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Grizzly Man is a Brutal Watch in More Ways Than One

If there's one headline we love more than any other it is some variation of "Human Fucks Around With Nature—Finds Out." About 21 years ago, Werner Herzog released the groundbreaking documentary Grizzly Man. It is the story of Timothy Treadwell, a man who, despite all evidence to the contrary, felt he was exempt from the laws of nature and was brutally disabused of that notion.

You Forgot They’re Queer: Bears

Bears are generally known to be scary, dangerous creatures, which is why it's quite funny that they are one of the most popular stuffed animals for children. What you probably don't know is that bears are actually a very queer animal by nature.

Bear Jam: An Over-Analysis of Grizzly (1976)

Not long after the Night of the Grizzlies, but long before the first Fat Bear Week, the film Grizzly (1976) was released. You'd be forgiven for assuming it was inspired by the tragedy at Glacier National Park, and it seems like a lost opportunity for a "based on a true story" tagline. From what I can tell, Grizzly was almost wholly based on "Jaws made a metric fuckton of money, so what if Jaws but bear?"

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