[Lonesome in Massachussets]

"He was kind of a goofy guy,'' Dixon said.

I sprayed my monitor.

[new cruelty]

care bear bump... rotflol

[TopQuark]

former drug addict from Malibu, Calif. This means he does not take them after death.

[Revolting cat!]

who routinely eased up close to bears to chant "I love you'' in a high-pitched, sing-song voice

There is justice in the universe, after all! Now if we could send there Barry Manilow, Brbra, Robert Goulet, the guy who sings Feelings, and the guy who wrote Send In the Clowns, and what's her name who sings Wind Beneath My Wings. We'll spare Paul Anka and Terry Jacks!

[.38sw]

Good grief. Reminds me of my ornithology professor when I was in college - the guy was a stoner, and had the most bizarre notions. One day in class, he was talking about a story about a man having been killed and eaten by a tiger. His comment? "Oh, wow, man, what a natural way to die!"

I'm glad my parents didn't know what their tuition dollars were paying for at the time...

[Perseverando]

"He kept insisting that he wanted to show that bears in thick brush aren't dangerous. The last two people killed (by bears) in Glacier National Park went off the trail into the brush. They said their goal was to find a grizzly bear so they could 'do a Timothy.' We have a trail of dead people and dead bears because of this trend that says, 'Let's show it's not dangerous.' ''

Some days, you get to "do a Timothy" (to the bears), and some days the bears get to do Timothy (and friend).

What was he thinking?

[Junior]

What a grizzly way to go. What should have been a kodiak moment turned nasty when they discovered they were polar opposities...

[new cruelty]

I am reading the article in full now...

..."I told him to be much more cautious ... because every time a bear kills somebody, there is a big increase in bearanoia and bears get killed,'' Miller said. "I thought that would be a way of getting to him, and his response was 'I would be honored to end up in bear scat.' ''...

this reads like something from that website FReepers were asked not to post anything from... the one that sounds like 'the Funion'.

[freekitty]

Sounds like he was still smoking something.

Makes you wonder about the human ego.

[w_over_w]

I love you . . . too!

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

I love it when natural selection is both helpful and ironic.

[new cruelty]

hmph... He has a fairly decent website. http://www.grizzlypeople.com/photos.php

[1Old Pro]

I'm trying very hard to refrain from laughing.

[San Jacinto]

The fearless former drug addict from Malibu, Calif. -- who routinely eased up close to bears to chant "I love you'' in a high-pitched, sing-song voice

How annoying! No wonder the bears ate the bast*rd.

[TheCrusader]

"I thought that would be a way of getting to him, and his response was 'I would be honored to end up in bear scat.'

Wonder what he'd say now if bear chit could talk?

[TommyDale]

When asked why the bears had eaten their human friend, they all responded with a loud "BUURURRRPPP!"

[handk]

Reminds me of some dimwit narrator on some TV show, who said: "Humans have a natural fear of being eaten alive by a wild animal."

Who woulda thunk it?

[TexasRepublic]

I think it is simply wonderful that some Liberals want to commune with bears -- I hope more do so in the future. Every encouragement should be given. Crocs like communing with humans also.

[lilylangtree]

Bears aren't tolerant of fools with high-pitched singing voices.

[Elliott Jackalope]

I really like seeing animals in the wild, and seeing wolves and bears has always been a special experience for me. However, I do not attempt to go close-up to them, and I don't sing to them, and I don't expect them to love me because I like animals. They are WILD ANIMALS, they have their own minds, their own behavior and their own agendas. Treating them like they are people wearing fur coats is a guaranteed prescription for disaster.