Posted on 08/29/2016 4:45:13 AM PDT by SJackson
Edited on 08/29/2016 1:31:19 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - Tourist John Gleason crept through the grass, four small children close behind, inching toward a bull elk with antlers like small trees at the edge of a meadow in Yellowstone National Park.
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I wonder if this is part of the “close the parks because blacks do not go” narrative?
Maybe the UN is looking for a reason to shut it down and sell to the Japanese. Who is in charge of Yellowstone anyway? Don’t think it’s our government anymore.
Evil squirrels are the worst...
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She said she was eager to see a grizzly up close.
“I want to see one right there,” Morrow said, pointing to a spot just feet away. “I’d throw it a cookie.”
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I’m going to remember her name, in case I see it in the future on DarwinAwards.com.
More than 52,000 warnings were issued in 2015, up almost 20 percent from the year beforeTourist John Gleason crept through the grass, four small children close behind, inching toward a bull elk ...Gleason and the children approached the bull elk with no park personnel around. Gleason said he was “maybe” too close but felt comfortable in the situation as an experienced hunter who’s spent lots of time outdoors
Morrow declared herself unafraid of the park’s wildlife. She said she was eager to see a grizzly up close. “I want to see one right there,” Morrow said, pointing to a spot just feet away. “I’d throw it a cookie.”
Future Darwin award winners. Perhaps a few more of those 52,000 warnings should be citations with a financial penalty. I suppose it depends on the definition, but harassing wildlife is illegal under most state, probably all, laws.
Idiots!!!!
Doubt it, they’ll concentrate on building “urban parks” for that.
Silly Park Rangers. People know the animals are really friendly. They even saw and heard them speaking in movies.
Must be time to review Park budget requests.
Stupid is as stupid does.
We live in the narcissistic “selfie” era.
Ah, the elusive Green Bear-Chucker.
-—Silly Park Rangers. People know the animals are really friendly. They even saw and heard them speaking in movies. ——
I know you are being funny, but you probably are on to something...
People like this is why I won’t go there, or anyplace else that is perpetually thronged by idiots. MUCH prefer camping in deep, raw woods, with nobody else around.
This is just a continuing trend from when the parks opened. A significant number of city/suburban folks have lived a bubble wrapped life and only know animals from movies/TV/internet.
If you look back to a hundred years ago, you will find equally stupid things occurring. The Wiki article on Yellowstone notes:
“The feeding of “tame” black bears was popular with tourists in the early days of the park, but led to 527 injuries between 1931 and 1939.”
The difference now is the volume of visitors, not the stupidity of human beings.
I would suggest it is a propaganda pieces used in testimony before congress to ask for a budget increase
it’s why you buy a Subaru...... to get out there, close to the animals
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