Joe Jones's Final Party with His Bears

Joe Jones Final Party with his Bear Buddies

Joe Jones was a fanatic
Loved bears
Became famous for hanging out
In the wilds with bears,
Taking pictures with them.

One day he foolishly gave
His bear friends some beer
They loved it and went crazy.

That was the last time
Joe Jones partied with the bears
His last video “ Party with the Bears.”
Became an underground hit

Later became an inspiration
For the “Alaskan Fat Bear Contest”

And the cult classic movie
“Cocaine Bear.”

Very loosely based on some true stories

CO-Pilot provided some background on the Fat Bear Contest and on the movie
“Cocaine Bear”

Tell me about the history of the Annual Alaskan Fat Bear Contest
The Alaskan Fat Bear Contest, now known as Fat Bear Week, is an annual event held in October by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. It started in 2014 as a one-day event called Fat Bear Tuesday but quickly grew in popularity. The contest celebrates the seasonal preparations made by Alaska Peninsula brown bears as they accumulate fat reserves for their winter hibernation1.

The event is organized by the National Park Service and Explore.org, and it invites online visitors to vote on which bear has most effectively accumulated fat reserves. The competition is designed to promote bear conservation, cultivate an interest in wildlife, and encourage positive human-nature interactions1.

Over the years, Fat Bear Week has become a global phenomenon, with millions of people participating in the voting process. It's a fun and engaging way to learn about the lives and histories of individual bears while gaining a greater understanding of Katmai's ecosystem3.

"Cocaine Bear" is a 2023 American dark comedy horror film directed by Elizabeth Banks and written by Jimmy Warden. The movie is loosely inspired by a true story from 1985, when an American black bear ingested a large amount of cocaine that had fallen from a drug smuggler's plane1.

The film stars Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Convery, Alden Ehrenreich, Brooklynn Prince, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Margo Martindale, and Ray Liotta. It follows an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens who converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine2.
The movie was released on February 24, 2023, by Universal Pictures and received generally positive reviews from critics. It grossed over $90 million against a production budget of $30-35 million1.

tell me the story of a famous wildlife photographer who was killed by bears when he got to close to them not sure when this happened

One notable story is that of Michio Hoshino, a renowned Japanese-born nature photographer. Hoshino was celebrated for his breathtaking images of Alaskan wildlife and landscapes. Tragically, his life was cut short in 1996 when a brown bear killed him while on assignment at Kurile Lake in Russia.

Another well-known case is Timothy Treadwell, an American environmentalist and documentary filmmaker. Treadwell spent 13 summers living among coastal brown bears in Katmai National Park, Alaska. His life and work were documented in the film "Grizzly Man." Sadly, in 2003, a bear killed Treadwell and his girlfriend.

Both of these individuals had a deep passion for wildlife and dedicated their lives to capturing the beauty and essence of nature, even at great personal risk

Comment: It is the later story about Timothy Treadwell I was thinking of when I wrote this piece. Giving the bears beer is my invention.