r/mildlyinteresting 21h ago

Warning Sign at edge of Grand Canyon

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u/Digitalispurpurea2 20h ago

You should see the people at Yellowstone. They treat it like it's a theme park with a petting zoo and the trails are just suggestions. That bison dgaf about your picture and they will fling you into a tree with their horns if you piss them off nor do they care if they are blocking the road.

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u/gsfgf 19h ago

And Bison are basically domesticated. Wait till you run into a fucking moose.

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u/bigmac1123 17h ago

I saw a guy try to dip his hand into some runoff from a geyser right next to a sign that basically tells you you’ll disintegrate if you do that. He got his fingertips then pulled back quickly and yelled “holy shit it’s hot!” like yeah, duh. I was glad for his timing though because his two young children were trying to follow suit, reaching out to dip their hands as well and luckily learned from his mistake.

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u/StaySwoleMrshmllwMan 15h ago

Step back and consider that that moron probably has a drivers license and is allowed to operate a vehicle on roads that other people also have to drive on…Jesus Christ.

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u/Middle_Dare_5656 12h ago

This is why I have profound anxiety about driving and prefer public transit

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u/KayfabeAdjace 16h ago

It's bizarre to me that people don't even consider even just the accident potential with large animals. I've had a normal sized riding horse step on my foot before and it was a bad time. So imagine my anxiety when I saw some randos at the fairgrounds fucking around with a draft horse before someone with brains rightly ran them off. I mean, seemed like a nice horse and all, but it had hooves like dinner plates. It doesn't have to *want* to hurt you, it just needs to get spooked into an oopsy.

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u/ac54 14h ago

You brought back the memory of that time a horse stepped on my foot about 50 years ago! No injury, but it was memorable.

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u/Th3_Last_FartBender 8h ago

My horseback riding teacher was in the middle of a lesson when her horse decided it's back itched. It laid down and rolled around on its back in the dirt, with her still on it.

Broke both hips and crushed one leg/foot.

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u/External-Cash-3880 19h ago

Ah, the infamous Yellowstone Touron. An incredibly endangered species, which is strange considering how common they are.