Culling the herd....

[garyhaupt]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-72-gored-bison-yellowstone-after-getting-too-close-photos...


Gary Haupt

[wa8yxm]

gbopp wrote:
Isn't there an old saying, something about not fixing stupid? 🙂

Oh but you can fix stupid.. The post just above yours tells how stupid gets fixed all too often (Darwin awards link)

My favorite Darwin (I wore out the T-Shirt) is imporperly titled "living on Zionist Time" you see.. they did not (live that is).

Look it up.
(The bomb maker was on DST the Delivery crew ST so about 55 minutes from target BOOM.... 4 dead terrorists and a bunch of spare car parts all over the road)

[C_Schomer]

I was at Yellowstone two years ago and I not only stayed in the car but I also stay far away from the critters! Momma didn't raise any dumb sh!ts!

[Super_Dave]

Hoping that she got some pics at moment of impact. Bet that they would go viral.

[JimBollman]

Dutch_12078 wrote:
Some folks know how to do it right. Some years back my wife showed a fellow camper an "up close and personal" photo of a bear and cub she took at Cade's Cove in the Great Smokey's. She then was treated to a 5-minute tirade about how stupid she was to put her life at risk just get a picture along with a list of all dreadful things that could have happened to her. My wife waited patiently until he finally ran out of stream and then said just two words: "Zoom lens"... 🙂

Had a similar experience in Alaska and grizzlies, everyone thought my shots were great but stupid. Then I would say long zoom from the window of the Denali bus.

[JaxDad]

dedmiston wrote:
It's remarkable that she made it to 72 before finally reaching the boundaries of her own common sense.

I'm sure it's tragic for her family nevertheless.

They say that being stupid is much like being dead.

You’re blissfully unaware of it, it’s those around you that are saddled with the reality of it.

[BarabooBob]

I wonder who was holding her beer.

[Lwiddis]

Was that a trained buffalo or one of the wild ones?

[F-TROUP]

gbopp wrote:
Isn't there an old saying, something about not fixing stupid? 🙂

That Bison can fix stupid....

[wanderingaimles]

bukhrn wrote:
No, they're the ones swimming with the sharks & Jellyfish when they come east to the ocean. 😉

I grew up in Va Beach, and yeah we saw some of that, but not to the level of stupidity on a routine basis like you see or hear of in places like Yellowstone.
BTW one of my favorite memories was of watching a kid from somewhere out of our area who upon seeing the ocean, told his mother,,,,
"Look,,, It keeps flushing and flushing."

[bukhrn]

We learned about animals and human stupidity on our first trip to Yellowstone, after entering from the North we came to Mammoth and watched a woman coax her child, 3-5 years old, to get closer to the cow Elk, presumably so she could get a better photo, i don't think she realized that Mama Elk could stomp a Mud hole in that child before she could click the shudder. We kept moving, so Hopefully nothing happened to the child.
Almost as stupid as the woman that asked where she could go to pet the bears. :S She should probably go to Jellystone Park.:R

[bukhrn]

wanderingaimlessly wrote:
It's always comical how the "coastal" folks who seem to want to run and control everyone, are almost always the ones who do things this stupid.
You don't often hear of someone from Wyoming, Nebraska, or Montana doing stuff like this.

No, they're the ones swimming with the sharks & Jellyfish when they come east to the ocean. 😉

[wanderingaimles]

It's always comical how the "coastal" folks who seem to want to run and control everyone, are almost always the ones who do things this stupid.
You don't often hear of someone from Wyoming, Nebraska, or Montana doing stuff like this.

[Dutch_12078]

Some folks know how to do it right. Some years back my wife showed a fellow camper an "up close and personal" photo of a bear and cub she took at Cade's Cove in the Great Smokey's. She then was treated to a 5-minute tirade about how stupid she was to put her life at risk just get a picture along with a list of all dreadful things that could have happened to her. My wife waited patiently until he finally ran out of stream and then said just two words: "Zoom lens"... 🙂

[TragedyTrousers]

I think she is wearing a Horn now.