Author who said bears are harmless fatally mauled in Alaska

From the Associated Press:

ANCHORAGE -- A self-taught bear expert who once called Alaska's brown bears harmless was one of two people fatally mauled in a bear attack in the Katmai National Park and Preserve.

[In 2001, Timothy] Treadwell was a guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman," describing Alaska brown bears as mostly harmless "party animals."

In his book, Treadwell said his several close calls with brown bears in Alaska inspired him to give up drugs, study bears and establish a non-profit bear-appreciation group called Grizzly People.

I guess they'll have to change the name of the group to Grisly People.