Roach settled for making a contribution to Grizzly People. Two blue tentsone for them, one for supplies. Around the same time, he was invited to speak at many conferences as an environmental activist. Hey, bear! they shouted, then paused in the alders for a couple minutes, awaiting backup from Alaska state troopers due to arrive any minute. Ellis fired first, then Gilliland and Dalrymple, hitting the bears neck, shoulder, and left eye. And there was Downey, fishing and flopping and camera hogging. Pull up, back away, or do nothing. He dropped five yards from Fulton, struggling and groaning. He lived with cokeheads and dealers, slept with a loaded M16, and nearly overdosed on a speedball of cocaine and heroin. Theres no Australian link. Kathleen Parker, 57, was Treadwells best friend in Kodiak. Though smaller than the first bear, the young subadult was far swifter, and was silently creeping 30 feet behind the men. The book became popular, especially among the bear enthusiasts. Thats when he saw the bear, or when the bear saw him. But he later said that he felt terrible grief over the pain that he had caused the bear and refused to carry the spray on subsequent occasions, which eventually became the cause of his death. Outside the tent, one of the bears wouldnt knock it off. That doesnt make any sense. By getting himself killed, Treadwell would only just make grizzlies look bad, reinforcing their image as bloodthirsty killers. Spink remembers Dexter as a feisty kid. Or not. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Bill Sims, a renowned hunting guide and pilot, first encountered Treadwell in the Katmai National Park & Preserve, located on the long peninsula about 30 miles west of Kodiak Island. At the airport, Treadwell discovered that their tickets cost more than expected. Bush pilots land on mountains and glaciers, in rivers and seas. He had so much energy. You are the most beautiful thing, he said, and turned back to the camera. Timothy was born in New York. Timothy changed a lot, Parker says. While the Machine lived in exile, Demon hovered in the creek, foaming at the mouth. He was always the favorite. Grizzlies brushed right pastclose enough for them to feel their breath, and sometimes their fur. Moments later, Gilliland yelled again: I found something! He thought hed heard the telltale popping of bear jaws, but saw no bears; instead, he saw a war zone, which would confirm their worst suspicions. I am grizzly. Owing to the media coverage in the country, he became popular. To wit: after two years at Bradley University in Illinois, Treadwell walked away from everythinghis identity, his family, even his surname: Dexter. It was difficult to see, so Fulton had to return to the plane to flash his lights. What is clear is that by the late 1980s, he apparently was clean and sober and living in the Malibu area. But Treadwell proved a perfect guide, calmly repeating the safety rules. Now retired and living in Colorado after 17 years of work with Alaska bears, Barnes remembers Treadwell. They talked a couple of times a month by telephone. Though Treadwell trumpeted the poacher theme in the Lower 48, he had over the years began to play it down in Alaska. By 1999, Fulton was Treadwells main pilot and confederate. Treadwells parents attended an October memorial service for their son at Wolfgang Pucks Granita Restaurant in Malibu. Holding salmon like hot dogs, they ate only the fatty parts, discarded the remains, and then grabbed more fish. When he was in the woods, Sims preferred watching the most amusing creature of them all, Treadwell, endlessly popping in and out of the trees. Corporate sponsorsPatagonia, Konica Minoltaalso chipped in. For centuries, this corner of the subarctic has been known as Grizzly Country. Of course, Timothy envisioned the film to be about him and his bears. I should have been doing this a long time ago, Treadwell said after moving into an alder patch. Every adventurer has his epiphany, and Treadwells occurred in the biggest state, whose dangerous frontier beauty had always lured adventurers and escapists, among them Chris McCandless, the doomed young soul who died trying to live off the wilderness (and who was immortalized in Jon Krakauers Into the Wild). Treadwell contemplated the Downey situation and the forecast, which called for heavy rain, which meant fuller creeks, which meant he needed to call Palovak to reschedule their departure. WebA devastating and heartrending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzlies in Alaska. Working a series of bartending jobs in and around Santa Monica, he would scrape together just enough money to finance his Alaskan summers. Treadwell was born in Long Island, N.Y. His dreams were escapist, typically involving interspecies transference in which he bore claws, fangs, or wings that transported him far from Ronkonkoma, on Long Island, where he was the third of five siblings (also unnamed), and where he coveted a teddy bear named Mr. Goodbear. Most of his friends never met each other, as far as I can tell, Sanders says. Though practically half his size, Huguenard hauled as much gear as he did; she hiked farther, faster, and higher. One of the few people who spent extensive bear time with him, Joel Bennett, thought the interaction ran deeper. Sometimes he chased them off, he reported; one time, he said, they menaced him with guns. Welcome to the world of grizzly bears, which some people call brown bears, he would basically say, sometimes employing an Aussie accent, which he typically dialed up for women and children. If I dont come backhed grinthis is what I love doing.. Huguenards anxiety at being there showed on a video that Treadwell shot; in one sequence, she sits in the brush with a female bear and cubs ten feet away. He knew there was no poaching over there., Katmais poaching problem was long over by the time Treadwell arrived on the scene, says retired pilot Butch Tovsen, who had introduced Treadwell to the Katmai bears and flew him for years. Treadwell was at his humorous best, for instance, narrating the destruction of his tent in a windstorm along the Alaska coast. Or bears. Downey was the poster bear, endlessly rolling on her back and popping out of the water. A short sunny streak is still on the horizon, Treadwell wrote in his journal on July 25, 2003, having just returned to the Maze, alone. Most notably, he produced and starred in a Discovery Channel special, The Grizzly Diaries. In October, hunters pour into the Kodiak archipelago, loaded for bear. Conesa-Sevilla, J. WebTimothy Treadwell was born Timothy William Dexter, on April 29, 1957, in Long Island, New York, to Carol and Val Dexter. On film, he displayed a remarkable talent for engaging and capturing the lens. Behind him, creeping swiftly through the alders, came the Machine. This might seem crazy, but when I was young I used to pretend I was a grizzly.. He was mature enough to realize that he wasnt a media star., The vision of instant stardom passed, but the Australian accent remained. Capable of dragging a moose up a mountain and devouring it entirely, a grizzly eats whatever he wants, whenever he wantsincluding, at times, other grizzlies. Most of the salmon were gone, as were most berries, and bears who werent fattened up needed to address the issue before the Big Sleep, which lasted roughly from November to April. Great person, Treadwell scribbled beside Huguenards phone number. Aside from basic wear and tear, though, the necropsy revealed no major malfunctions. He attended Connetquot High School, where he was the swimming team's star diver. He was estranged from [them], says the woman who regularly offered her floor as a place for Treadwell to roll out his sleeping bag in his early years in Alaska. It was October in Alaska, and he was a bear. Because he disliked carstoo claustrophobiche rode a motorcycle, a Honda Magna he called the Big Red Machine., His bear-centricity was obsessive but not monomaniacal. That said, one cant help but hear the obvious: by the end, the sounds of man, woman, and bear were one and the same. They met in 1996, in Boulder, Colorado, where Huguenard worked as a physicians assistant. By then Treadwell was familiar to the quarrelsome agglomeration of scientists, naturalists, and lay enthusiasts known collectively as Bear People. I never got laid like this until I started talking about bears., But it never seemed to work out. Humans need not apply. Huffing and splashing and digging the scene, thousand-pound killers strolled the beach right alongside people. He gives bears the credit to get him off the drugs and alcoholism. He looked like he might be the areas oldest grizzly. Now!, In his memoir, Treadwell briefly acknowledged what Bear People call the 25th Grizzly: one that tolerates no man or bear, one that will kill without bias. But he rarely gave voice to such unpleasant realities. Hes got on shorts and hiking boots. Inevitably for people who love animals, thats the million-dollar word. Treadwell relayed a story where he resorted to using bear mace on one occasion, but added that he had felt terrible grief over the pain he perceived it had caused the bear, and refused to use it on subsequent occasions. WebParents need to know that this is in no way a kids' documentary, even though it features frequent images of grizzly bears and foxes. He was born Tim Dexter to middle-class parents in Long Island, New Jersey. Laden says Treadwell was preaching love. I asked him, Why arent you wearing hip boots? He said, Thats the way the bears do it. , Right away, Barnes knew Treadwell was different. He moved back to California, now completely sober and brimming with a new hope inside him. Goofy. That was Wanetta Ayerss first impression of Treadwell the day he materialized in front of her desk at the Kodiak visitors bureau. A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska. Except oncewhen an aggressive male bear growled, backed them off, and disappeared. Bears had dug daybeds all over the place, and scat was everywhere. Lots of beautiful sweet bears, but as my work success takes greater affect [sic], more tough dominant giant male bears come back . Timothy Treadwell, the Grizzly Man who spent 13 summers living with the bears, was part activist, part actor, and mostly mystery. Good Demon., Just after dawn on August 21, Treadwell awakened to the sound of bears. He was born into a middle class family and was one among five children in the family. By then Treadwell lived north of Malibu, near Zuma Beach, where his tiny apartment housed what few possessions he had. At one point, Treadwell called his friend Louisa Willcox, Wild Bears Project director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and pleaded, Will you get these scientists off my back?. But in private, among friends, she wasnt shy at all, revealing a high-pitched laugh and huge stamina; after a 15-hour workday, shed run for miles. After a grizzly fight involving several bears, including the Machine, Treadwell found comfort in Downey, and vice versa. Visibly relaxing, Downey sniffed the video camera and romped around Treadwell, who stood near the waters edge, looking as he always did after months in the wild: sunburned, not an ounce of fat to spare, hair bleached nearly white. Its about the bears, shed say, retreating into her fleece. Everyone agrees this was the stage on which Treadwell performed at his absolute best. His blond hair was shaggy, his posture athletic. . This is dangerous work, Treadwell replied, making such a good impression that within a year Letterman called him back for an encore. Other tribes called bears grandfather, cousin, or four-legged humans, according to Giving Voice to Bear, a 1991 book by David Rockwell. It is said that giant male bears do not allow much any animal near their food source, Treadwell reported, filming near the waters edge. That none were harmful was beside the point, since arachnophobes tend to fear what spiders representi.e., death, disease, darknessmore than what they do (although they fear that too). In my mind, I became a grizzly, he wrote. His most enduring friendship had been with Jewel Palovak, whom hed met while working at Gullivers, a medieval-themed restaurant in Marina del Rey. He had already concluded that he could handle the bears in one way or another. However, she questions how the Dexter family would know. [11] He said he hated modern civilization and felt better in nature with the bears than he did in big cities around humans. Sometimes it is voiced as a blessing, other times as a curse. Those who detect a deeper interspecies connectionthose who ask a Chihuahua how his day was, or who counsel their calicoestend to view the deaths as bittersweet tragedy. Finally, loping up to Sims in that surfer-dude way of his, Treadwell introduced himself. Drug abuse and alcoholism followed. fan, and a closet MTV fan. We were walking through the Maze, and for five, six hours we sat in the creek with five or six bears [that were] eating salmon. Her final journal entries indicated that she wanted to be away from Katmai. Timothy was always the one theyd remember. But then, a slight botanical error was a small thing compared to the many outright fictions Treadwell passed off over the years--from his life in the English orphanage, to his struggle to make it through high school, to those imaginary poachers that aided Grizzly People fund-raising efforts. In his 1997 memoir, Among Grizzlies, Treadwell obliquely referred to a haunted and miserable youth, in which he was a handful for his parents, whom he neither named nor described (other than to say they loved me and did the best they could). He is who he is., Her faith paid off in the strangest ways. . Both victims were hunters whose bleeding quarry had been smelled, claimed, and defended by hungry grizzlies. He is known for Late Show with David Letterman (1993). Barnes is one among many bear biologists who expected Treadwell to be killed by a grizzly. Behind me is a beautiful wild brown grizzly bear here in Alaska, Treadwell said in a 2001 anti-poaching video. Grizzlies live further inland than browns, but theyre basically the same bears. He taught a lot about Alaska, Roach says. To do what he did in Alaska, he had to be. I think he really wished he could be a bear, Barnes says. Marc Gaede, the friend who received the Sept. 2 note from Treadwell, says it was the first time anyone in Malibu had ever met them. Undaunted, the bear stepped toward them. Although I do not officially recognize the mother bear, Treadwell noted, she seemed to know me. Then: Demon exploded onto her. However, his teenage years were not ideal, and he faced troubles in his household, which led his high school grades to remain low. He lived with the grizzly bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska for 13 summers. It was cheesy. To wit: after two years at Bradley University in Illinois, Treadwell walked away from everythinghis identity, his family, even his surname: Dexter. For late Show with David Letterman ( 1993 ) beach, where his tiny apartment housed few. 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Outside the tent, one of the bears wouldnt knock it off. That doesnt make any sense. By getting himself killed, Treadwell would only just make grizzlies look bad, reinforcing their image as bloodthirsty killers. Spink remembers Dexter as a feisty kid. Or not. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Bill Sims, a renowned hunting guide and pilot, first encountered Treadwell in the Katmai National Park & Preserve, located on the long peninsula about 30 miles west of Kodiak Island. At the airport, Treadwell discovered that their tickets cost more than expected. Bush pilots land on mountains and glaciers, in rivers and seas. He had so much energy. You are the most beautiful thing, he said, and turned back to the camera. Timothy was born in New York. Timothy changed a lot, Parker says. While the Machine lived in exile, Demon hovered in the creek, foaming at the mouth. He was always the favorite. Grizzlies brushed right pastclose enough for them to feel their breath, and sometimes their fur. Moments later, Gilliland yelled again: I found something! He thought hed heard the telltale popping of bear jaws, but saw no bears; instead, he saw a war zone, which would confirm their worst suspicions. I am grizzly. Owing to the media coverage in the country, he became popular. To wit: after two years at Bradley University in Illinois, Treadwell walked away from everythinghis identity, his family, even his surname: Dexter. It was difficult to see, so Fulton had to return to the plane to flash his lights. What is clear is that by the late 1980s, he apparently was clean and sober and living in the Malibu area. But Treadwell proved a perfect guide, calmly repeating the safety rules. Now retired and living in Colorado after 17 years of work with Alaska bears, Barnes remembers Treadwell. They talked a couple of times a month by telephone. Though Treadwell trumpeted the poacher theme in the Lower 48, he had over the years began to play it down in Alaska. By 1999, Fulton was Treadwells main pilot and confederate. Treadwells parents attended an October memorial service for their son at Wolfgang Pucks Granita Restaurant in Malibu. Holding salmon like hot dogs, they ate only the fatty parts, discarded the remains, and then grabbed more fish. When he was in the woods, Sims preferred watching the most amusing creature of them all, Treadwell, endlessly popping in and out of the trees. Corporate sponsorsPatagonia, Konica Minoltaalso chipped in. For centuries, this corner of the subarctic has been known as Grizzly Country. Of course, Timothy envisioned the film to be about him and his bears. I should have been doing this a long time ago, Treadwell said after moving into an alder patch. Every adventurer has his epiphany, and Treadwells occurred in the biggest state, whose dangerous frontier beauty had always lured adventurers and escapists, among them Chris McCandless, the doomed young soul who died trying to live off the wilderness (and who was immortalized in Jon Krakauers Into the Wild). Treadwell contemplated the Downey situation and the forecast, which called for heavy rain, which meant fuller creeks, which meant he needed to call Palovak to reschedule their departure. WebA devastating and heartrending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzlies in Alaska. Working a series of bartending jobs in and around Santa Monica, he would scrape together just enough money to finance his Alaskan summers. Treadwell was born in Long Island, N.Y. His dreams were escapist, typically involving interspecies transference in which he bore claws, fangs, or wings that transported him far from Ronkonkoma, on Long Island, where he was the third of five siblings (also unnamed), and where he coveted a teddy bear named Mr. Goodbear. Most of his friends never met each other, as far as I can tell, Sanders says. Though practically half his size, Huguenard hauled as much gear as he did; she hiked farther, faster, and higher. One of the few people who spent extensive bear time with him, Joel Bennett, thought the interaction ran deeper. Sometimes he chased them off, he reported; one time, he said, they menaced him with guns. Welcome to the world of grizzly bears, which some people call brown bears, he would basically say, sometimes employing an Aussie accent, which he typically dialed up for women and children. If I dont come backhed grinthis is what I love doing.. Huguenards anxiety at being there showed on a video that Treadwell shot; in one sequence, she sits in the brush with a female bear and cubs ten feet away. He knew there was no poaching over there., Katmais poaching problem was long over by the time Treadwell arrived on the scene, says retired pilot Butch Tovsen, who had introduced Treadwell to the Katmai bears and flew him for years. Treadwell was at his humorous best, for instance, narrating the destruction of his tent in a windstorm along the Alaska coast. Or bears. Downey was the poster bear, endlessly rolling on her back and popping out of the water. A short sunny streak is still on the horizon, Treadwell wrote in his journal on July 25, 2003, having just returned to the Maze, alone. Most notably, he produced and starred in a Discovery Channel special, The Grizzly Diaries. In October, hunters pour into the Kodiak archipelago, loaded for bear. Conesa-Sevilla, J. WebTimothy Treadwell was born Timothy William Dexter, on April 29, 1957, in Long Island, New York, to Carol and Val Dexter. On film, he displayed a remarkable talent for engaging and capturing the lens. Behind him, creeping swiftly through the alders, came the Machine. This might seem crazy, but when I was young I used to pretend I was a grizzly.. He was mature enough to realize that he wasnt a media star., The vision of instant stardom passed, but the Australian accent remained. Capable of dragging a moose up a mountain and devouring it entirely, a grizzly eats whatever he wants, whenever he wantsincluding, at times, other grizzlies. Most of the salmon were gone, as were most berries, and bears who werent fattened up needed to address the issue before the Big Sleep, which lasted roughly from November to April. Great person, Treadwell scribbled beside Huguenards phone number. Aside from basic wear and tear, though, the necropsy revealed no major malfunctions. He attended Connetquot High School, where he was the swimming team's star diver. He was estranged from [them], says the woman who regularly offered her floor as a place for Treadwell to roll out his sleeping bag in his early years in Alaska. It was October in Alaska, and he was a bear. Because he disliked carstoo claustrophobiche rode a motorcycle, a Honda Magna he called the Big Red Machine., His bear-centricity was obsessive but not monomaniacal. That said, one cant help but hear the obvious: by the end, the sounds of man, woman, and bear were one and the same. They met in 1996, in Boulder, Colorado, where Huguenard worked as a physicians assistant. By then Treadwell was familiar to the quarrelsome agglomeration of scientists, naturalists, and lay enthusiasts known collectively as Bear People. I never got laid like this until I started talking about bears., But it never seemed to work out. Humans need not apply. Huffing and splashing and digging the scene, thousand-pound killers strolled the beach right alongside people. He gives bears the credit to get him off the drugs and alcoholism. He looked like he might be the areas oldest grizzly. Now!, In his memoir, Treadwell briefly acknowledged what Bear People call the 25th Grizzly: one that tolerates no man or bear, one that will kill without bias. But he rarely gave voice to such unpleasant realities. Hes got on shorts and hiking boots. Inevitably for people who love animals, thats the million-dollar word. Treadwell relayed a story where he resorted to using bear mace on one occasion, but added that he had felt terrible grief over the pain he perceived it had caused the bear, and refused to use it on subsequent occasions. WebParents need to know that this is in no way a kids' documentary, even though it features frequent images of grizzly bears and foxes. He was born Tim Dexter to middle-class parents in Long Island, New Jersey. Laden says Treadwell was preaching love. I asked him, Why arent you wearing hip boots? He said, Thats the way the bears do it. , Right away, Barnes knew Treadwell was different. He moved back to California, now completely sober and brimming with a new hope inside him. Goofy. That was Wanetta Ayerss first impression of Treadwell the day he materialized in front of her desk at the Kodiak visitors bureau. A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska. Except oncewhen an aggressive male bear growled, backed them off, and disappeared. Bears had dug daybeds all over the place, and scat was everywhere. Lots of beautiful sweet bears, but as my work success takes greater affect [sic], more tough dominant giant male bears come back . Timothy Treadwell, the Grizzly Man who spent 13 summers living with the bears, was part activist, part actor, and mostly mystery. Good Demon., Just after dawn on August 21, Treadwell awakened to the sound of bears. He was born into a middle class family and was one among five children in the family. By then Treadwell lived north of Malibu, near Zuma Beach, where his tiny apartment housed what few possessions he had. At one point, Treadwell called his friend Louisa Willcox, Wild Bears Project director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and pleaded, Will you get these scientists off my back?. But in private, among friends, she wasnt shy at all, revealing a high-pitched laugh and huge stamina; after a 15-hour workday, shed run for miles. After a grizzly fight involving several bears, including the Machine, Treadwell found comfort in Downey, and vice versa. Visibly relaxing, Downey sniffed the video camera and romped around Treadwell, who stood near the waters edge, looking as he always did after months in the wild: sunburned, not an ounce of fat to spare, hair bleached nearly white. Its about the bears, shed say, retreating into her fleece. Everyone agrees this was the stage on which Treadwell performed at his absolute best. His blond hair was shaggy, his posture athletic. . This is dangerous work, Treadwell replied, making such a good impression that within a year Letterman called him back for an encore. Other tribes called bears grandfather, cousin, or four-legged humans, according to Giving Voice to Bear, a 1991 book by David Rockwell. It is said that giant male bears do not allow much any animal near their food source, Treadwell reported, filming near the waters edge. That none were harmful was beside the point, since arachnophobes tend to fear what spiders representi.e., death, disease, darknessmore than what they do (although they fear that too). In my mind, I became a grizzly, he wrote. His most enduring friendship had been with Jewel Palovak, whom hed met while working at Gullivers, a medieval-themed restaurant in Marina del Rey. He had already concluded that he could handle the bears in one way or another. However, she questions how the Dexter family would know. [11] He said he hated modern civilization and felt better in nature with the bears than he did in big cities around humans. Sometimes it is voiced as a blessing, other times as a curse. Those who detect a deeper interspecies connectionthose who ask a Chihuahua how his day was, or who counsel their calicoestend to view the deaths as bittersweet tragedy. Finally, loping up to Sims in that surfer-dude way of his, Treadwell introduced himself. Drug abuse and alcoholism followed. fan, and a closet MTV fan. We were walking through the Maze, and for five, six hours we sat in the creek with five or six bears [that were] eating salmon. Her final journal entries indicated that she wanted to be away from Katmai. Timothy was always the one theyd remember. But then, a slight botanical error was a small thing compared to the many outright fictions Treadwell passed off over the years--from his life in the English orphanage, to his struggle to make it through high school, to those imaginary poachers that aided Grizzly People fund-raising efforts. In his 1997 memoir, Among Grizzlies, Treadwell obliquely referred to a haunted and miserable youth, in which he was a handful for his parents, whom he neither named nor described (other than to say they loved me and did the best they could). He is who he is., Her faith paid off in the strangest ways. . Both victims were hunters whose bleeding quarry had been smelled, claimed, and defended by hungry grizzlies. He is known for Late Show with David Letterman (1993). Barnes is one among many bear biologists who expected Treadwell to be killed by a grizzly. Behind me is a beautiful wild brown grizzly bear here in Alaska, Treadwell said in a 2001 anti-poaching video. Grizzlies live further inland than browns, but theyre basically the same bears. He taught a lot about Alaska, Roach says. To do what he did in Alaska, he had to be. I think he really wished he could be a bear, Barnes says. Marc Gaede, the friend who received the Sept. 2 note from Treadwell, says it was the first time anyone in Malibu had ever met them. Undaunted, the bear stepped toward them. Although I do not officially recognize the mother bear, Treadwell noted, she seemed to know me. Then: Demon exploded onto her. However, his teenage years were not ideal, and he faced troubles in his household, which led his high school grades to remain low. He lived with the grizzly bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska for 13 summers. It was cheesy. To wit: after two years at Bradley University in Illinois, Treadwell walked away from everythinghis identity, his family, even his surname: Dexter. For late Show with David Letterman ( 1993 ) beach, where his tiny apartment housed few. 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