,330 --> 00:38:32,741
That was pretty shitty.
600
00:38:33,250 --> 00:38:35,093
Let's do one really short take here.
601
00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:37,858
But as a filmmaker
he was methodical...
602
00:38:37,930 --> 00:38:39,011
Whatever.
603
00:38:39,090 --> 00:38:41,218
Often repeating takes 15 times.
604
00:38:41,290 --> 00:38:43,372
Do one more really short,
excellent take.
605
00:38:43,450 --> 00:38:47,250
Lets just really sum it up. Here we go.
This is gonna be the motherfucker.
606
00:38:48,650 --> 00:38:52,575
Behind me is the Grizzly Sanctuary,
and also hidden down below is my camp,
607
00:38:52,650 --> 00:38:55,017
for I must now remain hidden
from the authorities,
608
00:38:55,050 --> 00:38:58,975
from people who would harm me,
from people who'd seek me out as a story.
609
00:38:59,050 --> 00:39:01,496
My future helping the animals depends on it.
610
00:39:01,530 --> 00:39:04,056
I must be a spirit in the wilderness.
611
00:39:06,370 --> 00:39:09,340
With himself as the central character,
612
00:39:09,370 --> 00:39:11,771
he began to craft his own movie,
613
00:39:11,850 --> 00:39:15,059
something way beyond a wildlife film.
614
00:39:15,850 --> 00:39:17,898
There is going to be
a number of takes I'm gonna do,
615
00:39:17,930 --> 00:39:20,092
and these are called
"Wild Timmy Jungle Scenes."
616
00:39:20,170 --> 00:39:22,138
We're gonna do several takes of each
617
00:39:22,250 --> 00:39:25,811
where I'll do it with a bandana on,
maybe a bandana off.
618
00:39:25,890 --> 00:39:27,813
Maybe two different coloured bandanas.
619
00:39:27,890 --> 00:39:31,451
Some without a bandana,
some with the camera being held.
620
00:39:35,090 --> 00:39:37,377
I kind of stumbled on that one.
Let's do it again.
621
00:39:38,890 --> 00:39:43,293
So the basic deal is too, that this stuff
could be cut into a show later on,
622
00:39:43,370 --> 00:39:48,410
but who knows what look I had, whether I
had the black bandana or no bandana.
623
00:39:48,490 --> 00:39:51,573
Very rarely the camo one,
but I like the camo look.
624
00:39:55,450 --> 00:39:59,535
Both cameras rolling,
both cameras rolling, both cameras rolling.
625
00:40:00,930 --> 00:40:03,774
Sexy green bandana,
last take of the evening.
626
00:40:03,810 --> 00:40:04,936
I'm on my way to the front creek.
627
00:40:04,970 --> 00:40:07,541
I need to get water
and there's a super duper low tide.
628
00:40:07,610 --> 00:40:09,135
Full moon tonight.
629
00:40:09,170 --> 00:40:10,376
And action.
630
00:40:10,450 --> 00:40:12,498
In his action movie mode,
631
00:40:12,570 --> 00:40:14,618
Treadwell probably did not realise
632
00:40:14,650 --> 00:40:18,700
that seemingly empty moments
had a strange, secret beauty.
633
00:40:20,370 --> 00:40:24,500
Sometimes images themselves
developed their own life,
634
00:40:24,570 --> 00:40:26,857
their own mysterious stardom.
635
00:40:39,650 --> 00:40:41,698
Starsky & Hutch, over.
636
00:40:45,290 --> 00:40:50,376
(Hetzogj Beyond his posings,
the camera was his omnipresent companion.
637
00:40:51,210 --> 00:40:54,817
It was his instrument to explore
the wilderness around him,
638
00:40:54,890 --> 00:40:58,451
but increasingly it became something more.
639
00:40:59,170 --> 00:41:02,333
He started to scrutinize his kmermost being,
640
00:41:02,410 --> 00:41:05,493
his demons, his exhilarations.
641
00:41:05,970 --> 00:41:10,851
Facing the Sens of a camera
took on the quality of a confessional.
642
00:41:14,250 --> 00:41:20,019
Covering various years, the fol/owing
samples illustrate this search for himself.
643
00:41:21,690 --> 00:41:23,738
If there... I have no idea if there's a God,
644
00:41:23,810 --> 00:41:27,417
but if there's a God,
God would be very, very pleased with me.
645
00:41:27,490 --> 00:41:31,131
If He could just watch me here, how much
I love them, how much I adore them,
646
00:41:31,210 --> 00:41:35,135
how respectful I am to them,
how I am one of them,
647
00:41:35,210 --> 00:41:38,976
and how the studies they give me,
the photographs, the video
648
00:41:39,050 --> 00:41:42,975
and take that around for no charge
to people around the world.
649
00:41:44,410 --> 00:41:46,139
It's good work. I feel good about it.
650
00:41:46,210 --> 00:41:48,053
I feel good about myself doing it,
651
00:41:48,090 --> 00:41:50,536
and I wanna continue, and I hope I can.
652
00:41:50,570 --> 00:41:52,379
I really hope I can.
653
00:41:52,450 --> 00:41:55,738
But if not, be warned,
654
00:41:55,770 --> 00:41:59,934
I will die for these animals. I will die for these
animals. I will die for these animals.
655
00:42:00,010 --> 00:42:02,058
Thank you so much for letting me do this.
656
00:42:02,130 --> 00:42:06,215
Thank you so much for these animals,
for giving me a life.
657
00:42:06,290 --> 00:42:08,054
I had no life.
658
00:42:08,090 --> 00:42:09,615
Now I have a life.
659
00:42:17,770 --> 00:42:19,420
Now, enough of that.
660
00:42:21,250 --> 00:42:23,093
Now, let the expedition continue.
661
00:42:23,130 --> 00:42:26,498
It's off to Timmy the Fox.
We've gotta find Banjo. He's missing!
662
00:42:27,250 --> 00:42:31,380
And that's my story here,
for me, Timothy Treadwell,
663
00:42:31,410 --> 00:42:32,935
the kind warrior.
664
00:42:34,050 --> 00:42:35,336
Can I take it?
665
00:42:36,770 --> 00:42:38,613
I'm trying.
666
00:42:38,650 --> 00:42:40,095
OK, yeah, I can do it.
667
00:42:40,970 --> 00:42:43,416
Yeah, why not? Why not?
668
00:42:44,410 --> 00:42:46,139
I've crossed the halfway point.
669
00:42:46,850 --> 00:42:49,979
The government's given me
all they have, so far.
670
00:42:50,650 --> 00:42:52,095
I've stood up to it.
671
00:42:52,810 --> 00:42:56,371
I've had danger in the boat, almost died,
I've almost fallen off a cliff.
672
00:42:56,450 --> 00:42:57,861
Yeah.
673
00:42:58,330 --> 00:43:00,094
The danger factor's
about to amp up in the Maze.
674
00:43:00,130 --> 00:43:01,859
The Maze is always the most dangerous.
675
00:43:03,610 --> 00:43:06,181
Lord, I do not want to be hurt by a bear.
676
00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:08,218
I do not.
677
00:43:08,290 --> 00:43:12,011
I always cannot understand why girls don't
wanna be with me
678
00:43:12,090 --> 00:43:14,900
for a long lime because I have
really a nice personality.
679
00:43:14,970 --> 00:43:18,691
I'm fun. I'm very, very good in the,
well I...
680
00:43:18,770 --> 00:43:21,774
You're not supposed to say that
when you're a guy, but I know I am.
681
00:43:21,810 --> 00:43:23,699
They know I am.
682
00:43:23,770 --> 00:43:25,659
And...
683
00:43:26,410 --> 00:43:27,411
Um...
684
00:43:27,970 --> 00:43:31,099
I don't fight with them. I'm so passive.
685
00:43:31,650 --> 00:43:33,300
Bit of a patsy,
686
00:43:33,330 --> 00:43:35,901
which, is that a turn-off to girls,
to be a patsy?
687
00:43:35,970 --> 00:43:37,460
I mean, it's not...
688
00:43:37,490 --> 00:43:39,970
It's not that I'm a total great guy.
689
00:43:40,090 --> 00:43:43,060
I'm a lot of fun and a good life going.
690
00:43:43,130 --> 00:43:44,700
I don't know what's going on.
691
00:43:46,250 --> 00:43:48,856
I always wished I was gay.
Would've been a lot easier.
692
00:43:48,930 --> 00:43:52,935
You know, you can just bing-bing-bing.
Gay guys have no problem.
693
00:43:53,010 --> 00:43:57,220
I mean, they go to restrooms and truck stops
and they perform sex.
694
00:43:57,290 --> 00:44:01,056
It's like so easy for 'em and stuff,
but you know what?
695
00:44:01,130 --> 00:44:03,974
Alas, Timothy Treadwell's not gay, bummer.
696
00:44:04,810 --> 00:44:06,255
I love girls.
697
00:44:06,730 --> 00:44:08,380
And girls...
698
00:44:08,410 --> 00:44:13,496
Girls need a lot more.
Need a lot more, you know,
699
00:44:13,530 --> 00:44:18,218
finesse and care and I like that a bit,
700
00:44:18,410 --> 00:44:22,210
but when it goes down bad
and you're alone it's like,
701
00:44:23,290 --> 00:44:24,416
well...
702
00:44:26,050 --> 00:44:29,054
You know, you can't rebound
like you can if you were gay.
703
00:44:29,890 --> 00:44:31,540
I'm sure gay people have problems too,
704
00:44:31,570 --> 00:44:35,814
but not as much as one goofy straight guy
named, Timothy Treadwell.
705
00:44:35,890 --> 00:44:37,574
Anyway, that's my story.
706
00:44:38,210 --> 00:44:39,860
That's my story.
707
00:44:41,130 --> 00:44:42,575
I love you.
708
00:44:42,650 --> 00:44:44,379
Look at you.
709
00:44:44,490 --> 00:44:46,174
You're the best little fox.
710
00:44:47,130 --> 00:44:49,576
But how did I...
How did I come into this work, Iris?
711
00:44:49,650 --> 00:44:51,618
Did you ever... Did you ever get the story?
712
00:44:51,970 --> 00:44:54,541
I was troubled. I was troubled.
713
00:44:54,570 --> 00:44:56,060
I drank a lot, did you know that?
714
00:44:56,130 --> 00:44:58,974
Iris, you wouldn't even know
what that is, but...
715
00:44:59,050 --> 00:45:02,133
I used to drink to the point of,
716
00:45:02,210 --> 00:45:07,091
that I guess I was either gonna die from it
or break free of it.
717
00:45:07,170 --> 00:45:12,097
But nothing, nothing Iris,
could get me to stop drinking, nothing.
718
00:45:12,170 --> 00:45:14,776
I went to programs, I tried quitting myself,
719
00:45:14,810 --> 00:45:18,576
I did everything that I could
to try not to drink,
720
00:45:18,690 --> 00:45:21,421
and then I did everything I could to drink.
721
00:45:21,490 --> 00:45:27,099
And it was killing me,
until I discovered this land of bears,
722
00:45:27,130 --> 00:45:30,373
and I realised that they were in such,
such great danger
723
00:45:30,450 --> 00:45:33,852
that they needed a caretaker,
they needed someone to look after them,
724
00:45:33,930 --> 00:45:36,979
but not a drunk person,
not a person messed up.
725
00:45:37,050 --> 00:45:40,657
So I promised the bears the!
If I would look over them,
726
00:45:40,730 --> 00:45:44,860
would they please help me be a better person.
727
00:45:44,930 --> 00:45:49,254
And they become so inspirational,
728
00:45:49,290 --> 00:45:52,294
and living with the foxes too, that I did.
729
00:45:52,370 --> 00:45:54,577
I gave up the drinking. It was a miracle.
730
00:45:54,610 --> 00:45:56,612
It was an absolute miracle,
and the miracle was animals.
731
00:45:56,650 --> 00:45:58,618
The miracle was animals.
732
00:46:02,450 --> 00:46:04,293
I live, I live here.
733
00:46:04,370 --> 00:46:06,941
It's very dangerous. It's really dangerous.
734
00:46:06,970 --> 00:46:09,894
I run wild with the bears.
I run so wild, so free,
735
00:46:09,970 --> 00:46:13,816
so like a child with these animals.
736
00:46:13,890 --> 00:46:17,531
It's really cool, and it's very serious.
737
00:46:19,250 --> 00:46:22,413
I'm here alone,
and when you're here all alone you,
738
00:46:22,490 --> 00:46:24,652
you do get you get lonely.
739
00:46:24,690 --> 00:46:26,852
Well, duh, right, you get pretty lonely.
740
00:46:32,490 --> 00:46:36,256
Oh, no, I'm gonna do all this stuff just
because I'm supposed to be alone.
741
00:46:36,330 --> 00:46:37,855
Oh, OK.
742
00:46:40,210 --> 00:46:44,738
Pan.' of the mythical character
Treadwell was transforming himself into
743
00:46:44,810 --> 00:46:48,860
required him to be seen
as being completely alone.
744
00:46:49,770 --> 00:46:51,181
He was mostly alone,
745
00:46:51,250 --> 00:46:55,539
but he did spend time with women
who will here remain anonymous.
746
00:46:56,330 --> 00:46:58,537
The truth is that Amie Huguenard
747
00:46:58,570 --> 00:47:02,177
accompanied him
for pans of his last two summers.
748
00:47:02,210 --> 00:47:05,453
A fact which was out of step
with his stylisation
749
00:47:05,530 --> 00:47:08,454
as the lone guardian of the grizzlies.
750
00:47:11,130 --> 00:47:16,057
It's July 26th, and I've been dropped off
all alone again here in the Grizzly Maze.
751
00:47:16,130 --> 00:47:19,213
And ifs always such a surreal feeling
as the plane takes off,
752
00:47:19,290 --> 00:47:22,976
and it doesn't quite sink into you,
just how alone you are.
753
00:47:23,410 --> 00:47:28,052
That for the next two months or more,
you will be alone in this wild wilderness,
754
00:47:28,130 --> 00:47:31,896
this jungle that the bears have carved
tunnels through,
755
00:47:31,930 --> 00:47:33,614
and that's the Grizzly Maze.
756
00:47:34,130 --> 00:47:36,610
It's July 26th. I hope to survive
757
00:47:36,690 --> 00:47:39,500
and to be able to record
the secret world of the bears,
758
00:47:39,570 --> 00:47:42,733
and then come September when people
might come to harm these animals,
759
00:47:42,810 --> 00:47:45,416
I'll look after them. I'll make sure they're safe.
760
00:47:51,250 --> 00:47:56,177
It is so weird though,
when it sinks in how alone you are.
761
00:48:01,770 --> 00:48:06,094
Amie Huguenard remains
a great unknown of this film.
762
00:48:06,930 --> 00:48:09,615
Her family declined Io appear on camera,
763
00:48:09,690 --> 00:48:13,661
and Amie herself remains hidden
in Treadwe/Fs footage.
764
00:48:13,730 --> 00:48:16,859
In nearly 100 hours of his video,
765
00:48:16,930 --> 00:48:19,615
she appears exactly two times.
766
00:48:20,410 --> 00:48:24,210
Here disembarking from the plane
in the year of her death.
767
00:48:25,330 --> 00:48:27,253
We never see her face.
768
00:48:27,290 --> 00:48:30,772
Here it is obscured by her hands and her hair.
769
00:48:30,850 --> 00:48:32,773
Greetings, children of America.
770
00:48:35,770 --> 00:48:39,775
The second shot that we have
doesn't show her face either.
771
00:48:39,890 --> 00:48:45,454
She remains a mystery,
veiled by a mosquito net, obscured, unknown.
772
00:48:47,450 --> 00:48:52,536
Only through Treadwell's diaries do we know
that she was frightened of bears.
773
00:48:58,290 --> 00:49:03,660
The only other hint we have of her presence
is this shot here of Treadwetf.
774
00:49:03,690 --> 00:49:06,660
It is handheld, and we can only deduct
775
00:49:06,730 --> 00:49:09,700
it must have been Amie operating the camera.
776
00:49:19,690 --> 00:49:25,299
Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard's
remains came in this large metal can.
777
00:49:26,330 --> 00:49:29,971
Inside this metal can was a plastic bag,
778
00:49:30,010 --> 00:49:32,695
one for Timothy and one for Amie.
779
00:49:32,730 --> 00:49:37,054
I mean, these are human beings,
and the question I ask is first of all,
780
00:49:37,130 --> 00:49:39,019
“Who are you, Timothy?
781
00:49:39,090 --> 00:49:40,899
“Who are you, Amie?
782
00:49:40,970 --> 00:49:42,574
“And what happened to you?"
783
00:49:43,010 --> 00:49:47,140
In the case of Timothy and Amie,
what I had were body parts.
784
00:49:47,210 --> 00:49:49,941
Just the visual input
785
00:49:50,010 --> 00:49:54,334
of seeing a detached
human being before my eyes
786
00:49:54,370 --> 00:49:58,375
makes my heart race, makes the hair stand up
on the back of my head.
787
00:49:58,450 --> 00:50:02,057
Particularly in combination
with the contents of a tape,
788
00:50:02,090 --> 00:50:06,334
an audio tape, that is the sound portion
of the video tape.
789
00:50:06,370 --> 00:50:09,374
And when I find out from other investigators
790
00:50:09,450 --> 00:50:13,250
that the shoes neatly placed
at the entrance to a tent,
791
00:50:13,330 --> 00:50:19,099
and the cap left on a camera
so that the visual part could not be recorded,
792
00:50:19,170 --> 00:50:24,415
yet the tape is running so that we can hear
the sounds of Amie screaming
793
00:50:24,490 --> 00:50:27,892
and the sounds of Timothy moaning,
794
00:50:28,490 --> 00:50:33,291
tells me that this event occurred very,
very quickly, suddenly and unexpectedly.
795
00:50:33,370 --> 00:50:37,739
I clearly can hear her screaming stop
and go away.
796
00:50:38,570 --> 00:50:39,901
Maybe run away.
797
00:50:40,010 --> 00:50:42,297
There's a lot of background noise.
798
00:50:42,370 --> 00:50:43,895
Timothy is moaning,
799
00:50:43,930 --> 00:50:49,334
and I hear Amie beating on the top
of this bear's head with a frying pan,
800
00:50:49,410 --> 00:50:52,937
and Timothy is saying, "Run away, let go.
801
00:50:53,490 --> 00:50:57,097
"Run away, run away, Amie. Run away."
802
00:50:58,890 --> 00:51:01,621
Amie had a great deal of conviction.
803
00:51:01,650 --> 00:51:06,053
She had a great deal of conviction
in this relationship, we know that.
804
00:51:06,090 --> 00:51:09,492
Although in the past
she was more standoffish.
805
00:51:09,570 --> 00:51:13,336
She didn't get as close
to the bear as Timothy did.
806
00:51:13,650 --> 00:51:15,539
She was more cautious.
807
00:51:16,290 --> 00:51:19,533
However, I know that at the moment of death,
808
00:51:19,610 --> 00:51:26,300
when one is being tried to the maximum
of one's ability to be faithful,
809
00:51:26,970 --> 00:51:32,534
to stick to a situation,
to be loyal, if one can say that, to Timothy,
810
00:51:32,610 --> 00:51:36,251
she stayed there
and she fought with Timothy.
811
00:51:36,290 --> 00:51:38,657
She did not run away.
812
00:51:38,690 --> 00:51:43,218
Amie, we know,
fought back for approximately six minutes.
813
00:51:43,290 --> 00:51:47,773
Amie stayed with her lover,
814
00:51:48,210 --> 00:51:53,341
with her partner,
with her mate, and with the bear.
815
00:51:53,370 --> 00:51:57,819
Ultimately, she stayed with the bear
in the situation.
816
00:52:14,690 --> 00:52:17,170
This is Timothy's camera.
817
00:52:17,250 --> 00:52:22,017
During the fatal attack
there was no time to remove the lens cap.
818
00:52:22,570 --> 00:52:26,211
Jewel Palovak allowed me
to listen to the audio.
819
00:52:31,210 --> 00:52:36,216
I hear rain, and I hear Amie,
"Get away, get away, go away."
820
00:52:58,290 --> 00:53:00,054
Can you turn it off?
821
00:53:19,570 --> 00:53:22,221
Jewel, you must never listen to this.
822
00:53:22,250 --> 00:53:25,094
I know Werner.
I'm never going to.
823
00:53:26,490 --> 00:53:30,540
And you must never look at the photos
that I've seen at the coroner's office.
824
00:53:30,570 --> 00:53:32,618
- I will never look at them.
- Yeah.
825
00:53:39,290 --> 00:53:41,657
They said it was bad.
826
00:53:44,770 --> 00:53:47,933
Now you know why no one's gonna hear it.
827
00:53:53,610 --> 00:53:56,773
I think you, you should not keep it.
You should destroy it.
828
00:53:56,850 --> 00:53:57,897
Yeah?
829
00:53:57,930 --> 00:53:59,932
I think that's what you should do.
830
00:54:00,010 --> 00:54:01,011
OK.
831
00:54:01,130 --> 00:54:05,180
Because it will be the white elephant
in your room all your life.
832
00:57:05,450 --> 00:57:06,895
Well, here I am at the scene of the fight.
833
00:57:06,970 --> 00:57:12,261
It looks as if tractors tore the land up,
raked it, rode it, tilled it, tossed it about.
834
00:57:12,290 --> 00:57:15,578
There is fur everywhere, and in the camera
foreground, excreted waste.
835
00:57:15,650 --> 00:57:17,891
In the middle of the fight so violent,
836
00:57:17,970 --> 00:57:21,975
so upsetting, that Sergeant Brown
went to the bathroom,
837
00:57:22,050 --> 00:57:24,701
did a number two during his fight.
838
00:57:24,770 --> 00:57:29,332
Extremely emotional, extremely powerful,
839
00:57:29,370 --> 00:57:32,340
and yet both bears back in pursuit of Saturn,
840
00:57:32,370 --> 00:57:36,341
including Mickey who appears to have gotten
the worse for the wear
841
00:57:36,410 --> 00:57:41,576
in the fight between Sergeant Brown
and Mickey for the right to court Saturn,
842
00:57:41,650 --> 00:57:43,414
the queen of the Grizzly Sanctuary.
843
00:57:45,010 --> 00:57:46,171
Amazing.
844
00:57:46,210 --> 00:57:47,496
Oh, Mickey, I love you.
845
00:57:47,530 --> 00:57:49,419
And Mickey's now the closest bear to Saturn,
846
00:57:49,490 --> 00:57:52,733
back in like a horse
in a race that does not give up.
847
00:57:52,810 --> 00:57:55,575
We love that bear, Mickey. We love him.
848
00:57:55,650 --> 00:57:58,893
We love him, but Mickey, I've been down that
street. I've been down that street.
849
00:57:58,970 --> 00:58:00,859
You don't always get the chick you want.
850
00:58:00,890 --> 00:58:03,541
Let me tell you,
it doesn't always effing work out.
851
00:58:04,370 --> 00:58:06,020
Hey, he's after my own heart.
852
00:58:06,090 --> 00:58:09,219
He don't give up,
even when it looks shitty.
853
00:58:09,290 --> 00:58:12,134
All right, love you, Mickey. Love you, Mickey.
854
00:58:19,130 --> 00:58:22,293
Well, I just wanna discuss that fight
with Mickey bear right here.
855
00:58:22,370 --> 00:58:24,691
He's right next to me here in
the Grizzly Sanctuary on the tide fly,
856
00:58:24,730 --> 00:58:26,892
Saturn off to camera left.
857
00:58:26,970 --> 00:58:30,770
Mick, you underestimated Sergeant Brown.
858
00:58:30,850 --> 00:58:35,014
You went in for the head, he seemed to be
rope-a-doping you like he wasn't that tough,
859
00:58:35,050 --> 00:58:37,974
and then once you banged into him,
860
00:58:38,050 --> 00:58:42,851
man, he turned out to be one heck
of a rough bear. A very rough bear.
861
00:58:42,890 --> 00:58:46,895
And I'm telling you, I was so scared I almost
got sick to my stomach watching you fight,
862
00:58:46,930 --> 00:58:48,694
and then when he knocked you down
and you had him,
863
00:58:48,730 --> 00:58:50,732
and you were down on your back,
it was terrible.
864
00:58:50,770 --> 00:58:52,898
It was terrible. I...
865
00:58:52,970 --> 00:58:54,734
I'm not duking it out for any girl like that.
866
00:58:54,810 --> 00:58:56,733
I'm telling you right now,
I'm not duking it out for any girl,
867
00:58:56,810 --> 00:59:01,293
but you know, well, I've had
my troubles with the girls. Yeah. Yeah.
868
00:59:01,370 --> 00:59:04,055
And I'll tell you something,
if Saturn was a female human,
869
00:59:04,090 --> 00:59:07,412
I could just see how beautiful
she is as a bear, hoo.
870
00:59:07,450 --> 00:59:12,251
I've always called her
the Michelle Pfeiffer of bears out here.
871
00:59:12,290 --> 00:59:15,180
All right, you lay there.
I'm gonna go off with your girlfriend.
872
00:59:15,250 --> 00:59:17,093
Don't beat me up over it.
873
00:59:17,170 --> 00:59:20,413
I'm cool, I'm cool. I'm respectful.
874
00:59:20,490 --> 00:59:22,777
Things are bad for me with the human women,
875
00:59:22,810 --> 00:59:25,051
but not so bad
that I have to be hitting on bears yet.
876
00:59:25,090 --> 00:59:26,933
OK? OK? Thanks.
877
00:59:30,650 --> 00:59:32,254
Merzog} In his diaries,
878
00:59:32,290 --> 00:59:36,773
Treadwefl speaks often
of the human world as something foreign.
879
00:59:36,810 --> 00:59:41,054
He made a clear distinction
between the bears and the people's world
880
00:59:41,130 --> 00:59:44,293
which moved further
and further into the distance.
881
00:59:46,370 --> 00:59:50,932
Wild, primordial nature
was where he felt truly at home.
882
00:59:55,650 --> 01:00:00,292
We explored the glacier in the back country
of his Grizzly Sanctuary.
883
01:00:00,810 --> 01:00:04,940
This gigantic complexity
of tumbling ice and abysses
884
01:00:04,970 --> 01:00:08,338
separated Treadweil from the world out there.
885
01:00:09,010 --> 01:00:13,413
And more so, it seems to me
that this landscape in turmoil
886
01:00:13,490 --> 01:00:15,970
is a metaphor of his soul.
887
01:00:27,170 --> 01:00:31,061
Off there in the distance
is his bay and his campsite,
888
01:00:31,130 --> 01:00:33,576
where he battled his demons.
889
01:00:35,850 --> 01:00:38,376
What drove Timothy into the wild?
890
01:00:39,690 --> 01:00:42,534
We visited his parents in Florida.
891
01:00:44,810 --> 01:00:47,973
Timothy grew up with four siblings
in Long Nanci
892
01:00:48,010 --> 01:00:51,332
in a solid middle class family
where the father worked
893
01:00:51,370 --> 01:00:55,694
as a foreman of a construction team
for a telephone company.
894
01:00:57,330 --> 01:01:02,416
Them must have been an urge to escape
the safety of his protected environment.
895
01:01:04,050 --> 01:01:08,135
t was moved to find
that among at! memorabilia in the house,
896
01:01:08,210 --> 01:01:11,293
his mother was clutching
Timothy's favourite bear.
897
01:01:12,010 --> 01:01:15,173
This has been to Alaska many times.
898
01:01:15,210 --> 01:01:18,259
Yeah, I'm sure he loved it to the end,
you know?
899
01:01:18,330 --> 01:01:21,812
It's just his childhood toy.
900
01:01:22,890 --> 01:01:26,292
Tim's childhood
pointed toward nothing extraordinary.
901
01:01:26,770 --> 01:01:28,499
A normal everyday kid.
902
01:01:29,730 --> 01:01:32,973
Never any trouble in school.
Always a good student.
903
01:01:34,050 --> 01:01:36,257
Not an A student, a B student.
904
01:01:36,290 --> 01:01:38,418
And, got along great with kids
905
01:01:38,610 --> 01:01:39,941
and animals.
906
01:01:40,770 --> 01:01:44,252
Tim and I were extremely connected
to animals in the house.
907
01:01:44,330 --> 01:01:46,537
I think more so than anybody else.
908
01:01:48,170 --> 01:01:52,892
This squirrel named VVil/ie
became Timothy's best friend.
909
01:01:53,730 --> 01:01:56,051
Teddy bears meant a M to him.
910
01:01:57,890 --> 01:02:01,133
He seemed to develop
into an All-American boy,
911
01:02:01,210 --> 01:02:04,259
handsome, athletic, full of promise.
912
01:02:07,650 --> 01:02:10,733
He excelled on his high school swim team.
913
01:02:11,370 --> 01:02:13,657
(Sarah He went off
to Bradley University,
914
01:02:13,730 --> 01:02:15,778
on his diving scholarship.
915
01:02:16,690 --> 01:02:18,772
I think he started drinking out there
916
01:02:18,810 --> 01:02:22,212
and having, you know,
just hanging out with the wrong people,
917
01:02:22,290 --> 01:02:24,941
and then he injured his back,
and he ended up
918
01:02:25,610 --> 01:02:28,090
losing his scholarship
and coming back home.
919
01:02:28,890 --> 01:02:31,894
Yeah, he did attempt
to smoke marijuana in the house.
920
01:02:31,970 --> 01:02:34,291
- Yeah. He did, yeah.
- But...
921
01:02:34,330 --> 01:02:39,257
I put the kibosh on that,
but obviously he was doing it elsewhere, so.
922
01:02:39,290 --> 01:02:42,817
He really wanted, a new start, a fresh start.
923
01:02:43,370 --> 01:02:47,261
So when he went out to California
he was 19 or 20.
924
01:02:47,290 --> 01:02:50,134
He wasn't a young 15 or 16-year-old.
925
01:02:50,170 --> 01:02:52,616
- He was of age.
- He'd gotten a job
926
01:02:52,970 --> 01:02:56,656
just to make money on the Queen Mary
at the gift shop.
927
01:02:57,490 --> 01:02:59,970
He did hire an agent.
928
01:03:00,010 --> 01:03:05,380
He did change his name to Treadwell
to be theatrical.
929
01:03:05,450 --> 01:03:07,578
And it was a family name.
930
01:03:09,170 --> 01:03:15,337
I know he got on the Love Connection
with Chuck Woolery.
931
01:03:15,410 --> 01:03:18,459
I think he got on another show.
932
01:03:18,490 --> 01:03:21,380
There were promises made
that never came true,
933
01:03:21,450 --> 01:03:24,897
and he tested with the actors
934
01:03:24,970 --> 01:03:28,691
to get the bartender job on Cheers.
935
01:03:28,730 --> 01:03:33,179
And allegedly he came in second
to Woody Harrelson.
936
01:03:33,250 --> 01:03:38,541
How close to second I don't know,
but that is what really destroyed him,
937
01:03:38,570 --> 01:03:41,972
that he did not get that job on Cheers.
938
01:03:44,930 --> 01:03:46,853
- He spiralled down.
- Mmm-hmm.
939
01:03:51,050 --> 01:03:53,781
Timmy used to body surf out here.
940
01:03:53,850 --> 01:03:57,377
He had a boogie board
with the Union Jack on it.
941
01:03:58,490 --> 01:04:01,175
And he was totally fearless.
942
01:04:02,570 --> 01:04:05,050
And the amazing thing about Timmy,
943
01:04:05,090 --> 01:04:08,299
he had this Prince Valiant haircut,
944
01:04:08,370 --> 01:04:12,216
and he could surf and go underwater
945
01:04:12,290 --> 01:04:16,614
and yet still that hair
would hide his receding hairline.
946
01:04:16,690 --> 01:04:18,977
It was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen.
947
01:04:19,050 --> 01:04:22,896
No matter how rough the surf,
you never saw Timmy's forehead.
948
01:04:23,730 --> 01:04:25,380
I don't know how he did that.
949
01:04:27,250 --> 01:04:29,093
How does the hair look?
950
01:04:30,250 --> 01:04:34,414
At some point in Timmy's life
he had a near fatal overdose.
951
01:04:35,330 --> 01:04:38,220
How he survived it, I don't know.
952
01:04:38,250 --> 01:04:39,411
He was a tough guy.
953
01:04:40,570 --> 01:04:42,811
But I guess it was an epiphany for him.
954
01:04:42,930 --> 01:04:46,901
After that he was looking
for a different persona.
955
01:04:47,410 --> 01:04:52,416
I guess that's when he came up with...
956
01:04:52,450 --> 01:04:56,296
Where he was from and his delightful accent.
957
01:04:56,410 --> 01:04:57,775
And I never questioned it.
958
01:04:58,690 --> 01:05:01,978
Treadwellfis need to Invent
a new persona for himself
959
01:05:02,050 --> 01:05:04,860
lead him to elaborate fabrications.
960
01:05:04,930 --> 01:05:07,661
He claimed to be an orphan from Australia
961
01:05:07,730 --> 01:05:12,054
and even checked out details
of a small town in the Australian outback
962
01:05:12,130 --> 01:05:14,132
'm order to sound convincing.
963
01:05:15,050 --> 01:05:17,974
His accent, though, remained suspicious.
964
01:05:18,730 --> 01:05:22,052
It almost sounded
more Kennedy-esque than Australian.
965
01:05:22,970 --> 01:05:24,381
After Timmy's death,
966
01:05:25,210 --> 01:05:29,295
people said, "Well, don't you feel betrayed
967
01:05:29,810 --> 01:05:30,936
“that he did that?
968
01:05:30,970 --> 01:05:34,133
“That he didn't tell you the truth
about his accent or his origins?"
969
01:05:36,050 --> 01:05:37,290
And that never bothered me.
970
01:05:37,930 --> 01:05:39,341
Timmy always amused me.
971
01:05:40,530 --> 01:05:44,615
And there's an old saying on the farm,
"If it doesn't scare the cows, who cares."
972
01:05:45,570 --> 01:05:49,894
Well, I don't think
Timmy ever scared the cows, so who cares.
973
01:05:50,970 --> 01:05:52,654
He was troubled.
974
01:05:52,730 --> 01:05:54,459
I mean, it...
975
01:05:56,370 --> 01:05:58,293
One time he went to a doctor
976
01:05:58,330 --> 01:06:02,654
and they wanted to put him on some kind
of an anti-depressant or something
977
01:06:02,730 --> 01:06:06,860
to keep his mood,
cos his moods were so up and down.
978
01:06:06,890 --> 01:06:10,736
And he started taking it for a while
and then he stopped,
979
01:06:10,810 --> 01:06:13,017
and he said "I had to stop."
And I said, "Why?"
980
01:06:13,090 --> 01:06:16,617
And he said, “Because I can't be...
981
01:06:16,690 --> 01:06:20,172
“I can't have the middle ground.
I have to have the highs and the lows.
982
01:06:20,210 --> 01:06:22,816
“It's a part of my life.
It's a part of my personality."
983
01:06:22,850 --> 01:06:24,659
And he definitely had a dark side.
984
01:06:24,690 --> 01:06:28,934
I mean, he was mixed up in drugs,
which is, makes you mixed up in bad people
985
01:06:29,010 --> 01:06:30,694
and, you know, people with guns,
986
01:06:30,730 --> 01:06:35,179
and Timothy always had a sense of justice
that was his own.
987
01:06:35,210 --> 01:06:39,499
So, he got into a lot, a lot of trouble.
988
01:06:39,530 --> 01:06:42,500
- And I think that...
- How dangerous?
989
01:06:43,450 --> 01:06:45,498
How dangerous? I mean...
990
01:06:47,250 --> 01:06:49,730
I don't think he would have ever,
he couldn't have ever killed anybody,
991
01:06:49,810 --> 01:06:51,380
but he always kept it in check.
992
01:06:51,450 --> 01:06:53,134
One thing that we did every once in a while
993
01:06:53,210 --> 01:06:56,214
which just seems so bizarre by now,
but it's...
994
01:06:56,250 --> 01:06:59,220
We would go when we lived in the valley,
to the Van Nuys Courthouse
995
01:06:59,250 --> 01:07:02,732
and we would watch
when criminals were being sentenced.
996
01:07:02,810 --> 01:07:05,495
We would watch people
getting their sentence,
997
01:07:05,570 --> 01:07:10,019
and I think we did it,
I did it just for shock value and just they...
998
01:07:10,050 --> 01:07:13,736
You know, cos it's something I'd never done,
but he did it, I think,
999
01:07:13,770 --> 01:07:18,253
to remind him of if he went to that dark place,
1000
01:07:18,330 --> 01:07:19,661
what his life would be.
1001
01:07:22,490 --> 01:07:25,414
I'm in love with my animal friends.
I'm in love with my animal friends.
1002
01:07:25,450 --> 01:07:27,259
In love with my animal friends.
1003
01:07:27,330 --> 01:07:28,934
I'm very, very troubled.
1004
01:07:36,130 --> 01:07:37,461
It's very emotional.
1005
01:07:39,330 --> 01:07:41,776
It's probably not cool even looking like this.
1006
01:07:41,850 --> 01:07:46,378
I'm so in love with them,
and they're so effed over, which so sucks.
1007
01:07:49,650 --> 01:07:52,654
Do you know
you're the star for all the children?
1008
01:07:54,090 --> 01:07:57,981
They love you
and I love you so much and thank you.
1009
01:08:00,610 --> 01:08:02,294
Thank you for being my friend.
1010
01:08:11,090 --> 01:08:14,139
Isn't this just so sad?
1011
01:08:14,930 --> 01:08:21,814
This is a bumblebee
who expired as it was working
1012
01:08:22,010 --> 01:08:26,015
at doing the pollen thing
on this Alaskan fireweed,
1013
01:08:26,090 --> 01:08:30,971
and it just is...
Just has really touched me to no end.
1014
01:08:31,010 --> 01:08:34,492
It went, it was doing its duty,
it was flying around.
1015
01:08:35,650 --> 01:08:40,975
It was working, busy as a bee
and it died right there.
1016
01:08:41,050 --> 01:08:43,257
It's beautiful, it's sad, it's tragic.
1017
01:08:44,450 --> 01:08:46,020
I love that bee.
1018
01:08:49,210 --> 01:08:51,019
Well, the bee moved.
1019
01:08:53,130 --> 01:08:54,575
Was it sleeping?
1020
01:09:12,130 --> 01:09:13,370
Here's your poop.
1021
01:09:15,490 --> 01:09:16,776
It just came out of her butt.
1022
01:09:17,650 --> 01:09:19,459
I can feel it.
1023
01:09:22,650 --> 01:09:24,379
I can feel the poop.
1024
01:09:25,370 --> 01:09:28,260
It's warm. ltjust came...
ltjust came from her butt.
1025
01:09:29,810 --> 01:09:31,574
This was just inside of her.
1026
01:09:31,650 --> 01:09:32,856
My girl.
1027
01:09:33,930 --> 01:09:35,170
I'm touching it.
1028
01:09:36,930 --> 01:09:38,739
It's your poop. It's Wendy's poop!
1029
01:09:40,050 --> 01:09:41,734
I know it may seem weird
that I touched her poop,
1030
01:09:41,810 --> 01:09:43,414
but it was inside of her.
1031
01:09:43,530 --> 01:09:47,740
It's what... It's her life. It's her!
1032
01:09:48,330 --> 01:09:50,458
And she's so precious to me.
She gave me Downey.
1033
01:09:50,530 --> 01:09:52,532
Downey's... I adore Downey.
1034
01:09:54,210 --> 01:09:55,735
Everything about them is perfect.
1035
01:09:57,570 --> 01:09:59,891
Herzecg Perfection belonged to the bears,
1036
01:09:59,930 --> 01:10:02,934
but once in a while
Treadweh came face to face
1037
01:10:03,010 --> 01:10:06,139
with the harsh reality of wild nature.
1038
01:10:06,210 --> 01:10:09,498
This did not fit into his sentimental/Zed view
1039
01:10:09,570 --> 01:10:11,618
that everything out there was good
1040
01:10:11,690 --> 01:10:14,534
and the universe in balance and in harmony.
1041
01:10:15,810 --> 01:10:18,734
Male bears sometimes kt}! cubs
1042
01:10:18,770 --> 01:10:21,171
to stop the females from lactating
1043
01:10:21,250 --> 01:10:24,333
and thus have them
ready again for fornication.
1044
01:10:36,330 --> 01:10:38,173
Oh, God.
1045
01:10:39,730 --> 01:10:41,380
I love you,
1046
01:10:42,810 --> 01:10:45,256
I love you, and I...
1047
01:10:47,410 --> 01:10:49,378
Don't understand.
1048
01:10:51,210 --> 01:10:52,974
It's a painful world.
1049
01:10:53,010 --> 01:10:55,251
Here, Idiffer with Treadwell.
1050
01:10:55,290 --> 01:10:59,500
He seemed to ignore the fact
that in nature there are predators.
1051
01:10:59,570 --> 01:11:03,780
% bekeve the common denominator
of the universe is not harmony,
1052
01:11:03,850 --> 01:11:07,218
but chaos, hostility and murder.
1053
01:11:08,650 --> 01:11:10,140
He wandered loo far from the den,
1054
01:11:10,210 --> 01:11:12,975
and the wolves last night
that I heard howling,
1055
01:11:13,010 --> 01:11:15,980
screeching in glee and excitement,
1056
01:11:16,010 --> 01:11:20,095
it was over the termination
of one of the babies.
1057
01:11:20,130 --> 01:11:25,375
So expedition 2001 has taken a sad turn,
but it is a real turn,
1058
01:11:25,450 --> 01:11:29,660
and I mourn the death
of this gorgeous baby fox.
1059
01:11:29,690 --> 01:11:32,011
- Goodbye, little fox.
1060
01:11:35,050 --> 01:11:38,975
Get out of his eye you, frickin' fly.
Don't do it when I'm around.
1061
01:11:40,330 --> 01:11:41,661
Have some respect, fucker.
1062
01:11:42,690 --> 01:11:47,332
Most disturbing for him
was to find the skull of a young bean.
1063
01:11:47,410 --> 01:11:51,096
In the summer of 2000
came an extended drought.
1064
01:11:51,170 --> 01:11:54,936
The creek was so low
that for weeks there was no salmon run,
1065
01:11:55,010 --> 01:11:57,377
and starving bears simply ate their own.
1066
01:11:59,690 --> 01:12:02,375
It has been only five,
1067
01:12:02,450 --> 01:12:05,021
not even six days since the baby died,
1068
01:12:05,130 --> 01:12:06,416
and this is all
1069
01:12:07,250 --> 01:12:10,094
that's left of the little tyke, that's it.
1070
01:12:10,170 --> 01:12:13,060
There's nothing else left.
They've eaten everything.
1071
01:12:16,970 --> 01:12:19,576
It's so sad. She was so cute.
1072
01:12:21,490 --> 01:12:24,812
Five days and all's that left is a skull.
1073
01:12:27,730 --> 01:12:30,256
Herzocg This salted for desperate measures.
1074
01:12:30,330 --> 01:12:34,938
There are fish lining up
about to try to make a run,
1075
01:12:35,010 --> 01:12:39,095
and now they have a good reason for going,
because I have built them a corridor.
1076
01:12:39,170 --> 01:12:40,501
Let's have a look at it.
1077
01:12:40,570 --> 01:12:42,572
What I have done is, have a look.
1078
01:12:42,610 --> 01:12:46,899
I have constructed a runway for them,
a navigational trail.
1079
01:12:48,290 --> 01:12:51,100
Herzog When interference with nature
was not enough,
1080
01:12:51,170 --> 01:12:53,411
he had to invoke higher powers.
1081
01:12:54,170 --> 01:12:58,016
Oh, the live TV, live on tape.
1082
01:12:58,090 --> 01:13:00,331
OK, so here's the deal.
1083
01:13:00,410 --> 01:13:02,094
Pull this down a little bit.
1084
01:13:02,130 --> 01:13:04,451
It's...
1085
01:13:04,530 --> 01:13:07,420
It's September 20th. It's the year 2000.
1086
01:13:07,490 --> 01:13:09,413
It's Expedition 2000.
1087
01:13:09,490 --> 01:13:12,255
There has not been a substantial rainfall
for almost two months.
1088
01:13:12,330 --> 01:13:16,051
The fish have not run
since about August 2nd, August 3rd.
1089
01:13:16,090 --> 01:13:19,936
We are now getting our first rain,
but it has just slowed down.
1090
01:13:19,970 --> 01:13:23,577
We need at least two inches,
I think even three inches of rain.
1091
01:13:23,610 --> 01:13:27,092
In the last two hours
we're up a little over 0.20 inches of rain.
1092
01:13:27,210 --> 01:13:29,690
That is not enough.
We're gonna need more rain.
1093
01:13:29,770 --> 01:13:31,693
We need more rain!
1094
01:13:32,290 --> 01:13:33,940
Downey is hungry!
1095
01:13:34,050 --> 01:13:35,495
Tabitha's hungry!
1096
01:13:35,570 --> 01:13:38,050
Melissa is eating her babies!
1097
01:13:39,250 --> 01:13:40,934
I'm like a fuckin' nut.
1098
01:13:41,370 --> 01:13:43,452
We've got to have some rain.
1099
01:13:43,490 --> 01:13:45,492
Now I'm not a religious guy, no.
1100
01:13:46,170 --> 01:13:49,891
But I'm telling ya, I just,
I'm just pissed because...
1101
01:13:51,850 --> 01:13:54,137
It just doesn't seem right.
It just doesn't seem right.
1102
01:13:54,210 --> 01:13:56,133
I know its just weather and crap like that,
1103
01:13:56,210 --> 01:13:59,532
and it's, I don't know what,
what the variables are,
1104
01:13:59,610 --> 01:14:01,977
but we've gotta have some goddamn rain!
1105
01:14:02,010 --> 01:14:04,854
So if there's a God, Downey needs to eat!
1106
01:14:05,850 --> 01:14:07,659
Dump on us, hurt us!
1107
01:14:07,730 --> 01:14:09,061
Come on!
1108
01:14:14,290 --> 01:14:15,496
Think rain.
1109
01:14:18,170 --> 01:14:19,501
Think rain.
1110
01:14:20,890 --> 01:14:22,255
Such a crappy little shower right now!
1111
01:14:22,330 --> 01:14:24,219
What kind of crappy... Come on!
1112
01:14:24,490 --> 01:14:25,855
I'll tape this again.
1113
01:14:26,650 --> 01:14:29,381
Does not make me
very, very happy.
1114
01:14:29,450 --> 01:14:34,854
I want rain, I want, if there's
a God, to kick some ass down here.
1115
01:14:34,890 --> 01:14:38,133
Let's have some water, Jesus boy!
1116
01:14:38,170 --> 01:14:40,650
Let's have some water, Christ man,
1117
01:14:40,690 --> 01:14:46,015
or Allah or Hindu floaty thing.
1118
01:14:46,090 --> 01:14:49,492
Let's have some fucking water
for these animals!
1119
01:14:58,130 --> 01:15:03,899
It is now September 21st, Thursday
of the year 2000, Expedition 2000.
1120
01:15:03,970 --> 01:15:06,132
I am the Lord's humble servant.
1121
01:15:06,210 --> 01:15:09,419
I am Allah's disciple.
1122
01:15:09,490 --> 01:15:13,381
I am the floaty thing's... Gopher boy.
1123
01:15:14,090 --> 01:15:17,253
There has been a miracle here.
There's been an absolute miracle.
1124
01:15:17,690 --> 01:15:21,740
It has rained 1.65 inches of rain today.
1125
01:15:21,770 --> 01:15:25,741
We have over two inches
now in the storm, and it is not stopping.
1126
01:15:25,810 --> 01:15:27,733
It may hit three inches of rain.
1127
01:15:27,810 --> 01:15:31,735
It went from a trickle to a flood,
and it's amazing,
1128
01:15:31,810 --> 01:15:33,892
and we have a really, really great chance
1129
01:15:33,970 --> 01:15:37,417
of a run of fish for the animals.
1130
01:15:37,490 --> 01:15:42,098
And what is even more miraculous,
according to my radio
1131
01:15:42,730 --> 01:15:46,416
it is not raining much
around anywhere else but around here.
1132
01:15:50,010 --> 01:15:51,091
Oops.
1133
01:15:54,930 --> 01:15:56,170
Well...
1134
01:15:57,210 --> 01:15:59,781
It's now after, 2:00 on October 4th,
1135
01:15:59,810 --> 01:16:02,256
and the tent has caved in due to the storm.
1136
01:16:02,290 --> 01:16:05,021
I'm still here with my little teddy bear.
1137
01:16:05,090 --> 01:16:07,536
And I think the storm
has actually gotten a little weaker,
1138
01:16:07,610 --> 01:16:10,978
but in the course of it getting stronger,
it crushed the wall in
1139
01:16:11,050 --> 01:16:12,700
and bent some of the poles.
1140
01:16:12,770 --> 01:16:14,738
And you really can't do much
about it because
1141
01:16:14,770 --> 01:16:17,341
once they get like that
they just stay kind of bent in,
1142
01:16:17,410 --> 01:16:20,095
and you're screwed and all that.
1143
01:16:21,610 --> 01:16:23,578
This is my life, this is what I do.
1144
01:16:24,970 --> 01:16:27,337
And I love it. I love it.
1145
01:16:27,410 --> 01:16:29,219
Even this, I love it.
1146
01:16:30,290 --> 01:16:33,737
My tent crushed in, I love it.
It's pathetic, but I love it.
1147
01:16:35,130 --> 01:16:36,734
♪ Hello, hello, hello. Whoo-hoo!
1148
01:16:36,810 --> 01:16:38,653
♪ Hello, hello, hello ♪
1149
01:16:40,970 --> 01:16:42,574
Are you scared, little bear?
1150
01:16:42,650 --> 01:16:45,051
The storm's gonna go on and on and on.
1151
01:16:45,130 --> 01:16:48,577
It doesn't look like I may get out of here
for another week or so.
1152
01:16:48,650 --> 01:16:50,698
Ahhh.
1153
01:16:50,770 --> 01:16:51,851
Oh, look at this.
1154
01:16:51,930 --> 01:16:55,332
I put my tripod up to shore
up the tent I put a...
1155
01:16:55,410 --> 01:16:57,617
I put a pole up there
and so now I've got a tent.
1156
01:16:57,650 --> 01:17:01,257
That's a pretty good idea, huh?
A-ha, pretty good for me.
1157
01:17:13,330 --> 01:17:17,540
We have about 35,000
brown grizzly bears here in Alaska.
1158
01:17:17,650 --> 01:17:20,335
What we can tell,
it's a very healthy population,
1159
01:17:20,370 --> 01:17:22,532
it's a stable population.
1160
01:17:22,570 --> 01:17:26,017
Of course, you have to be careful with bears
because they have unique needs,
1161
01:17:26,090 --> 01:17:27,535
especially the grizzly bear.
1162
01:17:27,610 --> 01:17:29,692
They need large areas, for the most part.
1163
01:17:29,730 --> 01:17:31,141
They have low reproductive rates.
1164
01:17:31,210 --> 01:17:33,816
You have to be cautious
in the way you utilise those animals.
1165
01:17:34,530 --> 01:17:38,501
Bear hunting is an exampie,
is a very important aspect of the economy.
1166
01:17:38,530 --> 01:17:41,659
Four-and-a-half mil/ion dollars a year
is spent on bear hunts.
1167
01:17:42,170 --> 01:17:44,901
Here on Kodiak Island
we have about 3,000 bears.
1168
01:17:45,770 --> 01:17:48,899
Each year we harvest about 160 of those.
1169
01:17:48,970 --> 01:17:51,371
Through our research
we found that you can harvest
1170
01:17:51,450 --> 01:17:55,535
about 6% of the population annually
and still have a healthy group of bears.
1171
01:17:57,170 --> 01:17:58,501
And poaching?
1172
01:17:59,330 --> 01:18:01,537
Poaching is not as big a concern around here
1173
01:18:01,690 --> 01:18:06,093
as it has been in Russia, for instance,
and some other locations.
1174
01:18:06,170 --> 01:18:08,491
There is some poaching
that occurs for gall bladders
1175
01:18:08,570 --> 01:18:10,538
or some bears that are just killed wantonly,
1176
01:18:10,570 --> 01:18:13,733
because people don't like them
or because they're afraid of them.
1177
01:18:13,810 --> 01:18:17,053
But for the most pan here on Kodiak
and on the Alaskan peninsula
1178
01:18:17,130 --> 01:18:19,781
it is a very rare occurrence
in the last 20 years.
1179
01:18:21,570 --> 01:18:26,019
Despite the statistics,
Treadwell became increasingly paranoid
1180
01:18:26,090 --> 01:18:28,138
about his enemy, the poacher.
1181
01:18:28,730 --> 01:18:32,291
And it's gotten to be September
near October,
1182
01:18:32,370 --> 01:18:34,134
and it's the time of year
where poachers could come around,
1183
01:18:34,210 --> 01:18:37,373
it's time for me
to go in my guerrilla-style camouflage outfit.
1184
01:18:37,410 --> 01:18:40,892
Downey still recognises me
by talking lo her, don't you?
1185
01:18:40,970 --> 01:18:44,975
Yeah, I'm the big crazy guy,
or the skinny crazy guy with the,
1186
01:18:45,050 --> 01:18:47,098
with the camouflage make-up on.
1187
01:18:53,170 --> 01:18:55,935
They're armed with pepper spray and rocks.
1188
01:18:56,530 --> 01:18:59,693
In all his video recordings
over the years,
1189
01:18:59,770 --> 01:19:03,980
this is Treadwe/Vs closest encounter
with intruders.
1190
01:19:04,090 --> 01:19:06,457
I believe the guide
is the person with the camera,
1191
01:19:07,170 --> 01:19:09,059
the big camera on the tripod.
1192
01:19:09,130 --> 01:19:10,939
There we go. Get a nice close up of him there.
1193
01:19:10,970 --> 01:19:14,656
He's the one who threw the rock
at Freckles the bear.
1194
01:19:15,970 --> 01:19:17,256
It's Quincy.
1195
01:19:18,450 --> 01:19:19,815
They're throwing rocks at him.
1196
01:19:20,530 --> 01:19:21,975
They're throwing rocks at my Quincy.
1197
01:19:23,650 --> 01:19:25,652
They're gonna stone him
and then they're gonna photograph him.
1198
01:19:34,610 --> 01:19:37,739
Oh, that's it. That's enough of this.
1199
01:19:38,490 --> 01:19:41,414
That's it! They hit Quincy.
1200
01:19:41,490 --> 01:19:43,891
Oh' oh.
1201
01:19:45,330 --> 01:19:47,651
I don't wanna expose myself to them.
1202
01:19:49,130 --> 01:19:52,532
I am submitting this as,
Sunday August 1st.
1203
01:19:52,610 --> 01:19:57,218
It is 4:35 and 18 seconds on this day.
1204
01:20:00,010 --> 01:20:02,012
It's hard to say, but ifs a warning of a sort,
1205
01:20:02,050 --> 01:20:04,656
and it's obviously hereto upset me.
1206
01:20:05,290 --> 01:20:06,416
Phew!
1207
01:20:07,250 --> 01:20:11,539
"Hi, Timothy. See you in summer of 2001 ."
1208
01:20:11,570 --> 01:20:13,857
Now it doesn't say, "Hi, Timothy,
we're gonna fucking kill you."
1209
01:20:13,970 --> 01:20:16,655
It doesn't say, “Hi, Timothy,
you're fucking dead,
1210
01:20:16,690 --> 01:20:17,851
"we're gonna chop your legs off.
1211
01:20:17,890 --> 01:20:19,938
"Hey, Timothy, get the fuck out."
1212
01:20:20,010 --> 01:20:23,139
ltjust says, "See you in summer of 2001 ."
1213
01:20:23,210 --> 01:20:25,212
But it is some sort of a warning.
1214
01:20:25,290 --> 01:20:27,372
It is some son of a ha-ha.
1215
01:20:27,410 --> 01:20:29,219
I don't think ifs friendly.
1216
01:20:30,370 --> 01:20:33,852
Well, it's gotten a little worse
here with... There's...
1217
01:20:33,970 --> 01:20:37,133
The warning, “Hi, Timothy,
see you summer of 2001
1218
01:20:37,210 --> 01:20:39,975
Now I found this big stack of rocks
1219
01:20:40,050 --> 01:20:41,495
that were, you know, put some labour here.
1220
01:20:41,570 --> 01:20:45,575
We're not calling this
the building of the pyramids,
1221
01:20:46,690 --> 01:20:49,216
but we are saying there's a bit of trouble.
1222
01:20:49,290 --> 01:20:51,896
Now, I'm gonna walk back.
I'm gonna bring you back here...
1223
01:20:55,010 --> 01:20:58,981
Through my camp.
Let's come through here, pathway.
1224
01:20:59,050 --> 01:21:01,974
Here's where. here's where the...
1225
01:21:02,050 --> 01:21:05,054
The sign was here which is where my tent is.
1226
01:21:05,130 --> 01:21:07,736
And then we go over
where my bear-proof barrels would be
1227
01:21:08,570 --> 01:21:11,414
and we find boulders piled up...
1228
01:21:13,410 --> 01:21:15,014
Boulders piled up
1229
01:21:15,090 --> 01:21:19,175
and a happy face
indelibly painted into the rock,
1230
01:21:20,050 --> 01:21:21,415
like, looking at me.
1231
01:21:24,810 --> 01:21:27,893
Very, very frickin' frightening, huh?
1232
01:21:27,930 --> 01:21:29,216
Whoever put it there...
1233
01:21:32,770 --> 01:21:34,101
Knew what they were doing.
1234
01:21:35,290 --> 01:21:36,860
That it was, ifs a warning.
1235
01:21:37,610 --> 01:21:40,659
And the thing is,
it's better than a warning
1236
01:21:41,250 --> 01:21:44,936
than, it's better than, like,
"You're fucking dead" type of thing.
1237
01:21:45,010 --> 01:21:47,695
It's creepy, baby, it's creepy.
1238
01:21:47,770 --> 01:21:49,534
It's Freddy Krueger creepy.
1239
01:21:52,410 --> 01:21:54,572
There were visitors
every now and then,
1240
01:21:54,610 --> 01:21:57,739
but for Treadwell, they were just intruders.
1241
01:21:57,770 --> 01:22:02,059
An encroaching threat upon
what he considered his Eden.
1242
01:22:04,850 --> 01:22:09,936
Even the park service itself became an enemy
because of its restrictions.
1243
01:22:11,850 --> 01:22:18,051
I have decided to violate a federal rule
which states I must camp one mile...
1244
01:22:18,130 --> 01:22:22,294
Every week I must move one mile
after staying for seven consecutive days.
1245
01:22:22,370 --> 01:22:25,738
If I was to do that here
I would not be able to study these bears,
1246
01:22:25,810 --> 01:22:27,335
I would not be able to really protect them.
1247
01:22:27,410 --> 01:22:30,254
I'd have to actually move out
of the bay to get a mile out.
1248
01:22:31,130 --> 01:22:35,419
Therefore I have decided
to protest the United States government
1249
01:22:35,490 --> 01:22:38,334
and guard these bears anyway and stay
and I have...
1250
01:22:38,370 --> 01:22:41,772
In order to get around
the rule of not camping permanently
1251
01:22:41,810 --> 01:22:46,850
in one spot, he would camouflage
and hide his tent from the park service.
1252
01:22:47,770 --> 01:22:50,853
But more than that,
he was in constant violation
1253
01:22:50,930 --> 01:22:54,013
of another very reasonable park rule,
1254
01:22:54,090 --> 01:22:59,335
that you have to maintain at least 100 yards
distance from the bears.
1255
01:22:59,450 --> 01:23:00,531
Ding.
1256
01:23:02,770 --> 01:23:05,250
Hi, go back to your friend.
Go back to your friend.
1257
01:23:07,050 --> 01:23:09,132
Shh, shh, shh, ifs OK.
1258
01:23:09,210 --> 01:23:10,371
It's OK.
1259
01:23:11,530 --> 01:23:14,977
You're awfully close.
1260
01:23:15,010 --> 01:23:16,614
Hi, oh, hi there.
1261
01:23:17,770 --> 01:23:21,491
(Herzog The park restrictions
made him increasingly irate.
1262
01:23:25,650 --> 01:23:27,220
Well, we're into autumn now.
1263
01:23:27,250 --> 01:23:29,537
Expedition 2001 coming to an end.
1264
01:23:29,610 --> 01:23:32,011
The bears moving safely
towards their winter dens,
1265
01:23:32,050 --> 01:23:34,178
the foxes hiding in the woods,
1266
01:23:34,210 --> 01:23:36,895
safe from the humans
that would come to harm them.
1267
01:23:36,930 --> 01:23:39,900
It's been an amazing season.
it's been difficult.
1268
01:23:39,970 --> 01:23:43,736
But I came, I served,
I protected, and I studied.
1269
01:23:43,810 --> 01:23:46,211
And I promise I'll be back.
1270
01:23:56,210 --> 01:23:57,416
My hair.
1271
01:23:59,090 --> 01:24:03,493
Expedition 2001 coming to an end
for Grizzly People, for me, Timothy Treadwell.
1272
01:24:03,570 --> 01:24:05,857
I came here and protected the animals
as best I could.
1273
01:24:05,930 --> 01:24:09,252
In fact, I'm the only protection
for these animals out here.
1274
01:24:09,290 --> 01:24:12,931
The government flying over
a grand total of two times in two months.
1275
01:24:12,970 --> 01:24:16,019
How dare they! How dare they challenge me!
1276
01:24:16,090 --> 01:24:18,616
How dare they smear me
with their campaigns.
1277
01:24:18,650 --> 01:24:19,936
How dare they!
1278
01:24:19,970 --> 01:24:24,259
When they do not look after these animals,
and I come here in peace and in love,
1279
01:24:24,330 --> 01:24:26,173
neutral in respect.
1280
01:24:28,010 --> 01:24:32,572
I will continue to do this. I will fight them.
I will be an American dissident if I need be.
1281
01:24:32,610 --> 01:24:34,612
There's a patriotic time going on right now,
1282
01:24:34,690 --> 01:24:37,296
but as far as
this fucking government's concerned,
1283
01:24:37,330 --> 01:24:39,094
fuck you, motherfucking park service!
1284
01:24:39,130 --> 01:24:43,852
Now Treadwe/I crosses a line
with the park service which we will not cross.
1285
01:24:44,690 --> 01:24:48,775
He attacks the Individuals
with whom he worked for 13 years.
1286
01:24:50,170 --> 01:24:53,856
I beat your fucking asses!
I protected the animals! I did it!
1287
01:24:53,930 --> 01:24:55,056
Fuck you!
1288
01:24:56,650 --> 01:24:59,256
Animals rules, Timothy conquered.
1289
01:24:59,970 --> 01:25:01,654
Fuck you, park service!
1290
01:25:04,250 --> 01:25:05,297
OK.
1291
01:25:06,010 --> 01:25:10,811
It is clear to me that the park service
is not Treadwelfs real enemy.
1292
01:25:12,130 --> 01:25:15,930
There is a larger,
more implacable adversary out there,
1293
01:25:15,970 --> 01:25:18,576
the people's world and civilisation.
1294
01:25:18,970 --> 01:25:22,179
"Oh, Timothy,
I'm getting a bad feeling about you."
1295
01:25:22,250 --> 01:25:25,333
He only has mockery
and contempt for it.
1296
01:25:25,410 --> 01:25:29,460
"Well, I saw you on
David Letterman, you're fairly entertaining."
1297
01:25:29,490 --> 01:25:33,415
His rage
is almost incandescent, artistic.
1298
01:25:34,130 --> 01:25:38,180
The actor in his film
has taken over from the filmmaker.
1299
01:25:38,210 --> 01:25:42,215
t have seen this madness before on a film set.
1300
01:25:42,290 --> 01:25:47,330
But Weadwefl is not an actor
in opposition to a director or a producer.
1301
01:25:47,370 --> 01:25:49,896
He is fighting civflisation itself.
1302
01:25:51,610 --> 01:25:55,615
It is the same civilisation
that cast Thoreau out of Walden
1303
01:25:55,690 --> 01:25:58,091
and John Muir into the wild.
1304
01:25:58,530 --> 01:25:59,861
Animals rule!
1305
01:26:02,010 --> 01:26:04,217
All right, that's my happy stuff.
1306
01:26:06,170 --> 01:26:07,740
Let's do a couple of nice takes now.
1307
01:26:07,810 --> 01:26:09,255
Oh, man, did I get angry.
1308
01:26:09,330 --> 01:26:11,537
Fuck them, right?
They do not watch these animals.
1309
01:26:11,570 --> 01:26:12,696
They don't care about these animals.
1310
01:26:12,730 --> 01:26:15,893
All they ever wanna do
is screw people like me around.
1311
01:26:15,930 --> 01:26:18,456
It's amazing. Let the fishermen
fucking shoot the animals,
1312
01:26:18,530 --> 01:26:20,339
let the fucking poachers
come in here and fuck 'em,
1313
01:26:20,370 --> 01:26:22,259
let the fucking commercial people
fuck them around
1314
01:26:22,330 --> 01:26:25,174
with their fucking cameras
and shit and the tourists.
1315
01:26:25,210 --> 01:26:26,735
But we're gonna go screw
with Timothy Treadwell
1316
01:26:26,770 --> 01:26:29,501
because he loves animals
and teaches kids for free.
1317
01:26:29,570 --> 01:26:31,572
Lets go, let's do that.
That's what we're gonna do.
1318
01:26:31,690 --> 01:26:33,931
Well, fuck them. Fuck them.
I beat you. I beat you, motherfuckers.
1319
01:26:34,010 --> 01:26:35,819
I beat you. Beat you.
1320
01:26:35,890 --> 01:26:39,576
So fuck you. I beat you. I beat you.
1321
01:26:39,650 --> 01:26:41,334
I'm the champion. I'm the fucking champion.
1322
01:26:41,410 --> 01:26:44,732
I beat you. I beat your fucking asses.
1323
01:26:44,770 --> 01:26:47,341
Fucking losers! Fucking nobodies!
1324
01:26:48,450 --> 01:26:49,576
Fuck!
1325
01:26:50,410 --> 01:26:52,253
Fucking fucks!
1326
01:26:55,570 --> 01:26:57,618
Well, Expedition 2001 coming to an end.
1327
01:26:57,730 --> 01:26:59,892
The bears safely moving
into their winter dens,
1328
01:26:59,930 --> 01:27:01,500
the foxes hiding in the woods.
1329
01:27:01,570 --> 01:27:04,699
I came here, I studied them, protected them,
1330
01:27:05,330 --> 01:27:09,096
and I promise you,
I promise the Grizzly People I will be back.
1331
01:27:09,170 --> 01:27:10,456
I will be back.
1332
01:27:11,330 --> 01:27:15,380
And I thank the animals for keeping me safe
and for inspiring me.
1333
01:27:15,450 --> 01:27:17,020
I thank them so very much.
1334
01:27:18,930 --> 01:27:20,091
Goodbye.
1335
01:27:23,170 --> 01:27:25,298
This is my favourite.
1336
01:27:25,370 --> 01:27:27,293
This is my cowboy.
1337
01:27:27,370 --> 01:27:31,614
Always in black, always sunglasses
and always a bandana.
1338
01:27:33,770 --> 01:27:35,454
I miss you terribly.
1339
01:27:38,170 --> 01:27:41,538
He was very dear to my heart,
very dear to my heart.
1340
01:27:45,370 --> 01:27:48,533
My heart hurts every day for him.
1341
01:27:48,610 --> 01:27:49,850
He was a good friend.
1342
01:27:51,570 --> 01:27:52,731
Uh...
1343
01:27:53,730 --> 01:27:58,099
I've known him 13 years,
and he just was a good friend.
1344
01:27:58,130 --> 01:28:02,499
He was a distant friend in the winter
and a close friend in the summer,
1345
01:28:02,570 --> 01:28:06,211
and I helped him
do quite a few things here,
1346
01:28:06,290 --> 01:28:09,294
and he'd always come back
1347
01:28:09,330 --> 01:28:12,812
and I was kind of his confidante here.
1348
01:28:12,970 --> 01:28:14,256
And...
1349
01:28:15,130 --> 01:28:16,894
But I miss him. I miss his...
1350
01:28:18,610 --> 01:28:21,136
His rambunctious personality
1351
01:28:21,170 --> 01:28:26,017
and his outgoing, his heart, his, you know,
just everything about him, I think.
1352
01:28:28,290 --> 01:28:32,693
Kathleen Parker still holds
some of Timothy Treadwe/Fs ashes.
1353
01:28:33,130 --> 01:28:36,657
She insists
that she was a platonic friend only.
1354
01:28:37,290 --> 01:28:40,976
She stored his gear
in her basement during the winters.
1355
01:28:41,410 --> 01:28:44,619
He would set out mm the wilderness
from her house.
1356
01:28:45,530 --> 01:28:46,691
When he would leave,
1357
01:28:48,490 --> 01:28:51,699
he would say at my back door,
he says, "I love you.“
1358
01:28:51,730 --> 01:28:55,860
He says, "This is going to be the best year
of my life out there"
1359
01:28:55,930 --> 01:29:00,538
and he says, "If I don't come back,
it's what I want.
1360
01:29:00,610 --> 01:29:02,294
"This is the way I wanna go."
1361
01:29:06,010 --> 01:29:08,775
Now see, his last camp
was just right in the right hand edge
1362
01:29:08,850 --> 01:29:11,376
o? this slope, patch of trees here.
1363
01:29:15,210 --> 01:29:18,737
Right down here in this,
very end of these trees here.
1364
01:29:38,570 --> 01:29:40,618
This is his ashes,
1365
01:29:40,690 --> 01:29:43,853
some of them for me to spread
1366
01:29:43,930 --> 01:29:48,811
and some bear hair, fur, and some weeds
1367
01:29:48,890 --> 01:29:50,335
and what else is in there?
1368
01:29:51,210 --> 01:29:53,781
There's a little bit of lupin,
there's a little bit of iris.
1369
01:29:53,810 --> 01:29:55,699
- Oh.
- There's...
1370
01:29:56,690 --> 01:29:58,454
- I think bear fur.
- Where did you get the bear fur?
1371
01:29:58,530 --> 01:29:59,770
We picked it up off the ground.
1372
01:29:59,850 --> 01:30:01,534
Oh cool. Cool.
1373
01:30:01,610 --> 01:30:03,100
Kathleen, where are we here?
1374
01:30:03,170 --> 01:30:06,811
We are at a campsite
where Timothy last camped,
1375
01:30:06,890 --> 01:30:11,452
not where he was killed,
but over here in Hallo Bay.
1376
01:30:12,170 --> 01:30:15,413
And, Willy, you can,
cos you brought him over here.
1377
01:30:15,450 --> 01:30:18,977
Well, his last campsite was right here
in the trees here,
1378
01:30:19,010 --> 01:30:22,014
and he camped there
because he was right between two fox dens.
1379
01:30:22,090 --> 01:30:24,616
Yd been in the camp there,
and the fox wouid come
1380
01:30:24,690 --> 01:30:29,059
right to the edge of {he tent and go down
in their, in their dens right there.
1381
01:30:29,130 --> 01:30:32,293
And so I think that's probably
the main reason he camped right there.
1382
01:30:35,290 --> 01:30:36,655
OK, Timothy.
1383
01:30:39,130 --> 01:30:40,495
I love you.
1384
01:30:43,490 --> 01:30:45,618
And rest peacefully.
1385
01:30:48,970 --> 01:30:51,177
Rest peacefully, my love.
1386
01:30:54,570 --> 01:30:56,891
Finally figured a way out to live here forever.
1387
01:30:57,490 --> 01:30:59,015
He's here forever.
1388
01:31:05,210 --> 01:31:08,657
This is Timothy Treadweiis
and Amie Huguenards route
1389
01:31:08,770 --> 01:31:10,454
to the site of their death.
1390
01:31:11,410 --> 01:31:13,981
There was a certain absurdity in their end.
1391
01:31:15,010 --> 01:31:19,015
As usual, the expedition was over
by the end of September
1392
01:31:19,090 --> 01:31:23,539
and both had returned to Kodiak
on their way back to California.
1393
01:31:25,170 --> 01:31:28,492
Treadwett writes in his diary
that at the airport,
1394
01:31:28,530 --> 01:31:31,977
he had an altercation
with an obese airline agent
1395
01:31:32,010 --> 01:31:34,377
over the validity of his ticket.
1396
01:31:35,130 --> 01:31:38,373
"How much K hate the people's world,"
he writes
1397
01:31:38,490 --> 01:31:43,815
and disgusted, decides right then
to return to this spot and his bears.
1398
01:31:45,970 --> 01:31:50,339
Once back in the Grizzly Maze,
Amie had {nixed feelings.
1399
01:31:50,370 --> 01:31:55,376
She was afraid of the bears
and had a deadline to return for a new job
1400
01:31:55,410 --> 01:31:58,573
and spoke openly about leaving him for good.
1401
01:31:59,650 --> 01:32:03,450
According to one of the last entries
in Treadwe/Fs diary,
1402
01:32:03,530 --> 01:32:06,932
Amie called him hell-bent on destruction.
1403
01:32:08,130 --> 01:32:12,738
And yet inexplicably,
she remained with him here in the Maze.
1404
01:32:19,810 --> 01:32:23,701
Normally, Treadwell would not be here
this late in the year.
1405
01:32:24,730 --> 01:32:26,573
And upon their return,
1406
01:32:26,610 --> 01:32:31,059
he discovered that many of his bear friends
had gone into hibernation
1407
01:32:31,090 --> 01:32:36,620
and scary, unknown and wilder bears
from the Interior had moved in.
1408
01:32:39,410 --> 01:32:42,573
This is the spot
where they set up their last camp.
1409
01:32:52,450 --> 01:32:54,373
Let me tell you,
1410
01:32:54,450 --> 01:32:58,580
honestly, camping in grizzly country
is dangerous.
1411
01:32:59,650 --> 01:33:02,460
People who camp in grizzly country
should camp out in the open
1412
01:33:02,490 --> 01:33:05,300
to let the bears know where the tent is.
1413
01:33:05,330 --> 01:33:07,298
My camp is unseen.
1414
01:33:07,330 --> 01:33:10,971
It is the most dangerous camping
and the most dangerous living
1415
01:33:11,050 --> 01:33:13,576
in the history of the world
by any human being.
1416
01:33:13,610 --> 01:33:16,978
I have lived longer
with wild, brown grizzly bears
1417
01:33:17,010 --> 01:33:20,093
without weapons,
and that's the key, without weapons,
1418
01:33:20,130 --> 01:33:24,852
in modern history
than any human on Earth, any human.
1419
01:33:24,930 --> 01:33:26,853
And I have remained safe.
1420
01:33:26,930 --> 01:33:29,740
But every second of every day
that I move through thisjungle
1421
01:33:29,810 --> 01:33:31,335
or even at the tent,
1422
01:33:31,370 --> 01:33:36,012
I am right on the precipice
of great bodily harm or even death.
1423
01:33:39,010 --> 01:33:41,854
And I am so thankful
for every minute of every day
1424
01:33:41,930 --> 01:33:45,491
that I found the bears
and this place, the Grizzly Maze.
1425
01:33:51,690 --> 01:33:53,101
But let me tell you ladies and gentlemen,
1426
01:33:53,170 --> 01:33:57,334
there is no, no, no other place in the world
1427
01:33:57,370 --> 01:34:01,500
that is more dangerous, more exciting
than the Grizzly Maze.
1428
01:34:01,610 --> 01:34:02,896
Come here and camp here.
1429
01:34:02,970 --> 01:34:05,098
Come here and try to do
what I do, you will die.
1430
01:34:05,170 --> 01:34:08,652
You will die here. You will frickin' die here.
1431
01:34:08,690 --> 01:34:11,534
They will get you. I found a way.
1432
01:34:11,570 --> 01:34:13,652
I found a way to survive with them.
1433
01:34:13,690 --> 01:34:15,852
Am I a great person?
I don't know. I don't know.
1434
01:34:15,930 --> 01:34:17,091
We're all great people.
1435
01:34:17,210 --> 01:34:19,212
Everyone has something
in them that's wonderful.
1436
01:34:20,130 --> 01:34:25,216
I'm just different, and I love these bears
enough to do it right.
1437
01:34:25,250 --> 01:34:29,539
And I'm edgy enough and I'm tough enough,
1438
01:34:29,610 --> 01:34:34,059
but mostly I love these bears
enough to survive and do it right.
1439
01:34:35,010 --> 01:34:36,933
And I'm never giving this up,
never giving it up.
1440
01:34:37,050 --> 01:34:39,052
Never giving up the Maze. Never.
1441
01:34:40,210 --> 01:34:41,450
This is it.
1442
01:34:41,530 --> 01:34:44,295
This is my life. This is my land.
1443
01:34:51,730 --> 01:34:54,893
Very late
in the process of editing this film,
1444
01:34:54,930 --> 01:34:58,537
we were given access
to TreadweWs last video tape.
1445
01:35:00,170 --> 01:35:02,741
Here he may have filmed his murderer.
1446
01:35:06,890 --> 01:35:09,018
The kilter bear we know was a male
1447
01:35:09,090 --> 01:35:13,175
whom years earlier
the park service had anaesthetized.
1448
01:35:13,250 --> 01:35:17,300
They extracted a tooth
which established him as being 28
1449
01:35:17,370 --> 01:35:21,819
a! the time of the attack, quite old for a bear.
1450
01:35:21,890 --> 01:35:26,259
They also tagged him
by a tattoo on his inner lip.
1451
01:35:26,330 --> 01:35:30,301
They had given him a number only, 141.
1452
01:35:30,370 --> 01:35:33,931
Bear 141, that's alt we know of him.
1453
01:35:39,050 --> 01:35:42,896
And here, could this one be bear 141?
1454
01:35:47,850 --> 01:35:51,377
What looks playful could be desperation.
1455
01:35:51,450 --> 01:35:54,977
So Sate in the season, the bear is diving deep
1456
01:35:55,050 --> 01:36:00,011
for one of the few remaining
salmon carcasses at the bottom of the lake.
1457
01:36:20,130 --> 01:36:23,976
Treadwefl keeps {liming the bear
with a strange persistence.
1458
01:36:28,330 --> 01:36:30,332
And a“ of a sudden this...
1459
01:36:33,530 --> 01:36:36,340
ts Amie trying to get out of the shot?
1460
01:36:38,650 --> 01:36:43,099
Did Treadwell wait till his last tape
to put her in his film?
1461
01:36:48,930 --> 01:36:52,821
And what haunts me ts that
tn all the faces of a?! the bears
1462
01:36:52,850 --> 01:36:54,852
that Treadwell ever filmed,
1463
01:36:54,930 --> 01:36:59,219
I discover no kinship, no understanding,
no mercy.
1464
01:37:00,010 --> 01:37:03,571
I see only the overwhelming
indifference of nature.
1465
01:37:04,850 --> 01:37:09,811
To me, there is no such thing
as a secret world of the bears.
1466
01:37:09,850 --> 01:37:14,572
And this blank stare speaks
only of a half bored Interest in food.
1467
01:37:15,970 --> 01:37:20,373
But for Timothy Treadweli,
this bear was a friend, a saviour.
1468
01:37:23,250 --> 01:37:24,934
Amie Huguenard was screaming.
1469
01:37:25,610 --> 01:37:29,217
All of a sudden
the intensity of Amie screaming
1470
01:37:29,290 --> 01:37:33,181
reached a new height
and became very, very loud.
1471
01:37:33,210 --> 01:37:37,659
And she really, now, was screaming
at the top of her lungs.
1472
01:37:37,730 --> 01:37:41,860
These horrifying screams
were punctuated by Timothy saying,
1473
01:37:41,930 --> 01:37:45,776
"Go away, leave me, go away, run!
Get out of here."
1474
01:37:45,850 --> 01:37:49,616
In other words, Timothy is trying now
to save Amie's life
1475
01:37:49,690 --> 01:37:54,412
because Timothy realises,
at this point in time during this attack,
1476
01:37:54,490 --> 01:37:56,618
Timothy knows he's gonna die.
1477
01:37:56,690 --> 01:37:58,101
He knows that.
1478
01:37:58,930 --> 01:38:01,661
My sense of listening to this tape
1479
01:38:01,730 --> 01:38:06,019
is that the bear let go,
probably let go of the top of his head,
1480
01:38:06,090 --> 01:38:08,172
where I found massive lacerations,
1481
01:38:08,250 --> 01:38:11,538
that is, tears of the scalp away from his head.
1482
01:38:12,170 --> 01:38:14,935
Suddenly though, the bear, after letting go,
1483
01:38:15,010 --> 01:38:19,459
grabbed Timothy
somewhere in the high leg area
1484
01:38:19,890 --> 01:38:23,781
and Timothy, appropriately in my opinion,
1485
01:38:23,810 --> 01:38:28,850
as a human being, decided
now is the time to save one life, anyway.
1486
01:38:29,570 --> 01:38:33,256
If his life was going away,
if his life was fading away,
1487
01:38:33,730 --> 01:38:36,495
now is the time for Amie to get out.
1488
01:38:39,970 --> 01:38:45,261
Well, the expedition coming close to a close,
but I'm still of course here.
1489
01:38:45,290 --> 01:38:47,054
It's been over four months in the wilderness,
1490
01:38:47,130 --> 01:38:51,454
and a hurricane-force storm now building,
over 50 mile an hour winds.
1491
01:38:51,490 --> 01:38:53,618
Soon over 70.
1492
01:38:53,690 --> 01:38:55,738
The bears safely heading for their dens.
1493
01:38:55,810 --> 01:38:58,814
The work, the work successful.
1494
01:38:58,890 --> 01:39:02,611
I'm over 20 pounds lighter,
my clothes are rags.
1495
01:39:02,650 --> 01:39:06,371
I've tried hard. I bleed for them.
I live for them. I'd die for them.
1496
01:39:07,810 --> 01:39:09,972
I love them, I love this!
1497
01:39:13,770 --> 01:39:14,976
It's tough work,
1498
01:39:17,730 --> 01:39:21,291
but it's the only work I know,
and it's the only work I'll ever want.
1499
01:39:23,530 --> 01:39:26,693
Take care of these animals,
take care of this land.
1500
01:39:26,810 --> 01:39:31,941
He seems to hesitate
in leaving the last frame of his own film.
1501
01:39:32,010 --> 01:39:33,500
It's the only thing I know.
1502
01:39:34,850 --> 01:39:36,454
It's the only thing I wanna know.
1503
01:39:47,570 --> 01:39:49,618
Merzog) Treadweil is gone.
1504
01:39:49,690 --> 01:39:56,255
The argument how wrong or how right he was
disappears Into a distance, Into a fog.
1505
01:39:56,850 --> 01:39:59,057
What remains is his footage.
1506
01:40:00,410 --> 01:40:04,256
And while we watch the animals
in their joys of being,
1507
01:40:04,330 --> 01:40:09,370
in their grace and ferociousness,
a thought becomes more and more clear,
1508
01:40:09,450 --> 01:40:12,374
that it is not so much a look at wild nature
1509
01:40:12,450 --> 01:40:16,614
as It is an Insight Into ourselves, our nature.
1510
01:40:18,610 --> 01:40:21,659
And that, for me, beyond his mission,
1511
01:40:21,730 --> 01:40:25,098
gives meaning to his fife and to his death.