Anyone seeking distraction can find it in this documentary video, “Project Grizzly.” See Troy Hurtubise in his self-mythic quest to personally build and test a suit of armor that he hopes will let him spend time with grizzly bears. Troy was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for safety engineering, in 1998, for the work documented […]
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Man vs. Bear, without Troy Hurtubise
A new TV series called “Man Vs Bear” tries to fulfill some of the ambitions of Ig Nobel Prize winner Troy Hurtubise, but without using the protective suits of armor that Troy tried to perfect. The TV producers describe what they hope to portray: For thousands of years, Grizzly Bears have stood at the top […]
A new life portrait of Troy, the inventive, prize-winning Grizzly Suit-of-Armor inventor
Troy Hurtubise enjoys and does not enjoy a deep biographical look at him that’s headlined “HE WAS A VIRAL SENSATION BEFORE THE INTERNET CHEAPENED THAT STATUS.” Troy was awarded a 1998 Ig Nobel Prize in the field of Safety Engineering, for developing and personally testing a suit of armor that is impervious to grizzly bears. Here’s the documentary […]
One Fan’s Tribute to Project Grizzly
Here is one fan’s short tribute video — a re-enactment with a grizzly-bear suit and an anti-grizzly bear suit suit — to Troy Hurtubise. Troy was the subject of the documentary film “Project Grizzly” [which you can watch in its entirety at the NFB web site, or see a snippet below the jump here]. He […]