Doesn't have to be at the western parks.

My buddy and I were climbing up out of the Potomac area many years ago. As we approached the head of the trail we came upon a guy (dimwit) who was bent over, looking down, and fussing with something on the ground.

As we got close we could see that he was routinely killing small snakes that had hatched not long before. He was crushing their heads between thumb and fore finger.

My friend asked him if he knew what kind of snakes they were. No!

Well, for your information they are young copperheads, and they are poisonous even at that age. (Numb nuts didn't believe us). About that time a ranger came along so we asked him to identify the snakes. He said, Copperheads, and they are born with venom.

Dipshit fainted.

The motorcycle tourists up through N Georgia who think the whole world should just get out of their way and listen to their noise.
They take a nice quiet, serene time and come rumbling, blipping their throttles with a cacophony that can be heard for miles.



Then there are the squids flying around you on blind double yellows. At least one a day is scraped off the road from being stupid.

This is another great book:

https://www.amazon.com/Death-D...evised/dp/1589791827

Up until a few years ago the NPS published a daily update called "The Morning Report", it was always an interesting read to see what goes on in the park. Now ththe closest "real time" update is through a Facebook group, however, this is only a small fraction of what goes on:

https://m.facebook.com/NPSRangerNews/

we made it a point to take advantage of our time in California by going camping on a monthly basis .

national Forrest's, Nat. Parks, Nat. Monument's,
state parks, B.L.M. land, all over 7 western states.

easily 400 days , probably more.
This was before cell phones,

After reading/watching, hearing what goes on in America's out back ,

I would never again go where we went , w/o another couple with us, for security purposes.

we were foolish and extremely lucky ,
I always carried two guns in the truck.

we had great fun , with wonderful memories and loads of pictures,

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I live 20 minutes from Zion N.P., have not been in the main canyon in over two years. Not just idiots but over run with tours. I hear Yellowstone and Yosemite are as bad.

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Originally posted by clubleaf206:
I’ve referenced the book ‘Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park’ by Lee H. Whittlesey before, he reprints an editorial from The July 1, 1970 edition of the Billings Gazette, the last two lines of which state ‘The Park is raw nature. And it can kill.’

There is a similar book for the Grand Canyon.

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Originally posted by UTsig:
I live 20 minutes from Zion N.P., have not been in the main canyon in over two years. Not just idiots but over run with tours. I hear Yellowstone and Yosemite are as bad.

I'm glad I got to see the places I did when I was younger. They weren't quite as desolate as during Edward Abbey's days, but not nearly as bad as today. And I'm not talking about only the big, famous parks, but even more out of the way places.

It's getting harder and harder to get off the beaten path. (Although I still manage to.)

Years ago I took my Rotndad Jr. and my two nephews to an alligator farm/tourist trap. There were signs all over telling the guest to not feed or approach the Gators. We overheard a lady with a decided New England accent saying (IIRC) "It's ok ay to pet them. These alligators are tame. THey wouldn't have real, wild alligators so close to people." I explained to her the definition of "farm" right before her dipshit husband was about to lift their kid over the barrier so he could "pet" the gator. They were asked to leave, promptly when an employee heard the same thing.

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Originally posted by UTsig:
I live 20 minutes from Zion N.P., have not been in the main canyon in over two years. Not just idiots but over run with tours. I hear Yellowstone and Yosemite are as bad.

Hell, they were that bad 40 years ago. People setting they toddler kids on full grown black bears for the photo-op. People walking up to pet full grown buffalo bulls, for example.

Or like the time we were passing thru Death Valley and came across a guy walking towards the road. No pack, no water, burned to a crisp dark brown by the sun. We had no room for the guy but gave him 2 quarts of water, told him to wait right there at the road, and we would send someone to transport him out. We spotted a police car a few miles down the road, flagged him down and told him about the guy. He just shook his head and muttered something about "and yet another one!"

It's here in the East too, at Assateague Island:


Don't try to pet the wild horses, dumbass!


Speedo-wearing man kicked in crotch by horse after ignoring signs

A head on in Glacier NP again today. Some asshole fell asleep and crossed over. Luckily it’s a 40 mph there.

Link

Seen some stuff like that. Tried very hard not to BE that sort of thing, despite being a city kid.

When you make the world too safe for people, they take absolute safety for granted.

You see the exact same type of stupidity in cities, too.

https://krtv.com/news/montana-...stone-national-park/

A group of people get too close to a herd of bison, 9 yr old girl injured. ^^^

Theres also a new video of some assholes hitting golf balls from GTTS highway in Glacier NP, off the road into the Park! Idiots.

I wrote about it here , many years ago ,

A co worker at Sears sent his son on a church outing too The Grand Canyon for 7 days.

His Bro in - law has sort of in charge , so all was good, or so he thought.

on the first night the co-workers boy got out of the tent to pee,
a 3 a.m. pee was the death of him.

he fell 175 feet to his death , off of a ledge.
it took them a day and a half to find and recover him.

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Originally posted by FN in MT:
https://krtv.com/news/montana-...stone-national-park/

A group of people get too close to a herd of bison, 9 yr old girl injured. ^^^

Idiots.

On the plus side, pretty cool pic if they got it before she was able to say "look at me,,,, I'm Supergirrrrrrrrl"

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Originally posted by FN in MT:
https://krtv.com/news/montana-...stone-national-park/

A group of people get too close to a herd of bison, 9 yr old girl injured. ^^^

Theres also a new video of some assholes hitting golf balls from GTTS highway in Glacier NP, off the road into the Park! Idiots.

Wow, the parents just bail on their kid


https://www.youtube.com/watch?...nue=53&v=_AXI2fC-wzc

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Wow, the parents just bail on their kid

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I doubt the parents would have been able to do anything. The bison had made up his mind. I cannot blame the kid who had clueless parents.

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Wow, the parents just bail on their kid

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I doubt the parents would have been able to do anything. The bison had made up his mind. I cannot blame the kid who had clueless parents.

As a parent you put yourself between your child and danger. You don't run away and leave your child in harms way.

Just maybe, if the parent put themselves between the bison and their child the bison would have hit them instead of the child. I'd take that trade any day of the week. Actually, we would not have been in that position to begin with.

From another site. They think the video needed a soundtrack.

To the melody of the theme from Rawhide!, in "a key of E" "a good country key".

Rollin', rollin', rollin', 
a kid I am a' throwin' 
asshole parents I am showin' 

BI-SON! 

As I flung her it was so clear 
you shit yourselves out of fear 
and she said "I can see our house from hereeee!

BBBIII-SSOOONNNN!!

Through feign kindness and leather 
Hell bent for Heather 
I threw her like a feather 
Kicking dirt where ever 

BI-SON!
BBBIII-SSSOOONNN!!
BIIIII-SSSSSOOOOOOOOONNNNNN!

I see a future for you as a country singer/songwriter.....now add a pickup and some beer in them there lyrics and you gotta hit.