A Boy and His Bear

It won't be long before there is another picture of him and the bear - only it will be headlines calling him an idiot, because the bear loved him to DEATH. Just because it's cuddly looking doesn't mean the natural instinct of this bear won't kick in and he'll be lunch.

A much needed, positive image in the media for bears.

i want that guy's life.
i think he is a lot different than Timothy Treadwell. he raised the bear through its entire life, the bear probably views him like a mother and i would even say loves him. but treadwell was in the wild with random bears. most of the bears he knew and they probably knew him from being out there so many times, but they were wild and hungry omnivores and definitely don't view him as family but probably as food. bringing a baby into the family could be dangerous tho, of course, but that's true with even a dog.

Not just mauled but eaten alive. After the officials were done with the tape they offered the family the opportunity to view it. After the families declined the tape was destroyed. There were reports that it was absolutely horrific.

Yeah, Timothy Treadwell was the nutter I was thinking of. I didn't realize his girlfriend was mauled to death too. =/

Anywho, this Anderson guy is playing with fire and I hope he doesn't introduce anyone else to the bear, let alone a possible future baby with his wife . . . I can see the headline already.

lucidstone- I thought of exactly the same thing when I first read the headline. He lived among the grizzlies, giving them names, insisting, despite warnings from biologists, that they were perfectly harmless. Well, he and his girlfriend were the afternoon lunch of a grizzly, and he learned the hard way. Eventually, no doubt, Mr. Anderson will learn this as well.

You mean where Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend, while taping one of their continuing segments on how bears and humans can coexist, was eaten alive screaming all the way?

This reminds me of the guy that documented himself living amongst wild grizzly bears . . . and then was eventually mauled to death.

Do not approach bears in the wild, let alone grizzlies. They are wild and very dangerous animals that are quite capable of ripping your face off. (omg . . . I kind of sound like Dwight right now . . . I'm gonna go cry for a bit)

"gives pjacobs the slow clap*

Hope his new wife can bear with it.

and hearts break everywhere (since he's getting married)

That is awesome!!! Having a beer with my bear.