I watched a documentary film last night called Grizzly Man. It’s about a guy named Timothy Treadwell who spent every summer for years living out in Alaska with Grizzly Bears. He’d convinced himself that he was safe among them and that they wouldn’t harm him, right up until the point where one of them ate him. It’s a bit of an odd film, narrated and directed by director Werner Herzog, most of the film footage is real video that Treadwell took with the bears. There’s some amazing footage there with some real close up experiences with the bears and some particularly friendly wild foxes. The guy was clearly not playing with a full deck though as he seemed convinced that the bears had accepted him into their world. Watching the video it’s clear that the bears tolerated him at best with indifference and at worst just saw him as being a bit skinny for a good meal.
The saddest part of the film was the poor woman that he somehow convinced to come along with him and was also eaten and the people who cared deeply for him that he left behind.
An unusual film, but well worth a look just to see how strongly people can believe in their convictions when suicidal danger is staring them in the face. Here’s a link to the DVD if you’re interested: http://www.amazon.co.uk/
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