Treadwell Mistake In Grizzly Man

What the film Grizzly Man teaches us about the wildness of nature and how human beings ought to relate to it is that nature is both beautiful and dangerous and to make the choice to get too close to that beauty can come with fatal consequences that one must accept beforehand.
The mistake that led to Treadwell’s death was him deciding to camp at the grizzly maze in a place where he was hidden from the bears rather than a place out in the open where the bears would be more aware of his presence (Nelson & Herzog, 2005). Also, another mistake was camping in the grizzly maze during the time of year when the bears he was familiar with had gone into their dens for hibernation and different more wild bears showed up in their place (Nelson & Herzog, 2005). It is possible that not getting on his plane to leave the Alaskan wilderness when he planned was another mistake that led to his death.

Technically speaking, bears do have some human characteristics in that they are mammals and they are social creatures so asking a question like that seems redundant to me. The only thing I saw that would suggest unrealistic expectations on Treadwell’s part was when the male grizzly bear had killed a baby bear for his own selfish purposes and he stated that he did not understand how a bear could do that (Nelson & Herzog, 2005). I did not see or hear anything in the documentary to suggest that Treadwell was ever under any illusion that he was safe at any time. He continuously said that he was aware that he absolutely could and would die for the bears and for his lifestyle (Nelson & Herzog,