In the very first episode of “The Wild Bites Back” Podcast, Cody covers the Deaths of Timothy Treadwell & Amie Huguenard in Katmai National Park, and Devin Covers the Untimely Demise of Chris McCanDless, aka, Alexander SuperTramp.
The Deaths of Timothy TreadWell & Ami Huguenard
“A video camera was recovered at the site that proved to have been operating during the attack, but police said that the six-minute tape contained only voices and cries as a brown bear mauled Treadwell…” -Source: Timothy Treadwell, Wikipedia
Cody’s References
Night of the Grizzly – A True Story Of Love And Death In The Wilderness
National Park Service: Welcome to Katmai Country
Grizzly Attack – Timothy Treadwell by Lynn Rogers
The States With The Most Fatal Bear Attacks In The United States
Timothy Treadwell’s own words and the words of those involved as seen in the Werner Herzog documentary “Grizzly Man”
The Demise of Chris McCandless
“After graduating from college in 1990, McCandless traveled across the North American continent and eventually hitchhiked to Alaska in April 1992. There, he set out along an old mining road known as the Stampede Trail with minimal supplies, hoping to live simply off the land. He found an abandoned bus from the 40’s and it was this location where he resided until his death. In September, McCandless’s decomposing body, weighing only 30 kilograms (67 lb), was found by a hunter in a converted bus, Fairbanks Bus 142, used as a backcountry shelter along the Stampede Trail, on the eastern bank of the Sushana River. His cause of death was officially ruled to be starvation, although the exact cause remains the subject of some debate.” -source: Chris McCandless, Wikipedia
Devin’s References
‘How Chris McCandless Died’ by Jon Krakauer
Encylcopedia Britannica: Christopher McCandless
Jon Kraukauer’s Novel “Into the Wild”
