"Timothy Treadwell, 46, and girlfriend Amie Huguenard, 37, were killed and partially eaten by a bear or bears near Kaflia Bay, about 300 miles southwest of Anchorage, earlier this week... The fearless former drug addict from Malibu, Calif. -- who routinely eased up close to bears to chant 'I love you' in a high-pitched, sing-song voice -- was the subject of a show on the Discovery Channel and a report on Dateline NBC... 'I told him to be much more cautious... because every time a bear kills somebody, there is a big increase in bearanoia and bears get killed,' Miller said. 'I thought that would be a way of getting to him, and his response was "I would be honored to end up in bear scat."' A number of other people said that over the years Treadwell made similar comments to them, implying that he would prefer to die as part of a bear's meal."
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A self-proclaimed eco-warrior, he attracted something of a cult following too. Chuck Bartlebaugh of "Be Bear Aware,'' a national bear awareness campaign, called Treadwell one of the leaders of a group of people engaged in "a trend to promote getting close to bears to show they were not dangerous.
http://www.adn.com/front/story/4110831p-4127072c.html
Also, there was AN AUDIOTAPE of his last six minutes, including screams and pleas.
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A self-proclaimed eco-warrior, he attracted something of a cult following too. Chuck Bartlebaugh of "Be Bear Aware,'' a national bear awareness campaign, called Treadwell one of the leaders of a group of people engaged in "a trend to promote getting close to bears to show they were not dangerous.
http://www.adn.com/front/story/4110831p-4127072c.html
Also, there was AN AUDIOTAPE of his last six minutes, including screams and pleas.