It's hard to believe people are that dumb...........

[Trackrig]

Bison gets another one in Yellowstone

Bill

[MrWizard]

3oaks wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

So true!!!

Somewhere along the line we have lost "Common Sense" as Common Knowledge!

No, WE did not loose "Common Sense". I still know better and have survived through the years using common sense and better judgment. And I am sure others have too!

a LARGE portion of modern American populace has lost common sense regarding animals and nature in general

[SCVJeff]

[Agarbers]

We were just at Yellowstone. There were to bull elk feeding near the road and of course, the usual backup stopped traffic. I wanted some good photos so I bailed while my wife parked. I had a 500mm lens so I could stay well away and still get frame filling shots of the bulls. After I had enough images I retreated to the car. As we watched, other folks, most of which appeared to be from the Far East, kept inching closer and closer. The park guideline is 25 yards for bison, elk, moose, etc and 100 yards for bear and wolves. These folks were getting within five yards and whipping out their selfie sticks. It was kind of like a train wreck because we wanted to leave, and yet wanted to see what happened when the bull elk had enough. Luckily a ranger appeared and shooed the people away. While he didn't use any cuss words, you could hear them in the tone of his voice.

[3oaks]

rhagfo wrote:

So true!!!

Somewhere along the line we have lost "Common Sense" as Common Knowledge!

No, WE did not loose "Common Sense". I still know better and have survived through the years using common sense and better judgment. And I am sure others have too!

[dspencer]

Common Sense? I have heard that word before but it's been a number of years ago. :h

[rhagfo]

FunnyCamper wrote:
HOLY---love the title, can people be that dumb?

WHY OF COURSE THEY CAN 🙂 🙂

heck the injuries with domesticated livestock and 'pets' people own is high, now throw in people messing with WILD animals....UGH....deserve what they get !

So true!!!

Somewhere along the line we have lost "Common Sense" as Common Knowledge!

[MFL]

Just a funny story, but true! I've snowmobiled many times in the Yellowstone area, but only ridden in the park a couple of times. You had to stay on the road at all times, so much better riding, outside the park.

I came around a corner, on a marked trail, outside the park, to find this fellow stopped trying to turn his sled around. Ahead about 50', was a big bull bison. I stopped, and he said he was afraid to drive around the bison, that was laying down broadside to us. I told him, they are tame, just run a ski up on his back, and I'll take your picture. He proceeded to turn his sled around, and took off like the devil was after him.

No, I would not have let him do what I suggested, was just having a little fun. I did have room to drive around that bull, but was not going to stop and pet him, lol.

Jerry

[bobsallyh]

We have been in the Yellowstone area for six weeks. The park is setting attendance records and of course stupid is also on the increase. Personally I'd like to stuff those "Selfie sticks you know where. Part of "The Me" generation! I'd like to see the park service place signs at the entrances saying " You re not entering LEGOLAND, Disney, Six Flags, etc". Wouldn't do any good but sure would be fun to look at "the deer in the headlight look".

[3oaks]

Ho-hum.....Just further proof of the "dumbing down" of America. :R

[amandasgramma]

gbopp wrote:
Unfortunately, the people who do this, will never understand what they did wrong or why it was a bad idea.

Well, maybe the guy who put his kid on the back of the bull understands.

And they are the first ones to insist the bison be "put down"......because they're not safe.

[filthy_beast]

They read the signs and the literature telling them not to go near the wildlife but still thought it would be ok because others were doing it.

I reiterate, Yellowstone is not a petting zoo!

[Deb_and_Ed_M]

Ed has a T-shirt that says

"Feed the bear
Pet the coyote
Let your kid ride the elk

Thank you for supporting Tahoe Emergency Services!"

There are clearly too many city folks who think the animals are "tame" just because they don't run away

[Iraqvet05]

"Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns" - Richard Vernon

[FunnyCamper]

HOLY---love the title, can people be that dumb?

WHY OF COURSE THEY CAN 🙂 🙂

heck the injuries with domesticated livestock and 'pets' people own is high, now throw in people messing with WILD animals....UGH....deserve what they get !

[gbopp]

Unfortunately, the people who do this, will never understand what they did wrong or why it was a bad idea.

Well, maybe the guy who put his kid on the back of the bull understands.