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treadwelled 

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The act of losing your life because you disregard your own personal safeety and get too close to a dangerous animal.

Named after Timothy Treadwell, a self-appointed researcher who lived among brown bears in Alaska for 13 summers before getting killed and becoming lunch meat.
Steve Irwin, The Croc Hunter, was treadwelled by a sting ray yesterday.
treadwelled by Kajoe September 4, 2006
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Kaiya Treadwell 

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If you ever meet a Kaiya Treadwell in your life then you better take advantage. Do not take your chance for granted. She will be the most caring, kind, smart, and loving person you will ever meet. Once she’s gone you’ll never find anyone like her again. She strives mostly in english and usually needs a little bit of help in math but that is what Kaiya’s bf is there for. She will marry a guy that she dated at a young age and they will love each other forever. His name will start with a k or a t. They will have 3 kids and he will be an athlete who makes a lot of money so the whole family will be very happy. Kaiya’s are usually the most beautiful person you will ever meet so go make sure you haven’t lost your chance yet.
Holy Shit!!! That girl is beutiful, almost perfect. It must be a Kaiya Treadwell

Timothy Treadwell 

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Born Timothy Dexter. Classic narcissist. Reformed alcoholic and drug addict, might not have entirely straightened out. Claimed, without verification, to have been the theoretical second choice for the role of Woody Harrelson's character, "Woody" Boyd, in Cheers. Became a wacky pseudo-environmentalist wingnutscrewballsup who travelled to Alaska from round about 1990 to his death in 2003 to try to get ... close to ... bears. Documented his exploits on videocam, some of said footage making the guts of Werner Hertzog's biopic "Grizzly Man". Ended up doing a Michael Jackson impression over steaming bear shit. Came to believe he was the bears' last good hope, and started ranting on-camera against the wildlife service, humanity in general, et cetera.

In the autumn of 2003 he tried heading back south to be with his family or other friends; at the airport he got into a towering rage with somebody and failed to board the plane, instead returning to the Alaskan lake shore where he had spent the summer. Unfortunately and despite his assumed name, in so doing he didn't tread very well at all. In the meantime his favourite bear clan had all gone into hibernation and another group had moved in to time-share the place, where a few weeks later Treadwell was reminded of the six basic relationships an animal species may have with other animals in the wild: you ignore it, it picks off your parasites, you pick off its parasites, you fuck it, you eat it, it eats you. This list included the last option, and unfortunately he had taken his latest girlfriend along for the ride as well. After the bears had dined on long pig to their hearts' content the park rangers arrived to collect the leftovers and shoot the bears.

Living proof (better still, dead proof) that you shouldn't believe everything you see on Walt Disney movies.
I wanted to be an eco-warrior when I was younger, but then I heard about Timothy Treadwell and wizened up.
Timothy Treadwell by Fearman April 1, 2008

Pulling a Treadwell

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"PULLING A TREADWELL" ,

refers to an extremely naive, ignorant, and overly trusting person who recklessly approaches "danger close" to an alpha predator animal; such as a bear, (black, Grizzly, Polar), moose, bison, crocodile, Cape buffalo, lion, tiger, elephant, rhino, or hippopotamus... Just to name a few.

Solely, for the purpose of "hand feeding, touching, taking a "selfie" with a killer, petting, or even cuddling such an animal, with the likelihood of being trampled, mauled, crushed, impaled, partially or wholly eaten, and of course, invariably, the victim of an utterly horrible death.

(Pulling a Treadwell" refers to Timothy Treadwell), the disillusioned & troubled amateur bear enthusiast, who was eaten ALIVE (to death) over several minutes, (all on audio recording) taking his hapless girlfriend along with him, on Oct. 5th, 2003, in Katmai Nat'l Park in Alaska.

The award winning doc "Grizzly Man" by Werner Herzog chronicled the harrowing event with bizarre and phenomenal up close preceding footage. The bear who ate both him and his unwitting companion was previously named by Treadwell as "The Grinch". Treadwell didn't even carry 'bear spray', for fear of harming his beloved "teddy bears".
"HOLY SHIT!!! Look at Donald!!! He's got a bunch of long grass, to feed the baby hippo on the bank of that African River, but he doesn't see the 7,000lb. Mother hippo charging from behind! He's definitely "PULLING A TREADWELL", and is ROYALLY FUCKED!!" "Oh, well, Don WAS a stupid guy...", the witness states, as poor Don is Chomped into a gory two.

Similar words: disembowled dismembered feasted upon ingested Oscar for stupidity fearless, yet detrimentally cognitively challenged OMFG! extreme sharp force trauma extreme blunt force trauma NO DADDY/SON/BROTHER FOR Christmas

Treadwell 

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(n.) An effeminate gay man, generally without protrusive body hair, who enjoys the company of a bear. More commonly known as a chaser. This usage is more common in the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes regions of the United States. Derived from the name of late American video-journalist and environmental activist Timothy Treadwell (1957-2003), who enjoyed living among bears.
I caught Josh hanging around the bar on Bear's Night. He's such a Treadwell.
Treadwell by Dylan ###DaShizz### September 23, 2009

Treadwell 

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bear excrement, named for Timothy Treadwell who after stupidly choosing to live in the Alaskan wilderness with wild bears was eaten by them. the mauling was a horrific incident bringing attention to the power of Alaskan bears. Timothy Treadwell may not be related to Mead Treadwell.
Hey, did you see that Treadwell in the trail; there must be a bear near by.
That dude is a real Treadwell.
Treadwell by holy canoly May 3, 2013

Chris Treadwell 

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A Chris Treadwell is typically a person who likes to microwave cell phones, lick electric fences, and create elaborate stories the he cant keep track of. A Chris Treadwell will usually have one or two estranged kids wondering around somewhere with no knowledge to that person. A Chris Treadwell will also dedicate one or two good days at the gym and see instant results in his body's transformation. With his astounding lack of head hair he makes up with it in body hair.
Hey! Don't touch that hot stove! You're being a real Chris Treadwell right now.
Chris Treadwell by Jimmy818181 February 14, 2017
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