In a stunning display of cliché self-taught bear expert, Timothy Treadwell, proved that, indeed, some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you.
On monday his body and the body of his girlfriend were found in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve. Apparently, they were mauled to death by the same brown bears that he had declared as "harmless".
Following a drug overdose, and after several encounters with bears in Alaska, he decided to devote himself to the study of the large omnivorous animals and even established a non-profit bear-appreciating group called "Grizzly People".
He had spent several summers living alone with and videotaping Katmai bears. Such was his confidence around the bears that he had touched them and given them names. On one occassion he was even filmed crawling along the ground singing as he approached a sow and two cubs.
Apparently, the Bears had formed their own people-appreciating club. Their first meeting included live music followed by dinner.
Following the meeting, the bears reportedly said that Treadwell tasted sort of like chicken.
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I repeat...do not feed the Mad Lews.