Eric Bedient wasn’t very oBedient.
Good. Stupid tourists like him are the ones who walk up to bison for a selfie and then sue the park when he gets trampled.
Every few weeks he have some moron climb the off limits Morro Rock in Morro Bay, CA. They get saved, then arrested and transported to the county jail in the middle of no where then they are issued a written citation. They have to wait on the county bus or get a ride/uber back to MB. It discourages others from climbing the rock.
I’m kinda leaning towards Darwinism on this one...they should have a posted policy that if you are off trail, and you fall into one of the hot springs, there will be no rescue or recovery attempts...you will become one with nature.
That’s what happens when a legitimate STATE park instead becomes an unconstitutional NATIONAL park...
Yellowstone is a ticking timebomb
at some point in the future all of these delicate ecosystems will be completely wiped out
I love Yellowstone and this sentence is not, in and of itself, out of line. However, the guy would have just gotten a stern talking to had he pushed an old woman in front of a moving train in New York.
The only legitimate reason for getting off the boardwalk would be to go pet one of the cute grizzlies or get a selfie with a moose.
It’s not the bison that is the problem in a thermal area, it’s the hot water in the ground. I always remember the story of the guy who jumped in a pool to save his dog. People said don’t do it but he did anyway. As soon as he got in he said he wished he hadn’t done it and promptly died. The water is clear as a cold pool but it is hotter than boiling.
Five days in jail is better than becoming one with Mother Earth.
The jail term he can whine about afterwards.
Democrat tourists don’t seem to understand what
large amounts of people stomping
around in a delicate area can do.
I see it here in Hawaii.
That is why our big cities are sewers!
They’re all run by Democrats!
If you want to see nature up close
in a sensitive area hire a guide.
It is mostly for your own safety.
Otherwise obey the rules!
I worked at the summit of
Mauna Kea for 10 years,
I can’t remember how many
tourists, hurt themselves,
interrupted our day, caring for them,
or removing the mess they created.
Ever see what a mess a Snow boarder
makes when they find out that
small rock way down there, is as
big as a truck?
It takes two hours or more
to get you to an ER.
Or you take your rental two wheel drive car
on a road marked 4WD only.
and that car ends up wreaking and the
tourist is dead.
Been to the scenes done that.
cleaned up the mess.
People seem to lose all inhibitions there at Yellowstone .
You get to see raw stupidity in all its glory.
It’s been a few years but I seem to recall someone falling into one of those thermal pools.
I pity the folks that have to try to gather what remains that may be left.
Maybe we can take advantage of another natural feature - La Brea Tar Pits. I say we erect a steel building around it, with no floor. Put a sign outside: California Benefits Sign Up - no ID required.
Good! I had a similar incident on my first trip to the Grand Canyon in 2009 on my Harley. I paid my fee and entered the park and started around the loop of observation points. Everyone moves in kind of a loose herd, same cars in the parking lots, the same faces at the observation points. I was busy doing the tourist thing, taking dozens of photos like I was the first human to ever see the place and had to record it for posterity. I began to notice this skinny little hipster in cargo shorts, raw cotton blouse (it was NOT a man’s shirt), sandals, with a pony tail and wispy beard that looked like he stolen from Master Po. The Navajo warriors would still be jealous. Moving from one point to another I saw he was in a faux VW Beetle with Peace sign, Save the Whales, and CoExist stickers and California plates. The only thing missing was the “Empty Scrotum On Board” bumper sticker.
I began to notice him more and more because he had the habit of stepping over the low walls and guard rails and wandering out onto the rock outcrops to commune with nature. During a particularly lengthy period of meditation, as dozens of us tourists were waiting for a clear shot of the scenery I finally broke. “Hey, Bud, what’s your name” I called to Mr No Huevos. “Who, me? Why do you want to know?” he called back. “Because when I go home and show my pictures of the Grand Canyon to all of my friends and family and they ask “Who is that asshole in all of your pictures” I want to be able to tell them.” I called back. “Not cool, man” he said. “So I hear” I said, blank stare was all I got back from Mr No Huevos. Then an evil grin crossed his smug face “I might just stay out here, then what are you going to do?” I put one foot over the wall and said clearly and loudly “I’m going to tell the Park Ranger I tried to stop you from jumping”. He hurried past me with one last “not cool, man”, hopped in his faux bug and sped away. None of my co-tourists would make eye contact with me except for one little old lady of about 80. She grabbed my arm and said “Thank you, young man, I didn’t think that asshole would ever leave.”
I see our judges are lightening up. Should have just put him back where he was apprehended, told him “keep walking” and let nature take its course.
A few years ago one selfie moron thought he’d take a swim in a thermal pool there.
He’s still in that pool, somewhere.
What if he had walked off track onto some molten lava?
Did he wind up on “Free Parking”?
This clown is lucky he didn’t step INTO a thermal pool and wind up like “human lobster” cooked in seconds. It does happen rarely to some bison- again rarely and usually immature ones who don’t know better (the smell keeps them away from the water, but in winter they can step off.
What an idiot. They put wooden walkways so people can “walk out” and then idiots want to what— “go on the beach” which is a crust of calcite that breaks off easily and oopsie— poached human (really horrific post mortems, can tell you, usually censored for decency to the victim and for people made sick from the sight.
Illegal aliens don’t get 5 days in jail for trespassing on United States soil.