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The incident occurred on Tuesday at the nation's most famous geyser in Wyoming, according to park officials.
Witness Kimberly Guilliams was at Old Faithful with her family waiting for the thermal sightseeing attraction to blow when she spotted the two men ignoring no trespassing signs and leaving a designated boardwalk to step right up to the mouth of the steaming geyser.
Guilliams quickly took photos of the men, whose names have not been released, and reported them to National Park rangers.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/men-facing-charges-caught-camera-dangerously-close-yellowstones/story?id=65622825&cid=social_twitter_abcn
trixie2
(905 posts)There is a book out there about idiots, deaths, national parks.
tblue37
(64,982 posts)like Disney theme parks.
I read about one guy who smeared honey on his little daughter's face hoping to get a picture of a bear "kissing" her.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,322 posts)"I read about one guy who smeared honey on his little daughter's face hoping to get a picture of a bear "kissing" her."
tblue37
(64,982 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,322 posts)is simply mind boggling.
PJMcK
(21,922 posts)Maybe these two dolts should go pet the mountain lions and the black bears, too.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Vinca
(50,172 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,210 posts)There's little else they will earn recognition for in their lives.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)NOTICE!
This is the line beyond which there is no promise or assumption of safety.
Should you pass this line and succumb to the obvious danger:
NO attempt will be made to assist you, save your life, or recover your corpse.
Should you survive, you are entirely on your own as far as any costs you incur for your stupidity.
You will NOT receive any recognition or notoriety for your idiotic act. You and yours will suffer complete indifference to your fate.
Any costs to the park or public incurred by your act will be borne by you or your estate or assigns.
Any persons encouraging such acts in others but not having the balls to do it themselves will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and perhaps beyond. We might find it a fitting punishment to be thrown screaming into the boiling abyss.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)tblue37
(64,982 posts)2naSalit
(86,075 posts)They get a lot of info upon entry, there are signs all over the place yet they persist.
I don't even go into the park anymore, it's right down the street, because of the disrespect of the tourists of the day. They have killed the park experience for most of us who live nearby and greed of those with property has priced the locals out of jobs, house and home.
I wish the park would close for a couple years to give the ecosystem a rest.
kskiska
(27,041 posts)BSdetect
(8,989 posts)maxsolomon
(32,992 posts)I'm guessing they're foreign.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)The water in most of those geysers is pretty acidic.
maxsolomon
(32,992 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)By the arrests!