National Park dangers February 25, 2021, 06:50:00 pm Interesting article 'bout assorted dangers in our National Park system.Top fatalities at U.S. National Parks - The Washington Postglen 2 Likes
Re: National Park dangers Reply #1 – February 25, 2021, 07:22:55 pm The WP is 'paywall-protected'; this is the same article:Danger lurks in national parks, but not necessarily where you expect it –...
Re: National Park dangers Reply #2 – February 25, 2021, 07:27:50 pm And people are scared of being killed by bears.Larry
Re: National Park dangers Reply #3 – February 25, 2021, 11:51:57 pm The most dangerous animal in the national park system is the Touron.Grand CanyonYosemiteYellowstoneJoel 2 Likes As an Amazon Associate Lazy Daze Owners' Group earns from qualifying purchases.
Re: National Park dangers Reply #4 – February 26, 2021, 09:46:48 am Notice size of Bison. Notice size of full sized truck. And think this bad boy spends the winter by himself with Bears and Wolves as his natural predators. I'm following him down the road and every 15 or 20 feet he turns to check me out.glen 3 Likes
Re: National Park dangers Reply #5 – February 26, 2021, 10:28:56 am Quote from: colddog - February 26, 2021, 09:46:48 amNotice size of Bison. Notice size of full sized truck. And think this bad boy spends the winter by himself with Bears and Wolves as his natural predators. I'm following him down the road and every 15 or 20 feet he turns to check me out.glenAnd think of the Touron who tries to get a selfie or a pic of the kids on his back.....
Re: National Park dangers Reply #6 – February 26, 2021, 10:41:34 am "I'm following him down the road."Hey, Bison Jams are fun, especially when there are dozens of animals involved. Just hope that you are all going the same direction!
Re: National Park dangers Reply #7 – February 26, 2021, 11:40:25 am "So Bad That They're Funny" Reviews Of The U.S. National Parks - Your... 2 Likes
Re: National Park dangers Reply #8 – February 26, 2021, 12:41:06 pm Quote from: Joan - February 26, 2021, 11:40:25 am"So Bad That They're Funny" Reviews Of The U.S. National Parks - Your...More evidence of "Tourons". I'm not sure whether to laugh or hang my head in despair... The quote from a Big Bend NP visitor is wrong on so many levels:“They didn’t expect to get electricity for at least half a week. Have you ever camped with a woman for half a week where there is no available warm running water anywhere? They start to stink. And complain. And to top it off we never got to see any bears or mountain lions. Thanks a lot Obama" 2 Likes
Re: National Park dangers Reply #9 – February 26, 2021, 02:17:37 pm A ranger at Yellowstone told us they write more incident reports on encounters with bison than any other category. You have no doubt seen people getting close to them for a great picture. We saw a guy in a pickup try to push one off the road. The bison took offense and rammed back. Guess who won?The number one reason for deaths in the Grand Canyon involves alcohol.
Re: National Park dangers Reply #10 – February 26, 2021, 05:31:42 pm Quote from: Lazy Bones - February 26, 2021, 10:41:34 am"I'm following him down the road."Hey, Bison Jams are fun, especially when there are dozens of animals involved. Just hope that you are all going the same direction! Not so much fun when you’re sitting in the middle of one on a Vespa! Loni still hasn’t forgiven me for that one. — Jon 4 Likes
Re: National Park dangers Reply #11 – February 26, 2021, 05:49:53 pm I had a close encounter with the Bison you see in the attached image. I was working on a car commercial. We needed to get a shot of the Bison grazing while a train passed in the background and the hero car passed by on the roadway (a panning shot). For that shot, I had to take myself, my laptop, and my chair off the train (this was near Piru, CA). During the shot, I was about 15-20 yards or so away from the Bison, the camera department and director were in front of me and closest to it (about 5-7 yards). One of the 2 Bison wrangles lost his grip on his rope. The Wrangler holding on to the last rope became a pivot and the Bison ran 180 degrees past the camera department and right toward me. I jumped out of my chair but didn't have time to run away. Luckily for me, he decided to stop with his side right next to my laptop. The width of the laptop was how far apart we were from each other. To me, everything happened in slow motion but the rest of the crew was amazed by how fast I jumped up.The Bison and I made friends later when the Wranglers had me come over to pet him. It was cool! :-) 10 Likes
Re: National Park dangers Reply #12 – February 26, 2021, 06:08:55 pm A bison wrangler! Those guys have big ones.We watched one from a bridge scratching himself on a 12x12 anchored in concrete. It was to be a support for a new bridge. the timber was singing from his rubbing on it. That showed me to respect them. BTW, we did not stop to see the bison. We were already stopped when we noticed him. 1 Likes
Re: National Park dangers Reply #13 – February 26, 2021, 08:36:00 pm After the Cheyenne rally in 2006 we headed east and stayed a couple of days in Theodore Roosevelt NP (north unit). Shortly after setting up I heard a huge bison snorting as he meandered through the campground.He passed close enough to our Mid Bath that had I been stupid enough I really think I could have slid the screen back and reached out to scratch him.He continued past us to a travel trailer in the next site and preceded to scratch his side on the rear corner. I thought he was going to tip it over. No one was inside at the time or they would have thought an earthquake was in progress! He didn't do any damage, but the folks in the trailer had a lot of stuff to pick up from the floor when they got back.Sure glad he didn't decide to relieve his itch when he passed by us. It's one experience I won't forget. 4 Likes
Re: National Park dangers Reply #14 – February 27, 2021, 10:38:57 pm Bison/Buffaloes roam all over Catalina Island since they were brought over in 1924 for movies and left on the island. I was diving lobsters at Catalina Island with my son late one night and I needed to use the bathroom in town at the Isthmus. At that time the town was on generator power and on winter, weekday nights, they shut down the power, so the town was dark. It was about a 100 yard hike from the pier to the restroom. As I walked up to the restroom in the dark, I startled a bison that had been sleeping on the lawn. It took a moment, in the dark, to realize what the big shaggy animal was, standing directly in front of me, whoofing and swaying its head back and forth. At the moment I realized what was happening, I turned and ran as fast as I could back to the pier!I ended up sneaking around the back of the building to slip past the shaggy sentry.Tourists get trampled or gored every few years on the island because they do stupid things. The island bison are wild, strong, dumb and don't like to be bothered. I give them a wide berth.Harold 3 Likes
Re: National Park dangers Reply #15 – February 28, 2021, 12:43:45 am Quote from: Blueox25 - February 27, 2021, 10:38:57 pmTourists get trampled or gored every few years on the island because they do stupid things. The island bison are wild, strong, dumb and don't like to be bothered. I give them a wide berth.My brother and I used to bike camp across Catalina in the springtime.One year, as we set up camp at Little Harbor, a herd of grazing bison, on the hillside in back of the campground, suddenly took off, charging downward through the campground and toward us, the picnic table saved us from certain (possible) death, as they headed to a greener patch of fresh grass.We got our revenge a couple of days later, lunching on bison burgers at the airport's cafe.Larry 3 Likes
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