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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: eskimo2 on April 15, 2007, 04:17:09 PM
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He hangs out with wild bears
(http://www.adn.com/photo/2007/04/15/2759374-400-x-266.jpg)
(http://charyna.homeunix.com/Images/Blog/ak_bearback_riding.jpg)
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Fifty miles northwest of Alaska's largest city, the roadless hills and boggy swamps of the Yentna River Valley have for years hidden the secret of bear man Charlie Vandergaw.
Far from the bear-viewing spectacle of Katmai National Park, and farther still from the hype that made a celebrity of the late Timothy Treadwell, a retired Anchorage science teacher has quietly transformed himself into what Treadwell only dreamed of being: a true bear whisperer.
What goes on each summer at Vandergaw's remote homestead is so far from the ordinary as to be almost unbelievable. Visitors tell of him petting black and brown bears, playing with grizzly cubs while sows stand by, sitting on bears and teaching them tricks. His own photographs show even more. They capture him easing to within feet of breeding grizzlies and nursing an injured brown bear.
Anchorage Daily News Story (http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/story/8796365p-8697579c.html)
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breaking news
a alaskan retired high school teacher was eaten by "pet" bears yesterday, film at 11.
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Even if this guy has found a system which will allow him to get close to bears and touch them, it will not work 100% of the time. If an animal has the physical power to hurt another animal, eventually it will. This is why zoo animals kill zoo handlers, killer whales and dolphins kill their trainers, and why grizzly bears killed the grizzly man.
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Notice the electric cattle prod....lol.
Interesting story but I'd rather bears be afraid of humans. Humans are somewhat delicate as well when compared to the power of any of those bears mentioned from black on upward.
This guys days are numbered if he continues. Of course all of our days are numbered anyway.
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Is that a cattle prod? I think I'd feel better w/ a howitzer.
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Yea, it's just a matter of time.
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Sounds like he's setting those bears up to be shot. If they think humans are friendly, they'll go up to houses.
Not a service.
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Originally posted by Chairboy
Sounds like he's setting those bears up to be shot. If they think humans are friendly, they'll go up to houses.
Not a service.
Quite possible, but he is somewhat issolated on a fly-in only homestead:
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BTW, I used to spend my summers in Houston; I owned a business there.
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Picture #2 is a "Caption this picture" contest.:rofl
What's that red thing next to the feller in Pic 3?
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Picture #2 is a "Caption this picture" contest.:rofl
What's that red thing next to the feller in Pic 3?
That's exactly what went through my mind Rip... :rofl :rofl
I think that red thingy is a cattle prod...
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Its a "get me another beer" prod :D
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Originally posted by Meatwad
Its a "get me another bear" prod :D
Fixed!
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So are they going to kill these bears now that this guy has taken the fear of humans away... good move.
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my kindergarten teacher recently wrote a book about binky the bear (the one there at anchorage) but I think that's about as close to a teacher/bear deal.
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I saw that guy on the discovery channel, he really likes bears....alot!!!!
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I wouldnt call him nuts
I'd call him an idiot.
Anywone remember that other kooky wildlife nut who thought he could live with bears?
It was on TV as a documentory and you could see him progressivly going mad as the show progressed.
The outcome was quite predictable
The Bears eventually ate him
What we see here is someone else lining up to become a snack
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Looks to me like those bears are playing with their food.