Posted on 08/15/2022 8:11:23 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A Florida man who filmed himself walking on hot thermals in Yellowstone National Park earlier this month has been officially cited for a violation of federal law and ordered to appear in-person at the U.S. District Court in Yellowstone on July 27.
Matt Manzari, who told Cowboy State Daily that he created the video as a joke, broke the law by leaving the park’s boardwalk and walking on the thermal features near Old Faithful on July 1.
As has been customary in these cases, the defendant must appear in court in-person.
The motivational speaker from Clermont, Florida, previously told Cowboy State Daily, that he would not fight the charge.
“My statement is absolute remorse and apologies for everything,” Manzari said on July 3. “Regardless of the backlash, like if I knew that it could be damaging to the ecosystem and if I knew it could be damaging to the park, I wouldn’t have done it. I was 100% not trying to be disrespectful.”
Sentencing
Jail time is frequently applied to cases like this. Last year, a Connecticut woman was sentenced to seven days in jail, fined $2,000, and banned from Yellowstone for two years after tourists captured video of her walking on thermal features in the Norris Geyser Basin.
In 2020, two men served time in jail, were fined hundreds of dollars and were also banned from the park after leaving the boardwalk and attempted to cook a chicken in Shoshone Geyser Basin.
Others paid a more severe penalty after leaving the path and falling through the fragile ground. One man’s body dissolved in the hot springs in 2016 and an Idaho woman suffered burns on 91 percent of her body after trying to rescue her dog last year.
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I call BS on his claim about not knowing he could cause damage. There are abundant signs around all of the thermal features about sticking to the boardwalk.
Florida man gets around!
Was he naked? That would round out the story nicely.
Yep. They explain the hot-water-loving microorganisms that thrive in those areas, and the signs tell you that you could damage those communities by leaving the boardwalks.
He’s just tryin’ to stay outta the iron bar hotel bro......wouldn’t you? LoL!
Its OK, Sooooome people just have those Darwin Award Genes.
Let him walk on the geothermal feature all he wants.
I will be on the boardwalk singing. “O Come All ye Faithful”
Right after walking on Old Faithful, he was filmed trying to take a closeup picture of a Buffalo and getting thrown around like a rag doll.
What a total DA
There are signs posted all up and down these boardwalks to stay on the boardwalk so as to not damage one's self or the ecosystem. Either he's lying or he didn't realize walking off the boardwalks came with potential fines and jail time.
...which federal law itself is a violation of the Constitution and, thus, an invalid law.
The guy needs a good lawyer who will challenge the constitutionality and validity of this law.
Take it all the way to the Supreme Court (Patriots, help finance it) as this is part of the war we need to wage against the lying and illegal Left which has declared war on America and the American People.
It’s Florida man! He might be mistakenly telling the truth lol.
So fine him. Jail time? Seems excessive.
LOL good one!
He might been in etween two,signs and thought that that area was OK to leave the boardwalk since there wasn’t a sign right directly in front of him where he was. It is Florida man after all
Florida Man Strike Again!!! Now it’s Texas Man’s turn.
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