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 got the perfect punishment: Make him do it again.
If he falls through, problem solved.
We have boardwalks at the thermal areas for a reason.
At Yellowstone, only the bison get away with this. Sometimes they get the ol’ hotfoot! Lots of hoof prints going through crust.
Maybe they’re celebrating the Bisontenial.
“Nothing left but his flip flops.”
And the Twinkie in his pocket, left over from lunch. NOTHING can destroy them, LOL!
His court appearance.
I LOVED Yellowstone when we went there as kids. 'Old Faithful' was so cool, and I specifically remember all of the colors in those thermals and Dad telling me there was microscopic life living in that kind of heat!
It's going to be pretty spectacular when she blows! ;)
Another Fun Family Vacation was to Crater Lake National Park in Oregon:
What did the mama buffalo say to her son has he was leaving?
Crater Lake: formerly Mount Mazama before it blew its stack.
Moron is lucky to be alive. I hope the punishment deters other morons, but I’m not real optimistic.
Byeson
Yep! 😉 My kind of joke; so sophisticated.
There is a book out that describes, in detail, how many visitors to NatParks die.
No $#|+???
Are those marimba players on the walkway??
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