What did the autopsy performed on Timothy Treadwell prove?”
The audience at Century 16 came to see Timothy Treadwell, the “Grizzly Man” subject who dared danger by getting so close to brown bears he could pet them. But a half-hour in, the fall blockbuster cuts to a new character, no less dramatic. Cue Dr. Franc Fallico, the unexpected scene-stealer. Off screen, Fallico is a clean-pressed man who does the state’s dirty work. He’s Alaska’s chief medical examiner, which means he spends his days performing autopsies on people killed in suspected homicides, accidents or by sudden illness. In fall 2003, Fallico performed the autopsies of Treadwell and girlfriend Amie Huguenard — both killed by grizzlies in Katmai National Park, southwest of Anchorage. Werner Herzog, the director, asked Fallico to appear in a documentary about Treadwell’s years in the Alaska wilderness, videotaping and — as he saw it — protecting the bears. Fallico agreed. He was in only a few scenes, but they were all dramatic. A performer at heart, Fallico seemed undaunted by the
Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard (CBS/AP) (CBS/AP) The graphic sounds of a fatal bear attack were recorded on tape, Alaska State Troopers discovered Wednesday while reviewing videotape recovered from the campsite where a wildlife author and his girlfriend were killed. The remains of Timothy Treadwell, 46, and Amie Huguenard, 37, both of Malibu, Calif., were found Monday at Katmai National Park and Preserve on the Alaska Peninsula. Trooper Chris Hill said the tape suggests the video camera was turned on just before Treadwell was attacked. The recording is audio only and the screen remains blank for all six minutes. “They’re both screaming, she’s telling him to play dead, then it changes to fighting back. He asks her to hit the bear,” Hill said. “There’s so much noise going on. I don’t know what’s him and what might be an animal. “It’s pretty disturbing. I keep hearing it in my mind.” An air taxi pilot who arrived to pick up the couple near Kaflia Bay contacted the National Park Serv
An autopsy on the human remains confirmed the couple were killed by bears, according to results released Wednesday. Troopers recovered video and still photography equipment as well as three hours of video footage from the site, which is located across Shelikof Strait from Kodiak Island. Much of the footage is closeup shots of bears. Treadwell built his reputation as an author and videographer living among Katmai bears each summer for more than a decade.
