Nanuq Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Charlie Vandergaw and his bears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltatahoe Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 it's funny you post this -- i just watched grizzly man this past weekend; from that youtube clip it looks like charlie really interacts with the bears more so than timothy treadwell. is charlie as crazy as tim was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Tim was a fool and a braggart that thrived on media attention. He always said that it would be an honor for him to wind up as bear scat. Sadly, the video camera was running as the bear attacked and killed him, and his words during the attack were, shall we say, different than his previously stated position regarding said scat. On the other hand, Charlie's been doing this for 20 years and it's only recently the newspaper here discovered it, then they flew out to his place (against his wishes) and documented the whole thing. Then they published it in the paper, against his wishes, and he got in all kinds of trouble. Now people are at risk because they want to go out and see the "cuddly bears" at Charlie's cabin. Watch the Youtube clip... at one point the cameraman asks "how are you feeling today?" and Charlie replies "scared." That reveals a world of difference between a man with a healthy respect for bears and one who saw them as his "brothers". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltatahoe Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 thanks for the color nanuq -- i watched only part of the youtube video & it was on mute (i'm at work), so i wasn't able to get the full story. cheers, deltatahoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijor Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 That guy is Dr Doolittle but I think he is playing with fire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Playing with fire? Naaahhhhhh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 If I were his wife, I'd be concerned that muzzle is so close to his family jewels! Oh wait. Men like that usually don't have wives... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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