Troy James Hurtubise was a Canadian inventor, entrepreneur and conservationist, noted for creating the Ursus series of bear suits which showed the Ursus Mark VI in the 1996 film Project Grizzly directed by Peter Lynch for the National Film Board of Canada.
10 Facts About Troy Hurtubise
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Troy Hurtubise died in 2018 as the result of a vehicle collision.
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Troy Hurtubise built a metal suit for protection from grizzly bears; recorded as a National Film Board of Canada documentary and called Project Grizzly, in which Troy Hurtubise tested the capabilities of the suit using himself as the test subject.
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Troy Hurtubise claimed that beams from the device had the side-effects of damaging electronic devices and killing goldfish.
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Troy Hurtubise claimed to be able to read the licence plate on a car in his garage from his workshop and see the road salt on it.
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In early 2007, Troy Hurtubise made public his new protective suit which was designed to be worn by soldiers.
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Troy Hurtubise claimed that the 40-pound suit could withstand bullets fired from high powered weapons.
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Troy Hurtubise estimates that the cost of each suit to be roughly $2,000 if mass-produced.
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On June 17,2018, Troy Hurtubise was travelling on Highway 17, west of North Bay, when his car collided with a transport truck carrying gasoline, sparking an explosion.
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The transport truck driver suffered minor injuries, but Troy Hurtubise's body was discovered inside the burned passenger vehicle.