The story of Timothy Treadwell, a grizzly bear enthusiast, who was killed and party eaten by a bear in a national park in Alaska in 2003. Werner Herzog used the extensive footage Treadwell had shot for over 13 seasons spent with bears to make a unique, compelling film performance. According to critics it is one of the best nature films ever made - a brilliant and poetic picture of an anguished but happy man who has been drawn into a controversial and thought-provoking meditation on the human love affair with the myth of nature and innocence.