TikTok\/bearthekingofextreme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhile Bear couldn\u2019t confirm the news, he said that the former reality star was spotted \u201cfloating down the river.\u201d<\/p>\n
He alleged someone called the cops which led to their search efforts. <\/p>\n
\u201cAll the witnesses are saying that it was Matt,\u201d Bear insisted. \u201cSomeone definitely did, and a lot of people are thinking that it\u2019s him. \u2026 It looks like it is. \u2026 It\u2019s looking very likely that it is the case.\u201d<\/p>\n
The distraught family member revealed that the eldest of the bunch \u201chas been struggling for a long time with alcohol and with drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n
He claimed Matt was estranged from the family by his own doing.<\/p>\nBear (pictured here in the video) claimed he was told that Matt \u201ctook his own life.\u201d TikTok\/bearthekingofextreme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBear said the Discovery Channel alum (pictured here) is currently struggling with substance abuse. Instagram\/abpmattbrown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBear and Matt last ran into one another at Walmart \u201ca bit ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was the last time I saw him,\u201d Bear recounted. \u201cAnd he called me after that, and he said that he had fallen off the wagon. And I was like, \u2018Well, get back on it, man. Everybody falls off. Just get back on it. Go to rehab if you\u2019ve got to. You got this. You\u2019ve fought it a lot before.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n
He added that he had heard his brother was going through a \u201creally bad breakup\u201d and possibly drinking too much.<\/p>\n
That day, insiders told TMZ that their other brother, Gabe, was seen talking with officers during their search efforts. <\/p>\nMatt (pictured here) is estranged from his family at the moment, but Bear claims it was by his own volition. Matt Brown\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBear also claimed he heard Matt (pictured here on \u201cAlaskan Bush People\u201d) is going through a bad breakup. Discovery+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nGabe is one of the few family members not estranged from Matt.<\/p>\n
Prior to Bear\u2019s video, the sheriff\u2019s office issued a press release<\/a>\u00a0that stated someone called 911 on Wednesday claiming they spoke to a man who was seated in the shallow part of the Okanogan River.<\/p>\n\u201cThe caller turned away from the man sitting in the river, heard a sound, turned back toward the man in the water and saw the man was facedown in the water drifting away in the current,\u201d the press release read. <\/p>\nMatt (pictured here) is not estranged from his brother Gabe, who was spotted talking to authorities on Thursday. Instagram\/abpmattbrown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLast week, Matt (pictured here) went live on YouTube, in which he was nude and holding what seemed to be a gun. TikTok\/abpmattbrown<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe statement noted that a gun was later recovered from the area where this unidentified individual was last seen.<\/p>\n
Last week, Matt appeared seemingly drunk and\/or high as he rambled nude in an alarming livestream\u00a0uploaded to YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Discovery Channel alum was also carrying what appeared to be a gun in the video. <\/p>\n
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, contact the\u00a0Suicide and Crisis Lifeline<\/a>\u00a0by calling or texting 988.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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