Overview
- Wildlife advocate Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard were killed by a grizzly in Katmai National Park in October 2003.
- Alaska state troopers who heard the tape reported Treadwell yelling, “get out of here, I’m getting killed,” as the attack unfolded.
- Director Werner Herzog used Treadwell’s footage in Grizzly Man but refused to include the audio and urged Jewel Palovak never to listen to it.
- Palovak, Treadwell’s close friend and Grizzly People co-founder, later destroyed the tape after hearing part of it, calling the decision freeing.
- Rangers documented a ravaged campsite near Kaflia Bay, shot an older male grizzly that charged them, and recovered human remains from the bear’s stomach, with officials concluding Treadwell’s close proximity and late-season camping in feeding areas likely contributed to the attack.