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This page is categorized under American agnostics and People with Bipolar Disorder. Now where are the citations for these? --AirLiner (talk) 19:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
He is cremated and his ashes where scattered at Katmai National Park, according to Find a Grave. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18D:4701:C4A0:80DF:DCF7:3E70:F544 (talk) 21:10, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
I think somebody edited and added that Tim tried out for a role in Cheers and was turned down. That he overdosed on heroine and cocaine, and other things that seem quite odd. I read this a while ago and don't remember this details. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dragon1604 (talk • contribs) 15:48, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
He talks at length about losing the role of Sam's assistant bartender (on Cheers) to Woody Harrelson on the Discovery Channel documentary "Grizzly Man", also about his subsequent drug abuse following the decline of his acting career... He appears to be suffering from classic Manic-Depression during his time in the park, very weepy and melancholy about his life and relationships one minute and very animated and elated the next, professing his love for the bears and nature as almost a stream of conciousness monologue... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.73.79.254 (talk) 19:47, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Can we confirm that Jewel Palovak still has the audio, or has she destroyed it? Coolgamer (talk) 00:45, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
I don't know what you think your link is to, but it is not audio of Timothy Treadwell. IT IS A PORN SITE. I added a bunch of x's to the middle, so it won't take people there, in case it just needs fixed. Anyway, that isn't too cool.
The 5th sentence in this article states, and I quote, "An audio recording of the attack survived and has been released to the public". A citation points to Werner's film-WRONG! The tape is in the hands of Jewel Pavlovak, which is recorded in Werner Herzog's film, BUT it has Never been released to my knowledge. It is a 6 minute audio clip from Treadwell's video camera, which has been reported in this article about Treadwell. The 2nd to last sentence under the heading of "Death" states, and I quote, "The tape is now the property of Jewel Palovak, and has not been released". Or "released to the public", whatever. We may hear a word or Possibly two words of it at the end of Werner's film when he is talking to Jewel telling her about it, But I Know we don't hear even 5 seconds- Never mind all 6 minutes! It is highly doubtful, If you watch the last 15 minutes of Werner's film, that Jewel would release this 6 minute audio clip to the public. PLEASE CORRECT this article as there are two Directly contradictory statements, And the 1st one is Incorrect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.170.111.187 (talk) 20:14, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Done.
In the following section-
Charlie Russell, who has studied bears for 42 years and raised them and lived with them in Kamchatka, Russia for a decade, wrote a lengthy response in which he criticized both Treadwell's lack of basic safety precautions such as pepper spray and electric fences (but not his close contact with bears) as well as the predictable, knee-jerk reaction to his death. He is also critical of the film Grizzly Man.[5]
Is the use of 'knee-jerk' encyclopedic? 86.141.182.225 (talk) 21:57, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Just followed this external link: "Bear Activist and Companion Mauled to Death in Alaska" — Associated Press story giving detailed factual debunking of the whole Treadwell myth, dated May 8, 2004, quoted by respected wild life organization.
It's not really the AP story. It's a couple of lines of the AP story and then someone's personal arguments with the perceived myth. The "debunking" is unverified and emotionally over-wrought in a way that probably detracts from its credibility, and its points are made better elsewhere. Suggest deleting it, or at least changing the description. 65.96.173.41 (talk) 20:48, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Shouldn't this article discuss how and why his name changed from Timothy Dexter to Timothy Treadwell? I was curious about that as I was reading the article, but the oddity was never addressed. Does anyone know anything about this? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 00:49, 1 November 2011 (UTC))
The first paragraph states that Treadwell and his fiance lived in Hessel. Where the heck is Hessel? Hessel, Michigan? I know of no other Hessel. Vandemark (talk) 00:20, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
Reference 8 is broken. Can someone who knows what they're doing find a source? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.10.193.198 (talk) 07:30, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Why is there a [citation needed] tag at several places? That information is told in the film and apparently some of it in Treadwell's autobiography as well. Bever (talk) 16:19, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
The diagram is labelled as such: Diagram of attack site showing positions of bodies. (I added the bold emphasis.) However, I do not see any notations showing the positions of the bodies. Am I missing something? If the notations are indeed there, they certainly are not clear or obvious. Does anyone know? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 07:33, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
I listened too the audio it was so sad I hope nothing ever happens too anyone again. 2601:602:CE00:1E40:6488:8369:473B:32BE (talk) 01:31, 28 January 2022 (UTC)