The more Treadwells peers began settling down, the faster he headed in the opposite direction. Ned Zeman is a Vanity Fair contributing editor. Finally, loping up to Sims in that surfer-dude way of his, Treadwell introduced himself. The quiet suited her, and so did the bears. Shouting and crying, but keeping her wits, Huguenard tried Plan B. The bear slipped through the alders, appearing and disappearing. Late Show with David Letterman - Season 9 Episode 80: Show #1735 Man, Martyr, Myth - Los Angeles Times As usual, though, the bears hadnt viewed humans as food, only as threats to their food. Starring: Paul Shaffer, David Letterman, Alan Kalter, Calvert DeForest, Joe Perry. At this point, instinct took over and everything became a blur. Get out! Treadwell screamed, frantically shaking the tent. Though practically half his size, Huguenard hauled as much gear as he did; she hiked farther, faster, and higher. The Machine wouldnt quit, thundering right up to the plane. In town, most businesses honor both the animals and the hunters who take thema phenomenon Treadwell grasped the moment he checked into the Kodiak Inn, a rustic little hotel whose lobby features a giant stuffed grizzly. Timothy Treadwell | Infoplease - Fact Monster His most enduring friendship had been with Jewel Palovak, whom hed met while working at Gullivers, a medieval-themed restaurant in Marina del Rey. Next thing Sims knew, Treadwell was giving ad hoc grizzly seminars to some of Simss clients. The cache was littered with human remains. On September 29, they were back in the Pumpkin, heading out for one last week in the Maze. The director and his team went through the massive amount of footage Treadwell shot to transform 100-plus hours into a 103-minute documentary (and to plan their own footage and narration). Even Treadwell would have agreed with that; one of his favorite quotations came from a state official who predicted that Treadwell would end up on some bears breakfast plate. Ultimately, though, Treadwells legacy hinges less on what one thinks about him than on what one thinks about intelligent animals.