> A local bar had a sign outside last year that said : "Thinking about throwing a baby Bison in the trunk of your car? Come inside for a drink instead."
I was wondering the backstory behind this sign, and apparently someone actually did this.
"What started out as an apparently well-intentioned move by tourists who placed a young bison in the back of their vehicle because they believed it looked cold, has ended in no small sadness.
On Monday, officials at Yellowstone National Park revealed that the calf had to be put down after being rejected by its herd."
Sorry, I thought that one was widely-known so did't include the details -- it was covered on the late-night comedy shows at the time I seem to remember.
Another one I remembered since posting the list above was the tourists who broke several toilets in the park due to standing on the seats. There are now signs, some in Chinese, in the park's public toilets advising not to stand on them..
Heh, in Asia sit-down toilets are rare in the country-side. They use a squat-style toilet with foot pads, the water trap is just below ground and you "flush" by pouring a small bucket of water in the hole when finished. But usually if you have the means to travel to the US from Asia you're afluent enough to have seen a sit-down shitter before. They do exist in Asia/China.
It's not that they have never seen them, its a public/private division. Many Chinese homes have sit down toilets in their bedrooms bit squat toilet in the first floor since that is a public area. Standing on a sit toilet is more about not wanting to let your butt touch a public toilet than not knowing how to use one.
> broke several toilets in the park due to standing on the seats
Amusingly, one of my early memories of newspaper reading was that a lady had won a lawsuit for breaking her ankle that way (yes, in the US, why do you ask? ;-)
Apparently they hit you when you turn your back to them and they will toss you in the air. Sometimes more than once.
> On June 2, an Australian man was taking photos within five feet of a 2,000-pound bison in the same area when the bull suddenly charged him, hooking him with its horns and tossing him into the air several times. Incredibly, the man lived.
Not surprised people ignore the warnings about staying back 25 meters. At Algonquin park in Ontario, Canada we came across a giant male moose and everyone was staying well back. Then a Chinese tourist family walked right up to it within a few feet to take a photo. A man attempted yelling at them to stay back but they ignored the warning. Nothing happened but it really bothered me, mostly because they entirely disrespected the animal.
I was wondering the backstory behind this sign, and apparently someone actually did this.
"What started out as an apparently well-intentioned move by tourists who placed a young bison in the back of their vehicle because they believed it looked cold, has ended in no small sadness.
On Monday, officials at Yellowstone National Park revealed that the calf had to be put down after being rejected by its herd."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/yellowstone...