A documentary maker who flew out to Alaska every year to camp with bears ended up being eaten alive along with his girlfriend by one of the animals, in a harrowing story.
He would chat to, play with and even touch the bears when he visited. He was so fascinated with the animals that he believed he was one of them.Despite apparently repeatedly being warned by friends and family of the dangers of bears, Treadwell still decided to camp with them every year. The attack happened just hours before the couple were due to fly back home by seaplane for the winter.
Usually, the couple would be waiting on the shore to be picked up by Fulton, but on this occasion there was an eerie silence and the"meanest looking bear" standing on top of a pile of human remains.A ranger spotted fingers and an arm in a 3ft-high mound of grass, mud and twigs, alongside other remains.