Posted on 11/04/2022 12:16:06 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Deemed a “great person” by the prosecutor, judge and defense attorney, a Florida man who had himself filmed walking on the thermals of Yellowstone’s Grand Prismatic spring was ordered Wednesday to pay $2,000 in fines and community service payments.
Matt Manzari, who has 16 screws and three plates in his face and scars on his body from an electric-shock accident he narrowly survived in his youth, was grateful to the judge for not sentencing him to jail.
“I really appreciate your leniency and understanding. It means more than you will ever know to me and my family,” he told Stephanie Hambrick, magistrate judge for Mammoth Hot Springs Court in Yellowstone.
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Manzari said the video was intended as a light-hearted joke about body positivity for people who have scars or other physical issues.
In the video, Manzari is walking, shirtless, on the thermal crust near the Grand Prismatic spring – one of Yellowstone National Park’s main features. His torso is riddled with shock scars from years earlier. Acting as though he’d been swimming in the spring, he says, “Oh man, they said it was hot, but gee-whiz! Do I have a rash?”
On Wednesday while appearing by virtual link in court, Manzari was deeply regretful, saying he didn’t realize when he shot the video that leaving the boardwalk was illegal.
“It was 15 seconds of my life that has ruined the last six months,” he said, adding that in the past people who Googled his name would have found inspirational messages; now they find a thermals controversy. “Is this with me forever now?”
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Anybody who has read my replies on here knows that I oftentimes recommend public hangings or other serious penalties for certain criminals. However, here is a rare case where I believe leniency is warranted, after reading the whole article. JMO.
And the title seems inaccurate. The guy's electrocution incident happened 8 years ago.
And yes, to some extent, this is likely with him forever now. The internet IS forever.
Hope he learns his lesson. He could have fallen in the water and been cooked to death like a lobster.
Yeah, this looks like a restitution,not rehabilitation situation.
I bet his third accident kills him.
I call BS. There are signs everywhere in Yellowstone to not leave the boarded path or face fines
I thought electrocution was death by electricity.
I thought electrocution was death by electricity.
I thought it meant you could speak well.
How could he not know those areas were off limits to vistors? He just wanted to get attention. The court ruled no jail time because the defendant is in poor health. The judge must have gotten swept up in his local celebrity status.
I guarantee a lot of folks will now be trying to repeat his
longhaired, shirtless pose in similar locations.
Some may not be as lucky as this guy to be able to walk away.
LOL
How many people did this idiot put at risk, by essentially inviting them to do what he did?
Thank you Mr. Fetterman.🤘
I agree with you.
Patently ridiculous that he thought it wasn’t illegal. Doesn’t pass the smell test.
Judge should have required a polygraph on that before sentencing.
“And the title seems inaccurate. The guy’s electrocution incident happened 8 years ago.”
Yeah, I saw the headline and was trying to figure out how a thermal vent could shock someone. Guy’s got enough problems; smart may not be one of them.
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