Man living with a Grizzly bear
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- Feb 18, 2010
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This 800 pounds grizzly bear called Brutus is Casey Anderson’s best friend, believe it or not. The famous naturalist and his furry friend are inseparable from the day Brutus was a 2 weeks old cub. Casey saved the bear from an overpopulated wildlife park, and raised him with lot of attention, love and respect.
Brutus is living in a sanctuary that Casey built so he can freely live like a grizzly bear is supposed to live. Being around Brutus is not dangerous because he is comfortable around people, but Casey is still not letting anybody have physical contact with Brutus but himself. He is not afraid that the bear will ever attack him because he knows and predicts his every move.
The two of them are so close that Brutus was Casey’s best man at his wedding
Favorite things that Brutus likes to do is to sleep, play with other grizzly bears, eat marshmallows and Twinkies, and get attention from people, especially when he “flirts” with women. He is really comic and intelligent, and will always do something silly to make everybody laugh.
Casey and Brutus are actually having their own show on National Geographics that’s called “Expedition Grizzly”. There are several other people that have wild animals as pets, like a hyena or a baboon.
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How much does it cost to feed him?
An arm and a leg
Timothy Treadwell lived with a grizzly, too. Then it ate him.
This is an amazing relation between a man and a wild Grizzly!
I think it’s possible because Casey takes care of Brutus since he was just 2 weeks old. Animal can sense human intention! Brutus must believe that Casey were his mother. He deserves this genuine love from Brutus for the TLC he gives his wild buddy.
a grizzly bear is a wild and dangerous animal no matter he was raised from the wild as a small bear,let us hope he does not revert to type anyday soon
That’s Missy Pyle!
Casey you are a very lucky man…..I am crazy about bears! and I am so jealous.
That’s nice but I bet it’s a lot of work and money and such…
Treadwell lived with and around genuine wild grizzlies, this one was raised from a cub by this man, completely different situations.
Still possible it can end badly, but it isn’t the same by any means
really? some of these are very clearly photoshopped.
It really is an amazing bond they share. However, it’s called a wild animal for a reason.
Uh I’m not the only one who thinks this looks a little… shall we say… edited?
Robin. A person is more dangerous. The fact that he has been raised so successfully, and is integrated into Casey’s life so completely is amazing.
Just because the majority of bears are wild doesn’t mean that they can’t be friendly.
“He is not afraid that the bear will ever attack him because he knows and predicts his every move.”
This makes no sense at all. How does knowing and predicting a 500lb bear’s moves keep the bear from attacking him or any of the nearby people? The fact he admits he won’t let anyone else be physical with the bear is telling.
There are dog owners whose hand-raised pet ended up seriously injuring owner/family member or neighbor. So let’s cut the cr*p here. He’s betting his and other’s lives on whether that bear’s basic instincts have been totally supressed.
How nice for Mr. Anderson that he gets to live a normal human life, with a wife and probably raise a family but not Brutus. He should have gotten that bear back into the wild long ago.
these pictures look so fake, it is laughable.
How gullible and naive can you really get? Over half of these are so obviously photoshopped, the true nature of this mans relationship to this bear is probably totally different than these pictures suggest. And I totally agree with whoever said the wife is Missy Pyle. She was probably paid to stage the photos.
it is totally OBSCENE that there is a link to a bear hunting site on this page!!!
So what happened to the second bear cub that was in the first picture? Why did Brutus get the tlc and not the other?
…so are these real or not? I love bears!
Tell that to the woman who got mauled by the “tame” chimp that had been someone’s pet since it was young. A friendly wild animal is still a wild animal.
The family dinner one looked edited…but i could be wrong. The other ones look real even though they might’ve been touched up in photoshop. Anyways…as far as the comment: “a grizzly bear is a wild and dangerous animal no matter he was raised from the wild as a small bear,let us hope he does not revert to type anyday soon”…I say…
a human being is naturally a wild and dangerous animal no matter he was raised from the wild as a small human,let us hope he does not revert to type anyday soon
I just want to know how the heck you can get an 800lb grizzly into your dining room and it still look perfect…yeah right
For all “it’s photoshopped” people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGcM_yLH3D4
Enjoy this video, and see how they really have good friendship.
WOW! Too cool… That’s one big puppy. He’s braver than me, I quivered and quaked when I was with a bobcat at the Olympic Game Farm here in Sequim..LOL
Why do people always question if it’s real or not? Of course it’s real.. next there will be someone claiming it’s photoshopped..YAWN.
Timothy Treadwell asked for his demise.. he did NOT make friends with a grizzly but was trying to live with ALL the wild Grizzlies in their territory.. weren’t they on Kodiak Island? That was crazy.. and trying to get his girlfriend to hit the attacking bear with a frying pan… good move (not) she got eaten too.. fancy that?
I have the utmost respect for Casey Anderson.
He says he keeps it away from other people but if these pictures are real that’s clearly not true.
lol @ all who think these pics were shopped. Get out of your basements once in awhile.
I was in a movie with Missi Pyle and that is TOTALLY NOT her. Nothing is more annoying than know-it-all’s that don’t know anything. And I love that everyone seems to be a Photoshop expert as well these days. Give them one magnetic lasso and they think they’re pro’s!
Sorry guys/gals, but this in NOT a wild animal. It has been raised and tamed from a cub. Not to say that it can’t or won’t ever turn on it’s owner, or that it can’t accidentally injure or kill. But it is NOT a wild animal.
Treadwell was living amongst WILD bears, and was quite frankly a fool.
If a person knows what they are doing, it is not impossible to live with/raise/own “wild” animals. There is a man who has integrated himself into a wolf pack. For another example, look up “Christian the lion”
just because he can predict and know his every move so he can act accordingly does not mean it’s the same with OTHER PEOPLE. get it? do you always know how YOUR animal is going to react to people OTHER than you? Casey obviously understands how the bear will act around him, but as a precaution, because yes, he is still a wild bear, he doesn’t allow him around everyone and anyone.
i think it’s great what he did for brutus, whether it costs a lot or not, it’s worth it in the end, and these pictures are awesome.
well, they’re not shopped, this was an actual show.
I do agree that Brutus will always be a wild animal at heart, but hey…as long as Casey’s not endangering anyone else, let him risk his life.
So it says casey doesnt allow the bear to have physical contact with anyone, yet theirs a photo with the bear in a room fulll of ppl lol, and it looks photo shopped by the way
if you watch the video the photo of him in a room of people is from a thanksgiving special on some tv network, and the picnic raid is from a public service announcement. some of the pictures are “fake” in that they are professionaly done, but the story is real
Ahhh… RUN!
to all the skeptics, see link
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/expedition-grizzly-3909
Pyle married Casey Anderson, a grizzly bear specialist for National Geographic, on September 12, 2008. The wedding was country-western themed and took place in Montana. Wedding guests included Anderson’s bear, Brutus, comedian Steve Agee, and bandmate Shawnee Smith.
To the obvious lier who claims to have been in a movie with Missi Pyle, you must have been the coffee fetcher in the studio’s lobby and never been within 500 yards of Ms. Pyle because that absolutely is her. Anyone who thinks it isn’t should look at her page on IMDB.com where there are pictures (different than those on this blog) of her with Casey Anderson and Brutus.
I’m not saying that all of these photos haven’t been edited or that she is truly married to Casey, but, once again, that is definitely her.
“Pyle married Casey Anderson, a grizzly bear specialist for National Geographic, on September 12, 2008. The wedding was country-western themed and took place in Montana. Wedding guests included Anderson’s bear, Brutus, comedian Steve Agee, and bandmate Shawnee Smith.”
This is Missi Pyle’s husband. Whilst the above is from her Wikipedia page, all other sources confirm it also. I remember reading about the wedding last year in an interview with her as well.
So Miss “I was in a movie with her” – were you ever actually anywhere near her?
I saw this guy and the bear together on Oprah via Skype. It was really incredible. There is also a family who owns Bart the grizzly. He is the bear seen in many of the movies that have a bear in them. They raise them from the tiny they are a few weeks old, and interact with them every day.
I don’t know why I bother to comment on threads like this, maybe it’s just in the hopes that ONE person will read it and change their mind.
Wild animals should NEVER be kept as pets. Let me repeat and clarify that for ya: WILD ANIMALS SHOULD NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVVVVEERRRR BE KEPT AS PETS. I don’t care how sweet these pictures look, it’s a BEAR. And not just any bear, a GRIZZLY bear. All it would take is one moment of playing too rough, a swipe at the wrong place, and that dude is dead.
Wild animals will always be wild. I don’t care what type we’re talking about. A chipmunk should remain wild, a duck should, a deer, a fox, a blue jay, a beaver, a raccoon, everything you’ve ever seen in the wild should absolutely stay there. If you find one, contact your the police department or a veterinary office to find out who your local wildlife rehabilitator is, and turn the animal over to them. They know far more than you do about raising an animal in such a way that it can be returned to the wild, where it belongs.
One quick note. That woman looks like Missi Pyle, because she is Missi Pyle, his wife. They married in 2008.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missi_Pyle
its real since they’re on National Geographic. With a real reference, anyone can follow up on the show and if they’re not there then these are fake. IMO everyone should prove to themselves
This reminds me of that story about the two Englishmen that bought a lion cub in the sixties and raised it before releasing it into the wild. Years later they went back to the area where he was last spotted and he ran up to them and played and licked their faces.
That bear loves that man, it’s beautiful. And comical.
Doesn’t anybody know about the Grizzly Man. Look it up. It could happen to him.
Gorgeous photography! Fantastic story….what an incredible life!!!!!
Best Wishes,
Kelly from Alaska
not shopped- this guy lives a half hour from me. the hillside on the second photo is outside of Livingston, MT, where he lives.
this is a perfect example of how man and animal can live in HARMONY….
Would he leave it in the house with their newborn?
That would be the telling.
wow that is so awesome! I love bears!
I think this is very beautiful. The parts of the brain that process emotion are very much the same in mammals like bears when compared to our own. They cannot self reflect in the same way we can but can form emotional connections and contacts. In Thailand there are Buddhist monks that live peaceably with Bengal tigers. I am from Alaska and the number of interactions between humans and bears that end peacefully far out number the well publicised tragedies. There is risk as in everything in life but this relationship shows our essential unity with other creatures we share this small planet with.
“Brutus is living in a sanctuary that Casey built so he can freely live like a grizzly bear is supposed to live. ”
Thats for all you retards bawwwing about the bear being in captivity
This is just amazing! This show us that with a little bit of respect and love to the nature we could live like we always wanted. U really make my day! Thanks a lot!
Hope u keep being as happy as u look together.
Have a nice day! as i do.
Was just going to say the same thing, Nash…the bears sanctuary is right outside my town, Bozeman MT.
Very Cool, nothing but love between those two.
This is wonderful but how long will this last? Just recently a 30 year old whale at Sea World in Orlando turned on a female trainer eat her. This wasn’t the first time too. I adore animals but friendships with Grizzly Bears are rare highly unusual. Surely there’s always the expected turn of events and the adults are prepared for PLAN B. Animals are unpredictable at any given moment despite their ongoing kind nature. I think it’s great nonetheless.
I hereby nominate this brave young man for this year’s Darwin Awards.
Nice one Jon ha ha
Darwin award all the way. Thats swell, when he is crushing your wife’s bones in front of you in a few years what then? Idiot. It took thousands of years and generations of selection to get wolves docile enough to be dependable dogs. This is irresponsible to the extreme.
Get real guys. Some of these ARE NOT photoshopped because they have their own show. Tune in sometime and stop with the negative comments. As my mama says, if you dont have anything nice to say, DON’T SAY IT AT ALL. Obvisouly(sp?), people still need to learn that lesson.
Oh C’mon, this idea is almost as stupid as a guy living with a Chimpanzee. The bear is going to one day turn on him and rip his face off. No one can clearly have bears as pets. Hope this site is a hoax. Does kinda look carefully photoshopped.
I’ve seen enough nature documentaries and news reports about animals while lying on my couch to assert that this is a bad idea! I mean this is a wild animal! Some animals are naturally wild, like bears, and some animals are naturally supposed to live with humans, like dolphins. This is the way things are supposed to be, that’s why they call them wild. I don’t care if this guy is a “specialist” and has been raising it since it was two weeks old, my opinion is more valid! This guy is obviously an idiot, I can properly judge this situation from a few pictures and sentences on a blog.
Wow very cool !
To all you saying photoshop – obviously you don’t know how to use Google yet, look it up it’s real.
And to you all talking about a bear turning on it’s owner – that happens in cases of abuse like circuses and zoo’s when the animals are unhappy and have limited human contact or when someone has tried to befriend the animals as adults.., this is totally different. Can’t believe all the negative comments here, really upsets me actually – some people just don’t know how to suck it up and be polite when they are envious or jealous of something somebody else has – like come on did we skip kindergarten people ?? grow the F up.
Hooray for Casey & Brutus !! truly awesome.
Oh come one people, look at the pictures, thats the worst photo editing job EVER!! These pictures are BEYOND fake!
nah, Its real. Thats missy pyle
she married a grizzy bear specialist
not photoshopped at all
Totally cute … till the wild bear gets a wild hair.
finally this man has brought us all one step closer to our dreams: taking on opposing armies while riding bears! we will be invincible!
oh that so cool i think i might wont to do that when i get older.=)
He is a wildlife specialist. The bear is not in a backyard…in a grizzly reserve. You absolutely cannot release a human-raised, dependent animal back into the wild. The bear gets love, food, shelter, and life. The other cub died, or he would probably be living happily on the reserve as well. Casey gets a friend. It is a fun, happy story, not intended to lead any common person to having a pet bear in their backyard, although I wouldn’t mind having a whole reserve myself!
This looks something horrible just WAITING to happen
so fakeee!!!1
I’m gonna create a webpage called ‘Top 10 worst photoshop fakes’. At least 5 photos from this page will make my list…
I mean, please!!!! http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bear-at-thanksgiving-day.jpg
He is still alive today and I loved watching videos of them
Of course, there will always be the risk, and he is willing to take it. I think it’s a nice relationship, and if the bear didn’t want to be in it, he would of done something by now
sad sad get a teddy bear
some of these definitely look photoshopped. also agree with who ever mentioned Grizzly Man. seriously? shouldn’t we know not to play with bears by now?
If anything happens to the man, the bear will be blamed.
Hey , He has a self-defense weapon ,hooray !
I wish i had one grizzly in my self-defense .
Family dinner with the bear? That picture almost look unreal. But I guess he might not be aware that he is a bear. He thinks he is human like his family.
In the picture where they are all sitting at the table eating, those other people are a bunch of daredevils or it could be called stupidity. I would have declined that dinner invitation. I don’t care how hungry I was.
I just got finished watching an episode of “Expedition Grizzly” on Nat Geo Wild (National Geographic).
Let me clear some things up, based on the hour long show I just watched:
1) Casey Anderson RESCUED two cubs when they were around 2 weeks old: Brutus and Sheena. Both of these bears now live in a huge outdoor natural habitat that Anderson built for the both of them (they have access to indoor sleeping quarters, but they don’t need to hybernate because they get fed daily. Wild bears hybernate because their food supply is gone in the winter. )
2) Brutus lived inside Casey’s house for years, until he was too large…thatms when the outdoor natural habitat was created (NO cruel fencing or cages).
3) Brutus eats $35 (16 pounds) worth of food daily.
4) Anderson rescued two more bears who were going to be euthanized: they live in Brutus and Sheena’s outdoor habitat, too.
5) These bears cannot be returned to the wild. Once a bear eats human food, it is considered a MAJOR risk for visitors of, for example, Yellowstone Nat. Park. Casey Anderson and BRUTUS do SO much to educate hikers and people who bring food into bear habitats: once the bears taste human food, they want more. Treadmill was an idiot because he fed the bears human food KNOWING that they could turn on him for his food. Brutus grew up with Anderson and has always eaten both meat and veggies (and treats).
6) Casey Anderson talks about how he and Missy Pyle met on the set of “Pretty Ugly People”, a film in which Brutus had a small role.
7) Anderson said he never leaves Brutus ALONE with other people…NOT that he doesn’t ever let Brutus around other people.
8) Brutus is NOT a wild animal…he NEVER lived in the wild: He thinks Casey is his father.
I hope this helps. “Expedition Grizzly” is a fabulous show. Anderson is a grizzly bear specialist and takes his job seriously.
PS “Grizzly Man” was off his rocker…Casey Anderson is not.
His place in Montana is a place where visitors can come and see how the bears live out in the wild (in reserve Anderson created for Brutus and Sheena…and now the two other bears). Casey Anderson makes a POINT of telling visitors NOT to try to interact with bears the way he does with Brutus, as Brutus grew up with Anderson from week 3 or so. Also, Grizzly Man refused to carry “Bear Pepper Spray”….Anderson puts up electric fences and carries Bear Pepper Spray on his chest when Brutus is around the other bears and Anderson is in the habitat with them.
He’s not stupid. And these photos are not photoshopped. Watch the show and the videos before spewing your ignorance (“ignorance” in the true form of the word, as in “not knowing”)
That is really stupid.
I would be a little scard to be living with a bear
i think he is cute but were does he go to the bathroom?
but he is really cute
people need to stop trolling. i think this is pretty great, and obviously its working out pretty well so far. some people just cant mind their own business. haha
wow. i would hate to live with a bear. i wonder if his wife would like to get rid of him. i would hate to even have kids around him. i wonder if him teeth are filed and declawed. i wouldnt mind then. but raising kids with a bear? i would hate to even go see them even the bear wasnt mine
Nice Wedding photo with Grizzly. I saw the documentary when this bear was at small age. Nice to see the bear grown up.
Thanks for sharing the photos.
Jessica
I said WOW WOW!!!!!! I liked Casey Anderson is barkeeper
Do you know how bear’s behavior?? Casey is best trainer bear!!! He always cares and very gentle of bear bear was very happy with Casey!!!
Best wish
Marcie Z
Why bear may attack to people in Alaska ? Why bear not attack to Casey in Alaska? Because he is training bearkeeper
Is Brutus bear were happy at Casey’s place
Best Wish
Marcie Z
Is this the refuge that crappy looking tourist trap that advertises “live bears” on the freeway outside of Bozeman?
The people who say its fake are idiots..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAAR0-UjJB0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
If anyone watched the show “My Best Friend’s A Bear” you would know that these photos are definetly not photoshopped. Believe what you want! And if you were smart you would know that Bears raised in captivity CANNOT be released in the wild!! Some people need some serious education here……
The reality is that someday (unexpectedly) this bear will exhibit wild behavior. In most cases the “new” behavior is completely inappropriate for humans to be close to safely. People that do things like this are uneducated about the realities of wild animals. Wild animals are simply not domesticated and will never act so. Sadly, these kinds of “relationships” never end well.
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