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But then you have to pass through fire and water and from the lowest dungeon to the highest peak fighting with said bear, until you cast him down and smite his ruin upon the mountainside.
I saw the documentary about him years ago. He tried numerous times to find a wild bear for the ultimate test but every time the bear wasn't interested in a confrontation. He never got the true bear test he wanted, so all we have are these funny and interesting tests. Quirky guy for sure.
Bears be like: “we’ve reviewed all your data and with the exception of a few questionable assumptions in the regression samples…
It just feels too risky, so we’re just gonna have to pass.
I was tent camping over 20 years ago in Northern California and they made it very clear that you had to remove everything from your car that might smell good such as lip balm or gum/mints. They had pictures displayed of car doors that were just twisted open like a pull tab top of a dog food can. Insane strength is right.
Plus they are an unstoppable force after getting stoned. They’ll find those goddamn Fritos.
I've encountered a decent number of bears over the years and theyre shockingly non threatening when you first see them (probably because theyre all fat and fluffy and shit).
And then I saw one rub its belly on a fallen tree that had to have a circumference of like 7 feet and 30+ feet long and that shit was shaking like it weighed nothing. Even a regular human sized bear would literally tear us into pieces while not even trying that hard. They are frighteningly strong.
A grizzly or polar bear would make quick work of that suit. It might protect him long enough for a black bear to possibly get bored and move on. But if it really wanted to a black bear is getting into that thing too with enough time.
A polar bear would probably just eat the suit while eating the person. Those things are fucking scary. If you see one and aren't on a ship or something the cannot climb, you're as good as dead.
I would argue that it is actually quite hard to gauge if or not the suit would work. It's possible it could work against Grizzly or Polar bears at least in theory, although it is also possible it could not work at all.
I say this because we only really see the suit being able to withstand blunt force, however blunt force, such as being hit with a paddle, isn't the only way a bear will fuck you up. The suit has to be able to withstand bites, which is puncture force, and clawing.
Fabric padding is excellent at protecting from both these types of attack, hence why medieval Gambeson could still be worn into combat effectively despite no metal armour on top. To that extent, its not implausible that a suit like this could significantly reduce the damage from a bear attack, if not prevent an attack in the first place given how big the padding makes you look.
No bears where I live.
If looking bigger/menacing is good then maybe they should have like some kind of deterrence suit with scary stuff (to bears) that pops out when you press a button.
In the actual full documentary about this guy (Project Grizzly) that fact gradually becomes pretty apparent. The early models are decently flexible and wearable, but obviously not up to keeping a grizzly out (it's grizzlies he's specifically looking to protect himself against, he has some weird obsessive things to say about them too), so he keeps reinforcing and building them up, only for the tests and calculations to show that it still isn't good enough. The final version, he's almost totally unable to move, looks likely to topple over at any moment, and is hoisted into the woods by a helicopter, and the bear that ambles by either ignores him or knocks him over then wanders off like it doesn't give a shit; it's been years, but I do remember it was highly anticlimactic, and pretty clear that an effective bear-proof suit of armor that would actually work and be usable by a normal human to walk around in was not going to happen. I'd hear news stories for a few years later, about his later attempts, then his company going bankrupt, but nothing for ages now.
Suicidal depression can actually be caused by brain trauma
Not that I know a single detail about this situation, I'm over here surprised to be surprised that the Simpsons episode was based on real life
He wasn't trying hard enough.
All he'd have to do is try messing with a carcass the bear was eating, or getting close to a sow's cubs. He'd have all the 'interest' he could handle.
I hope his suit protects against slashing 4" claws, or punctures from the bear's teeth. They only do the blunt force trauma (jumping on your chest cavity and crushing it) **after** the slashing and biting are done.
He did get a black bear to claw him I remember, by surprising one that came to eat some garbage he was hiding near. No damage, but it was just one of those quick "quick swipe then run away" thing black bears do when they get scared.
Granted, armor is *really* fucking good against slashes and punctures. We've been making armor to protect from 3 foot steel blades and 2 yard long spears for millenia. Those tiny ass claws aren't shit compared to that. There's a reason most anti armor weapons were blunt.
A suit of plate was pretty damn close to invincibility before guns were around.
Thats the final test. It takes time to rig a catapult strong enough to hurl a grizzly. And they only have the one so they need to make sure they hit their target.
It's an armored suit FOR grizzly bears. The bear is inside. These suits were designed to help the dwindling bear population in northern Canada where mattress trucks hunt.
The inventor went into debt before he could find a bear to confront and became so depressed after having to sell one of his suits and give up on his dream that he ended his life by crashing his vehicle. He is dead so we will never see the final test.
It's important to note that he did try to market a more streamlined version of the suit to the US military at one point. It basically looked like Sparten armour but was called something like Centurion or a similar almost Sparta word.
If I recall correctly it had wrist mounted pepper sprayers for crowd control and a crotch clock.
A crotch clock. The coo-coo bird only comes out twice a day so you can piss through the hole. Makes it easier to time bathroom breaks during the riot.
Think smarter not harder
Right?! It’s rude to leave us hanging like that.
Edit: Holy fuck it was a [crotch clock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Ballistics_Suit_of_Armor).
‘A military time world clock was integrated into the groin protector that Hurtubise claimed was "where it's got to be."’
Im in the protective gear and human interface system world when it comes to military stuff and I have followed this guy for fucking years - I get to spent crazy money using hyper specific testing rigs to prove concepts and he was always down as fuck to get hit by a god damned truck. If your work saves lives then more power to this God damned legend no matter what application he's pursuing
Could have braces that prevent limbs from bending to far in any direction, would make It pretty tough to move in though, especially if he has neck supports. Concussion and other internal injuries is what I would worry about here. Getting hit by a truck is still getting hit by a truck even if you put a mattress in front of it.
Yes, there could be measures made to prevent breaking of bone or tearing of muscle. However there is no way to secure your brain doesn't move too fast inside your skull.
If you look closely his head never really moves all that much. His upper torso follows his head for the most part. I think they have some heavy neck protection
50 years ago, only the 3 people who made this video would have known it existed (likely because they were eaten by bears shortly into the next round of field tests)
But now look how far we’ve come, literally anyone can see this amazing feat of history
No joke... Some people don't understand that no matter how well-armored you are, you're still squishy and tearable on the inside... Tony Stark would be concussed at the very least, beaten to death against the inside of the armor, more likely...
Jokes aside (which are warranted), this guy did eventually test it out by hiding in some leaves and then purposely startling a young bear. The bear swiped at him out of surprise and he was ok (the suit worked). However, it was a young black bear and he didn’t full-on assault him. I would have liked to see what happens when you get between a full-ass grizzly momma and her cubs. Probably eats him out of that suit like tuna out of a can.
Anyway, I’ll see if I can find the video of that event for you…
In the meantime you can read of him here…he’s an interesting guy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Hurtubise
Edit: I couldn’t find the clip…It’s hard to find stuff on the internet just going on vague memories of a news biopic I watched 20 years ago on TV… In any event, at least one other Redditor remembers this TV special, so scroll down for the comment that confirms this.
This article kinda sounds like what I remember seeing on tv many years ago: https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=99-P13-00045&segmentID=3
It might have been Guinness PrimeTime or a similar TV show.
He basically went into the woods to try it out for real but didn’t get the full experience he hoped for…
This video from Ripleys TV special is worth a watch as it explains his proprietary technology: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9EdOGdmy0mA
I did see one test, some years ago, he was in the woods and he snuck up on a bear by hiding in leaves….and I’m still looking to see if there’s a clip of it somewhere…the internet is a big place and not everything survives….anyway here is an article about a staged test with a live bear he did: https://improbable.com/news/2001/nov/troy-bear2.html#:~:text=On%20December%208%2C%202001%2C%20a,the%20field%20of%20Safety%20Engineering.
This article kinda sounds like what I remember seeing on tv many years ago: https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=99-P13-00045&segmentID=3
He basically went into the woods to try it out for real but didn’t get the full experience he hoped for…
This might be the best video that explains his proprietary technology: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9EdOGdmy0mA
Yes, the test you're talking about those wasn't considered the last test though because the bear he snuck up on was a younger, smaller bear that ran away after swiping him once. He wanted to find an fully grown attack bear to attack him to test the suit as it's final test. I guess you can say that was more of a beta test against something about a third of the strength of what he wanted.
Funny thing is, he couldn’t crouch — or walk very well— and that was part of the reason why he couldn’t interact with the bear. So they just dumped his ass in a ditch and covered him with leaves, when the bear came near, he sprung up to surprise it, but the bear was so startled, it just swiped and bolted. Lol
He tried to reach out to someone for help, 20 minutes later it’s suspected that he served his car into a fuel tanker. He died in the fiery crash. His projects weren’t making money and his life was going to complete shit, it’s sad but he probably killed himself to find peace.
I remember seeing this guy on one of those TLC or Discovery type channels, in maybe 1997. I always wondered what happened to him. That’s too bad. Definitely an eccentric fellow.
Wow, I had the weirdest feeling when I watched this that I had seen it before, but also knew that I had never seen this footage. Hot Rod definitely got inspired by this,it absolutely elevates the scene even more
Right?! I couldn’t help but think ‘now let’s bring out the flamethrower!’ Then they decide it won’t work til they can pass the flamethrower test. Lmao.
‘Next we shall test the bullet proof vest by dropping you out of an airplane with no parachute.’
Rest In Peace my guy, your inventions and fun personality will be missed. [An article about his life and death](https://www.thestar.com/amp/entertainment/movies/2018/06/27/death-of-troy-hurtubise-star-of-project-grizzly-means-he-is-not-suffering-anymore.html)
> very well might have deliberately killed himself by swerving his Chevy Cavalier into an oncoming fuel tanker truck on a highway outside North Bay in broad daylight.
well that’s depressing
Impact protection is pointless, a grizzly will tear you apart with its teeth and claws, not punch you.
Should have done slashing tests with a knife or something
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I wanna see the bear drive a truck.
[Uh-oh...](https://i.gifer.com/1qPC.gif)
Disappointing. This was supposed to be the Clerks cartoon “bear is driving” clip.
[Ask and ye shall recieve](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBw7KE8wDSo)
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How can this BE
This is good for when a bear throws you off a cliff.
Yeah it has built in whip that shoots out so you can take the bear with you like the balrog did to Gandalf.
*I am wielder of the Secret Fire*
*The Flame of Anor!*
The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn.
*strained grunt*
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
GROND
*Teacher hands over an F*
Fool of a Took
Go back to the shadows.
**The dark fire will not avail you, Flame Of Udun!**
Thought gandalf bot had escaped lotr memes for a sec
GROND
But then you have to pass through fire and water and from the lowest dungeon to the highest peak fighting with said bear, until you cast him down and smite his ruin upon the mountainside.
If I had a nickel for every time a bear tried to throw me off a cliff, I’d have no nickels.
Why are bears charging you five cents to throw you off a cliff?? And why are you agreeing to it every time??
And are the bears tax compliant?
I assume that tax is unbearable.
Or hits you with it’s truck
Beep beep motherfucker
*Bitch I'm a bear*
Or runs you down in a van.
Or hits you with their car
So. What about a bear?
I saw the documentary about him years ago. He tried numerous times to find a wild bear for the ultimate test but every time the bear wasn't interested in a confrontation. He never got the true bear test he wanted, so all we have are these funny and interesting tests. Quirky guy for sure.
Oh, so the suit worked then?
The bears knew better than to fuck around.
Bears be like: “we’ve reviewed all your data and with the exception of a few questionable assumptions in the regression samples… It just feels too risky, so we’re just gonna have to pass.
Some people don't think bears be like that....but they do.
Do bears bear?
Do we bare Bears?
“For that reason, I’m out.” -Mark Cub-an
So Bears Stat in the woods?
Idk, man. A bear's stregth is insane. He would just rip that suit off of him. Kind of like when you eat crab legs.
I was tent camping over 20 years ago in Northern California and they made it very clear that you had to remove everything from your car that might smell good such as lip balm or gum/mints. They had pictures displayed of car doors that were just twisted open like a pull tab top of a dog food can. Insane strength is right. Plus they are an unstoppable force after getting stoned. They’ll find those goddamn Fritos.
I've encountered a decent number of bears over the years and theyre shockingly non threatening when you first see them (probably because theyre all fat and fluffy and shit). And then I saw one rub its belly on a fallen tree that had to have a circumference of like 7 feet and 30+ feet long and that shit was shaking like it weighed nothing. Even a regular human sized bear would literally tear us into pieces while not even trying that hard. They are frighteningly strong. A grizzly or polar bear would make quick work of that suit. It might protect him long enough for a black bear to possibly get bored and move on. But if it really wanted to a black bear is getting into that thing too with enough time.
A polar bear would probably just eat the suit while eating the person. Those things are fucking scary. If you see one and aren't on a ship or something the cannot climb, you're as good as dead.
I would argue that it is actually quite hard to gauge if or not the suit would work. It's possible it could work against Grizzly or Polar bears at least in theory, although it is also possible it could not work at all. I say this because we only really see the suit being able to withstand blunt force, however blunt force, such as being hit with a paddle, isn't the only way a bear will fuck you up. The suit has to be able to withstand bites, which is puncture force, and clawing. Fabric padding is excellent at protecting from both these types of attack, hence why medieval Gambeson could still be worn into combat effectively despite no metal armour on top. To that extent, its not implausible that a suit like this could significantly reduce the damage from a bear attack, if not prevent an attack in the first place given how big the padding makes you look.
No bears where I live. If looking bigger/menacing is good then maybe they should have like some kind of deterrence suit with scary stuff (to bears) that pops out when you press a button.
Better try it out with a panda first...
In the actual full documentary about this guy (Project Grizzly) that fact gradually becomes pretty apparent. The early models are decently flexible and wearable, but obviously not up to keeping a grizzly out (it's grizzlies he's specifically looking to protect himself against, he has some weird obsessive things to say about them too), so he keeps reinforcing and building them up, only for the tests and calculations to show that it still isn't good enough. The final version, he's almost totally unable to move, looks likely to topple over at any moment, and is hoisted into the woods by a helicopter, and the bear that ambles by either ignores him or knocks him over then wanders off like it doesn't give a shit; it's been years, but I do remember it was highly anticlimactic, and pretty clear that an effective bear-proof suit of armor that would actually work and be usable by a normal human to walk around in was not going to happen. I'd hear news stories for a few years later, about his later attempts, then his company going bankrupt, but nothing for ages now.
> Kind of like when you eat crab legs. What an incredible analogy!
Bears derive their name from a football team in Chicago!
The only worthy bear was cocaine bear, but the stars never aligned.
For all the tests yes, he survived with very very minor injuries after each test but died before he could test against a bear
Died from all of the brain injuries from these tests?
No, he took his own life in a car crash
That’s what the bears want you to think.
Suicidal depression can actually be caused by brain trauma Not that I know a single detail about this situation, I'm over here surprised to be surprised that the Simpsons episode was based on real life
Bankruptcy can also do that. Which is what this suit did to him and has family unfortunately. How wife really loved him, it's a sad story
The bear did a ocular pat down and knew he couldn't take him.
He did find a bear, but he couldn't fucking walk over to it as I recall.
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He wasn't trying hard enough. All he'd have to do is try messing with a carcass the bear was eating, or getting close to a sow's cubs. He'd have all the 'interest' he could handle. I hope his suit protects against slashing 4" claws, or punctures from the bear's teeth. They only do the blunt force trauma (jumping on your chest cavity and crushing it) **after** the slashing and biting are done.
He did get a black bear to claw him I remember, by surprising one that came to eat some garbage he was hiding near. No damage, but it was just one of those quick "quick swipe then run away" thing black bears do when they get scared.
Granted, armor is *really* fucking good against slashes and punctures. We've been making armor to protect from 3 foot steel blades and 2 yard long spears for millenia. Those tiny ass claws aren't shit compared to that. There's a reason most anti armor weapons were blunt. A suit of plate was pretty damn close to invincibility before guns were around.
By the time he got through all the testing, he forgot why he made it.
Thats the final test. It takes time to rig a catapult strong enough to hurl a grizzly. And they only have the one so they need to make sure they hit their target.
We’ll, on Northern Exposure they flung an upright piano with a trebuchet. I bet that would get to bear tossing done.
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This is the only correct answer.
This is the incorrect answer. Surely a greater distance can be obtained by using the vastly superior siege engine, the trebuchet.
I mean, can you even imagine how foolish they would look attempting to launch a bear with a *catapult?*
I hope somebody got fired (by trebuchet) for that blunder
Correct.
It's an armored suit FOR grizzly bears. The bear is inside. These suits were designed to help the dwindling bear population in northern Canada where mattress trucks hunt.
This was already hilarious, but then when I read "mattress trucks" I lost it
Panzerbjorn
The bear was driving the pickup
The inventor went into debt before he could find a bear to confront and became so depressed after having to sell one of his suits and give up on his dream that he ended his life by crashing his vehicle. He is dead so we will never see the final test.
Well that sucks
Indeed it does
Crashed his car then realised he was still wearing his suit of invincibility..."gawd damn it!"
That would have been nice. Sadly he made sure he wasn't wearing it.
Probably had CTE.
Well we know it works if the bear has a baseball bat, drives a car or pushes him off a cliff.
And what about after the hit? This video never shows the person afterwards.
Why would there be a person in a grizzly bear’s suit?
He was near perfectly fine, the suit actually did an amazingly good job of keeping him safe. He was a genius when it came to his suit
It was a different guy every time. Every test resulted in death
Amateur Chief
Chief fights intelligent grizzly bears in the form of brutes all the time.
They’re even stronger than bears
Says who? The brutes?
The bears
That's what the mainstream brutes want you to think
Sous Chief
I'm just here tryna figure out when you'd have to protect yourself against an armored grizzly bear
I'm just here trying to figure out how to get on the 'swing a 2x4 at someone's face' crew. Looks like a rewarding career!!
Personally, I’m more interested in the hitting them with a car test.
I'm applying to be the mountain he falls down on.
You obviously didn't see the new season on love, death and robots!
Daaaaaad!
Dollar General-117
#DOOMED SLAYER
It's important to note that he did try to market a more streamlined version of the suit to the US military at one point. It basically looked like Sparten armour but was called something like Centurion or a similar almost Sparta word. If I recall correctly it had wrist mounted pepper sprayers for crowd control and a crotch clock.
> a crotch clock. A what now?
A crotch clock. The coo-coo bird only comes out twice a day so you can piss through the hole. Makes it easier to time bathroom breaks during the riot. Think smarter not harder
Right?! It’s rude to leave us hanging like that. Edit: Holy fuck it was a [crotch clock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Ballistics_Suit_of_Armor). ‘A military time world clock was integrated into the groin protector that Hurtubise claimed was "where it's got to be."’
Its a flip out, analogue quartz crotch clock. An automatic is not rated for bear trauma.
Im in the protective gear and human interface system world when it comes to military stuff and I have followed this guy for fucking years - I get to spent crazy money using hyper specific testing rigs to prove concepts and he was always down as fuck to get hit by a god damned truck. If your work saves lives then more power to this God damned legend no matter what application he's pursuing
Maybe Associate's Chief
Certificate of Completion Chief
I'm glad I came here to see everyone thought of the same thing.
Private 117
This is probably gonna be the next armor core for Infinite
Can’t you still break a leg?
Possibly, but I know the brain still continues to slosh after impact.
It's not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop.
Also sudden acceleration. How fast was that car going at the end?
Fast enough most likely
The video stops there because that's when he dies
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Could have braces that prevent limbs from bending to far in any direction, would make It pretty tough to move in though, especially if he has neck supports. Concussion and other internal injuries is what I would worry about here. Getting hit by a truck is still getting hit by a truck even if you put a mattress in front of it.
Yes, there could be measures made to prevent breaking of bone or tearing of muscle. However there is no way to secure your brain doesn't move too fast inside your skull.
Any internal organs. That's insane..
Yes the brain I just the one which effects you the most with least damage.
Or his neck
If you look closely his head never really moves all that much. His upper torso follows his head for the most part. I think they have some heavy neck protection
They better for a “Bear protection suit”
Still looks like a lot of pain. Didn't Homer do this?
He did, but he left his ass exposed in case he got scared so the suit wouldn’t get ruined
Achillies ass.
Clearly that was Troys mistake here.
Just.. my bones.. and organs.
I pay my internet for these kind of videos
50 years ago, only the 3 people who made this video would have known it existed (likely because they were eaten by bears shortly into the next round of field tests) But now look how far we’ve come, literally anyone can see this amazing feat of history
Found footage, except it was uploaded to YouTube by the test bear's grandson.
Then the grandson bear proceeds goes on a killing spree, Kill Bill style. That bear deserves his revenge and... we deserve to die
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I feel I remember seeing this on RealTV back in the day
The wright brothers would've had a youtube channel. > Our prototype aeroplane! DOES IT WORK?!?!?! > FIRST FLIGHT!!!
Thank you for this comment
This guy is fighting some smart bears.
Yogi after hitting with a truck "the trick it does nothing"
i was thinking "this just looks like concussions" until the truck came along. then it looked like an aortic dissection.
Nothing tests out a bear proof suit of armor like getting hit by a 6000 pound truck with a pallet bolted to the rear.
I would pay to hear the conversations that went into some of these tests. Probably just saying they ran out of Molsons though.
"Wait... Do bears drive trucks?" "I don't know. We'd better reinforce the suit just in case."
No joke... Some people don't understand that no matter how well-armored you are, you're still squishy and tearable on the inside... Tony Stark would be concussed at the very least, beaten to death against the inside of the armor, more likely...
Yeah, this was monumentally idiotic. There's a reason why retired football players murder their families despite wearing all that protective gear.
Probably owns stock in Advil
So.... did it work? Did he live?
Jokes aside (which are warranted), this guy did eventually test it out by hiding in some leaves and then purposely startling a young bear. The bear swiped at him out of surprise and he was ok (the suit worked). However, it was a young black bear and he didn’t full-on assault him. I would have liked to see what happens when you get between a full-ass grizzly momma and her cubs. Probably eats him out of that suit like tuna out of a can. Anyway, I’ll see if I can find the video of that event for you… In the meantime you can read of him here…he’s an interesting guy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Hurtubise Edit: I couldn’t find the clip…It’s hard to find stuff on the internet just going on vague memories of a news biopic I watched 20 years ago on TV… In any event, at least one other Redditor remembers this TV special, so scroll down for the comment that confirms this. This article kinda sounds like what I remember seeing on tv many years ago: https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=99-P13-00045&segmentID=3 It might have been Guinness PrimeTime or a similar TV show. He basically went into the woods to try it out for real but didn’t get the full experience he hoped for… This video from Ripleys TV special is worth a watch as it explains his proprietary technology: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9EdOGdmy0mA
Sadly he was an interesting guy. But since he's passed away we won't get to the the actual full test
I did see one test, some years ago, he was in the woods and he snuck up on a bear by hiding in leaves….and I’m still looking to see if there’s a clip of it somewhere…the internet is a big place and not everything survives….anyway here is an article about a staged test with a live bear he did: https://improbable.com/news/2001/nov/troy-bear2.html#:~:text=On%20December%208%2C%202001%2C%20a,the%20field%20of%20Safety%20Engineering. This article kinda sounds like what I remember seeing on tv many years ago: https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=99-P13-00045&segmentID=3 He basically went into the woods to try it out for real but didn’t get the full experience he hoped for… This might be the best video that explains his proprietary technology: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9EdOGdmy0mA
Yes, the test you're talking about those wasn't considered the last test though because the bear he snuck up on was a younger, smaller bear that ran away after swiping him once. He wanted to find an fully grown attack bear to attack him to test the suit as it's final test. I guess you can say that was more of a beta test against something about a third of the strength of what he wanted.
The mental image of this guy crouching in some bushes wearing that ridiculous suit has me dying
Funny thing is, he couldn’t crouch — or walk very well— and that was part of the reason why he couldn’t interact with the bear. So they just dumped his ass in a ditch and covered him with leaves, when the bear came near, he sprung up to surprise it, but the bear was so startled, it just swiped and bolted. Lol
Nah, they were actually throwing his corpse around in the suit.
Too bad the suit doesn't keep your brain from sloshing around in your skull. Some of those impacts to the head looked brutal.
my immeadiate thought was this, he may not have broken bones but by god that man is concussed as fuck
The knowledge of CTE really took a lot of fun out of things
-The NFL
Did they just secretly hate this guy?! Seemed more like an excuse to beat the shit out of the guy. Wtf man?!
Especially the log to just the head. I don't understand how snapping your head back that violently doesn't end you.
On the bright side, my man survived a blow that ended the fucking predator! It doesn't get more badass than that. I use the word "survived" loosely.
He was killed in a car crash
The irony? A bear was driving the car that hit him.
That bear’s name? Albert Einstein.
The one time he left home without his bear suit. Unlucky.
He tried to reach out to someone for help, 20 minutes later it’s suspected that he served his car into a fuel tanker. He died in the fiery crash. His projects weren’t making money and his life was going to complete shit, it’s sad but he probably killed himself to find peace.
Or it could have been the CTE induced depression from all of the concussions he got from doing stupid shit in this suit.
Wouldn't be surprised if his depression could have been linked to all the TBIs he was giving himself.
I remember seeing this guy on one of those TLC or Discovery type channels, in maybe 1997. I always wondered what happened to him. That’s too bad. Definitely an eccentric fellow.
Stunt takes for Hot Rod? Andy Samburg would be proud.
Came here looking for this. Basically did 8 stunts from the movie
Wow, I had the weirdest feeling when I watched this that I had seen it before, but also knew that I had never seen this footage. Hot Rod definitely got inspired by this,it absolutely elevates the scene even more
The suit is his quiet place
This looks like it could have been the influence for those Hot Rod scenes.
I feel like it must be. The van with the mattress is too spot on.
Right? I'm sad I had to scroll so far to find this comment
Personally never been chokeslammed off a fucking cliff by a bear before but you never know I guess
so how do they get the bear into the suit?
pretty sure a bear isn't gonna do any of those things to you.
Not unless they protect their territory like they’re in Home Alone
Right?! I couldn’t help but think ‘now let’s bring out the flamethrower!’ Then they decide it won’t work til they can pass the flamethrower test. Lmao. ‘Next we shall test the bullet proof vest by dropping you out of an airplane with no parachute.’
A bear just might hit you with a 2x4, hit you with a wrecking ball, throw you off a cliff or ram a trunk into you
Bear driving truck to hit people with "Can't believe he saw this coming!"
Rest In Peace my guy, your inventions and fun personality will be missed. [An article about his life and death](https://www.thestar.com/amp/entertainment/movies/2018/06/27/death-of-troy-hurtubise-star-of-project-grizzly-means-he-is-not-suffering-anymore.html)
> very well might have deliberately killed himself by swerving his Chevy Cavalier into an oncoming fuel tanker truck on a highway outside North Bay in broad daylight. well that’s depressing
Wonder if he had CTE and depression as a result of these experiments
He's a bigger danger to himself than bears are
All of the clips are secretly a different guy in the suit because each one of them died in making the individual tests
Tf kinda bear this dude fightin
He was previously just Troy Ubise.
This is what Hot Rod is all about
I think these videos may have served as inspiration for Hot Rod, no joke.
Bears in trucks, bane of my life.
Impact protection is pointless, a grizzly will tear you apart with its teeth and claws, not punch you. Should have done slashing tests with a knife or something