The Grizzly Deaths of Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, Part 1: Timothy Treadwell's Rise to Prominence

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Tooth & Claw

True Crime, Science, Comedy, Nature

4.9 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

After 4 years of waiting, Wes finally takes us through our most requested story: the tragic story of Timothy Treadwell, the Grizzly Man, and Amie Huguenard, who met their end when they were killed by an Alaskan Brown Bear in 2003. In this episode, we learn about Timothy's upbringing, how his passion for bears had its genesis, and how he was viewed by both people in the bear world and the public at large. We follow him at both the idyllic Grizzly Sanctuary and the chaotic Grizzly Maze, where he would spend 13 summers living with huge brown bears. We also hear about his motivations for being there with the bears, some completely fabricated and others relateably genuine. Finally, before ending episode one, Wes takes us to another location on the Alaska coast, where in the year 2000, a man is killed by a coastal brown bear and many people in the bear world feel as though Timothy might be racing toward a similar end. Watch here: The Grizzly Deaths of Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard - Part 1 ~~ To advertise on the show, contact us! ~~ Tooth & Claw is brought to you by QCODE. Support the show and get access to an extensive library of exclusive episodes like this by supporting the show on Patreon or joining the Grizzly Club on Apple Podcasts. For the latest updates on the show and all things wildlife, follow us at toothandclawpod.com and social: Instagram: @ToothandClawPodcast Twitter: @ToothandClawPod Wes: @GrizKid Jeff: @jefe_larson Mike: @mikey3ds

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0:00.0	It's good work. I feel good about myself doing it.
0:16.0	And I want to continue, and I hope I can. I really hope I can.
0:20.0	But if not, be warned. I will die for these
0:24.6	animals. I will die for these animals. I will die for these animals. Be worn, guys. I'll die for this
0:30.0	podcast. I will die for this podcast. I will die for this podcast. Welcome back to Tooth and Claw,
0:35.9	everyone. Thanks so much for being here. We are really
0:39.7	excited for today's episode. I'm Wes Larson. I'm a bear biologist. I've been working with
0:44.6	bears since about 2012. And I'm here with my two co-hosts. My little brother Jeff, Jeff,
0:50.1	you want to introduce yourself? Hi, yeah. I'm Jeff. I'm Wes's little brother. I've worked with
0:56.1	bears a little bit with Wes, black bears, and I'm just excited to be here. And Mike, our best friend.
1:04.5	Hey, I'm the producer of the podcast. I've worked with Wes in helping him move into his apartment a couple of times. It's really
1:13.0	about as far as our professional. I gave you a coat. Wes was like, who's that guy who helped me move
1:18.3	into my apartment? Maybe we could get him as like our third person. Let's do a podcast together.
1:24.6	Yeah, anyway, we're tooth and claw on this podcast. We talk about animal
1:28.0	attacks. We talk about why they happen, what we can learn from them, and how often the media
1:32.9	gets them wrong. And today, we're talking about probably the biggest story that we've done so far,
1:39.2	the one that we've definitely been recommended the most. And I'm really excited for it. Are you guys excited?
1:44.8	You found this story through listeners sending in it, right? Never, never heard of this guy
1:50.8	before now, but really was fun to learn about him. No, actually, it's funny you should say that
1:57.7	because when I started my career as a bear expert, I was doing office work for Tom Smith because he like wasn't promising me anything, but he gave me kind of an office job.
2:08.3	And me and him would just talk about bear attacks all the time.
2:11.7	And over time, that conversation naturally drifted to the most famous bear attack probably of all time.
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