Timothy Treadwell
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| Born |
Timothy William Dexter April 29, 1957 Long Island, New York, United States |
| Died | October 6, 2003 (aged 46) Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States |
| Cause of death | Fatal bear attack |
| Occupation | Environmentalist Naturalist Documentary filmmaker |
| Years active | 1990–2003 |
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
Timothy Treadwell (born Timothy William Dexter; April 29, 1957 – October 6, 2003) was an American bear enthusiast, environmentalist, naturalist, documentary filmmaker, and founder of the bear-protection organization Grizzly People. He lived with the grizzly bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska for 13 summers. At the end of his 13th summer in the park, in 2003, he and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard were killed by a 28-year-old brown bear, whose stomach was later found to contain human remains and clothing. Treadwell's life, work, and death were the subject of Werner Herzog's critically acclaimed documentary film Grizzly Man (2005).
Treadwell was born on Long Island, New York, one of five children of Val and Carol Dexter. He attended Connetquot High School, where he achieved B average grades and was the swimming team's star diver. He was very fond of animals and kept a squirrel named Willie as a pet. In an interview in the film Grizzly Man (2005), his parents say he was an ordinary young man until he went away to college. There, he claimed that he was a British orphan who was born in Australia. According to his account, he became an alcoholic after he lost the role of Woody Boyd to Woody Harrelson in the sitcom Cheers.
Treadwell studied grizzly bears during summer seasons for 13 years, before being killed by one of them. According to his book, Among Grizzlies: Living with Wild Bears in Alaska, his mission to protect bears began in the late 1980s after surviving a heroin overdose. He claims in his book that his drug addiction grew from his alcoholism.
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