The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77515   Message #1384547
Posted By: Rapparee
21-Jan-05 - 02:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Weird news & true stories
Subject: RE: BS: Weird news & true stories
Visit Yellowstone!

The guy who was gored to death by a buffalo (bison) when he approached it -- the buff was angry with people because the previous visitors were a group of teenagers who had been throwing rocks at the animal.

The kid in Yellowstone who wandered away when his parents weren't watching and fell into a hot pot, from which 8 pounds of grease and clothing was recovered the next day.

The kid in Yellowstone who teased a moose and was stomped to death -- coupled with the judge, who ruled in the lawsuit filed by the kid's parents that all of the animals in Yellowstone should be tagged and their whereabouts tracked at all times.

Or the guy up in Anchorage who climbed over the moat and fence into the polar bear's cage. He got et, and the locals figured it was better than he deserved.

Or the guy up in Alaska last year or the year before who had spent years with the "brown bears" and considered them to be simply misunderstood. Unfortunately, his girl friend was et as well as him and two bears had to be shot to retrieve the human bodies.

Or the fella visiting Kodiak island, who back in the '60s was photographing a brown bear while offering it a marshmallow. He got his pictures, and jumped into his Volkswagen to drive away, taking the marshmallows with him. He was lucky, 'cause the bear simply ripped off the (US) driver's side front fender, door, quarter panel, and back fender.

Or the damnfools who decide that the hotpots at Yellowstone are just like a hot tub. Or the guy who dove into one to rescue a dog. Or....

Anyway, it there weren't so many being born I'd think that such things improve the gene pool.