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Harrowing final words of 'Grizzly Man' before he and girlfriend were eaten alive by bear

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Published 10:52 24 Dec 2024 GMT

Harrowing final words of 'Grizzly Man' before he and girlfriend were eaten alive by bear

Bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell died in a bear attack in 2003

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

Warning: This article contains content which some readers may find distressing

Timothy Treadwell's tragic final words before he and his girlfriend were eaten alive by a bear have been revealed.

The bear enthusiast, originally from New York, was best known for documenting his life amongst them in Alaska's Katmai National Park.

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His obsession with the grizzly mammals started at a young age, when he would head to Alaska on camping trips with his family.

He would often play with and even touch the bears while out there, years later making the decision to live with them every summer.

Whilst he was repeatedly warned of the dangers, it didn’t stop his annual visit up until his death in 2003.

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Just hours before he and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard were due to fly back home via seaplane, the couple were mauled to death by a bear.

The 'Grizzly Man' managed to record the brutal attack, and as the couple didn’t have time to remove the lens, there was six long minutes of chilling audio captured, documenting their deaths.

Bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell's life was immortalised in a documentary (Lionsgate Films)
Bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell's life was immortalised in a documentary (Lionsgate Films)

The audio begins with Amie asking if the bear is still out there, before Timothy screams: “Get out here! I’m getting killed out here!”

The tent zipper can be heard as Amie rushes out, shouting for her boyfriend to ‘play dead’.

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There’s a whole lot of screaming and shouting as it seems the bear releases Timothy from its grip and Amie heads over to help. But as soon as she does that, the animal apparently clamps its jaws around his head again and he starts to scream for his partner to ‘hit the bear’.

Amie tells him to ‘fight back’ as she attacks it with a frying pan. Following a series of screams, the tape then runs out, capturing the couple’s final moments.

The environmentalist spent a lot of time living amongst bears and believed he had gained their trust (Lionsgate films)
The environmentalist spent a lot of time living amongst bears and believed he had gained their trust (Lionsgate films)

Willy Fulton - who was their air taxi pilot for the flight home - knew immediately what had happened when he landed at Katmai National Park.

Typically, he would find them waiting at the shore to be picked up, but instead there was an eerie silence and the 'meanest looking bear' standing on top of a pile of human remains.

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The tent was found collapsed and torn alongside their unopened evening snack. A ranger spotted fingers and an arm in a 3ft-high mound of grass, mud and twigs, alongside some other remains. Nearby, what was left of Timothy’s head was found.

In the following years, a documentary about their death was made by Werner Herzog: Grizzly Man.

Additional words by Jess Battison.

Featured Image Credit: Lionsgate Films

Topics: Animals, US News

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish is a Journalist at LADbible Group and is a GG2 Young Journalist of the Year 2025. He has a Master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management. Apart from that, his life revolves around the ‘Four F’s’ - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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