Missing 411 | Did an Unknown Predator Kill Bart Schleyer?

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The more I watch videos like this the more I realize how lazy law enforcement can be.

im really sorry to hear about your attack. hope they find the squach that did it to you and throw the book at him

Your dog making the noise every time you said 'talk to animals' was hilarious 🤣

The thing that always gets me about this case (and the only reason I remember this case) is because of that fucking bag. Bart had food in that bag. Even people who don't know jack shit about bears know they love people food - they will break into houses, cars, trashcans etc. to get to it. So you have a bag w/ food in it sitting a few yards away from the remains of Bart. A bag which, after a week, was still untouched w/ the indentation of where Bart was sitting still embedded in it. Not disturbed in the slightest. Not to mention the rest of his supplies. Weird. Really fucking weird. Even if this was a murder - someone came and offed Bart for sport or some awful shit - that still doesn't explain why animals never raided his supplies. Even something small, like a fox.

Canadian here. If someone I cared about went missing and the RCMP was lead on the case I’m immediately hiring private investigators/trackers to supplement my own and local search parties. That’s putting it mildly.

The detail about how the alaskan wildlife photographer was eaten alive and the audio was recorded is freaking horrifying. Some awful morbid part of me wants to look it up but there’s no way I’m doing that. My god that’s terrifying.

Bart sounds like the absolute chillest dude. Would have loved to put back some beers and Glizzies with him. RIP

Being eaten alive by a bear has to be one of the worst ways to die. Just thinking about it freaks me out!

Couple, friendly, factual corrections. I worked with a bunch of the P&W people involved in some of the grizzly studies you mentioned back when I was in uni. So, for bear attack, there's a ton of common misconceptions around the best thing to do. The data are pretty clear in it, however. 1) If it hasn't seen you yet, back away slowly and try to remain unseen. 2) If it has seen you, slowly back away but talk to it and let it know you're human. 3) If it charges you, scream and make yourself big. Almost all charges are bluff charges. Call it's bluff like your life depends on it (it does). 4) If it slowly, steadily approaches you, this is actually the worst. This is textbook predatory behavior. Scream, yell, make yourself big, throw stuff. Prepare to fight for your life because it's decided you'd look real nice as human-sushi with a side of spare ribs. Under no circumstances, ever, short of you being within feet of your car, or shelter, should you run. This will trigger a predation response even in a curious bear. Also, playing dead only works if the bear was acting in defense, and you hadn't triggered a predation response. So unless you're REALLY confident in your ability to read bear body language before the attack, you're much better off fighting.... On a separate note, the shape of a bow really has nothing to do with it's inherent strength. You can have a 200 lb recurve bow and a 10 lb longbow. The same actually applies to shortbows which are frequently misunderstood as "weaker" than a longbow. The power of a bow is determined purely by the resistance of the limbs. Now, the limb shape will help determine things like the angle an arrow will take when it first leaves the bow, but the arrow will be moving at the same speed and travel the same distance as it would with a differently-shaped bow of the same draw weight. You can think of it sorta like shooting a .22 round out of a handgun or a rifle. There are advantages and disadvantages to each, but the "strength" of the bullet is essentially the same.

If anybody’s curious about the Alaskan wildlife photographer mentioned, his name was Timothy Treadwell. He spent thirteen summers camping around grizzlies on the Katmai Coast, trying to get as close to them as possible, even touching them and interacting with cubs. He and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard were eaten by a 28-year-old male in 2003

Bart seems like one of the coolest people I've ever heard of. Every fact/anecdote just made him better and better. These cases are always so sad, but this one really gets me. What a legend. RIP Bart

As a hunter i can say contrary to your statment, yes its entirely possible for him to have been snuck up on, but its also highly likly that somthing simple like him having been sleepy and nooding off only to get attacked by a predator of some kind. Or some combination like that to have happened. Even the most skilled and highly trained people still mess up or get blindsided from time to time in any field.

I theorize that Bart was dead and his body just scavenged. I think the strongest possibility is an undiagnosed medical condition that caused his death. Of course, with so little of the remains recovered, it’s impossible to say for sure.

Bart sounds like the type of dude I would want to go hunting with. I can definitely appreciate the sense of humor with taxidermy or mummified animals, the love of nature, and the absolute backwoods badassery that this man exhibited. May his legacy never be forgotten.

Man even despite knowing what was gonna happen, I got really invested in learning about Bart's life, thank you for including that.

Don't just write off a death to a medical illness due to the person being the sptting image of health. My wife's stepbrother recently died from a sudden massive heart attack while out hunting with his wife. They're were both up in a tree stand when it happened, and the only reason anyone found out was because his wife was there to witness it and watch helplessly. He was 25, and the model image of good health, better than I could ever say I am. Seriously, you literally CAN meet an unfortunate fate due to a sudden stroke or heart attack.

As an Alaskan I feel the need to express the fact that Kodiak grizzlies are known to be especially large even for grizzly bear standards, just a fun fact I can’t help but share.

Most accurate take on game hunting I've seen. The culture is rarely represented so closely.

This is why you have to have two cameras when you're in the woods. One with the camera flash, the other with the muzzle flash