Posted on 01/22/2017 5:25:43 PM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Activist who was walking across America barefoot to raise awareness of climate change is hit and killed by SUV
A man who was hiking across America barefoot on the side of highways to 'save the earth' was struck by a Buick SUV and died Saturday.
Mark Baumer, 33, began his shoeless trek in October. His journey aimed to raise awareness and funds for the FANG Collective, a Rhode Island organization that supports nonviolent resistance to the natural gas industry.
Florida Highway Patrol confirmed Baumer was hit on the side of Highway 90 in Walton County. He was pronounced dead on the scene during the 101st day of his trip.
The vegan, climate advocate was a web content specialist at a library in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University with a MFA in 2011.
He was supposed to end up in California by May and hoped to raise at least $10,000 according to his YouCaring page.
After his death on Saturday, a wave of donations poured in and Baumer's goal was surpassed by $2,000.
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The weather may have played a part in the accident.
Today has been storms, high winds, rain and tornadoes.
“Vegan? Why are his eating habits relevant?”
It goes to the stupid state of mind he had that caused him to ‘save the Earth’ by walking down dangerous highways in the first place.
Educational malpractice.
>>Good thing it wasn’t a Prius.<<
The Universe would not be able to stand the irony.
It would probably collapse in on itself.
Well, libtard here was right. “climate change” kills.
She got killed by a gas guzzling vehicle...
Graduated with a Masters degree (MFA) from Brown but decides to walk X-country over months to raise a measly $10K? He could have gotten a job and done local fundraisers and donated more $$ to his cause
Another liberal candidate for appearance on DarwinAwards.com...
Would have been more ironic if he was hit by a Prius....or maybe not.
I just lost a bunch of brain cells watching most of the video and he was walking on the correct side of the road. I would also have to say that he was an obnoxious idiot yelling at people and inanimate objects along the way and ranting about Donald Trump.
Well, he actually ended up bringing in a lot more to FANG and making it better known than it would have been if he’d just walked the whole way.
Oh, that is golden!
DARWIN AWARD OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE! :-)
The next Darwin Award recipient?
Not to mention that those who eat tons of unfermented soy instead of meat got some serious nutritional problems raging in their body and maybe that why they are usually so angry to boot .
Soy that is not fermented messes with absorption of calcium and other minerals,
causes digestive problems ,
causes hypothyroidsim because it iterfears with the metabolism of iodine ,
, disrupts your endocrine system , it disrupts the absorption of vitamin d3 ,
it also messes with vitamin b12 absorption.
Soy is UNFIT for human or animal consumption if it isn’t fermented .
All that hidden soy added to processed food is probably why so many American’s have metabolic problems and digestive problems . Vegans eat tons of it , maybe that is why so many of them are crazy leftist that are always angry .
Oh please...................
Very interesting, first I have heard about. Must research.
Sad that he got killed, but the guy is (was) a nut case...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SosJRSTw6hA
Or was he walking on a curve. All I can say is that if I am coming around a curve on a highway, and all of a sudden a person comes into view, given the speed I am going at, the chance of me fully reacting and avoiding the person are slim. The person should have planned his route to walk off road. At least some bridges and roads where I lived in central Pennsylvania had walking paths off the highway for you to walk along safely.
He also said he would not move for cars but would heed to trucks because: 'They'll really mess you up.'
Well, now I guess he realizes that he should have moved for cars, too, cause they can also really mess you up.
It seems that didn't have a firm policy regarding SUVs and it caught up with him. Hopefully it was quick and he didn't suffer.
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