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frogmarch

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18. Stupid people!

Fri Mar 2, 2012, 05:39 PM

Mar 2012

I live near Wind Cave National Park and Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and it's not uncommon to see tourists get out of their vehicles near bison herds to snap pictures of these huge animals. Some really stupid tourists have walked up to bison bulls, and other really stupid tourists have tried to put their children on the animals' backs to photograph them. There are signs everywhere warning against doing any of these things, but for some reason, tourists who are really stupid choose to believe they're at a petting zoo.

I am glad the boy attacked by a cheetah wasn't seriously hurt. Gah! Stupid people!

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Family got out of car at Safari park [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 OP

A narrowly-missed Darwin award. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #1

you got that right! mimitabby Mar 2012 #5

My reaction to that title was "this will not end well". Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #2

That cat Is The Shit! HangOnKids Mar 2012 #9

And he just knows it! What a great pose. He could be a centerfold in a magazine...n/t monmouth Mar 2012 #12

that cat is supremely REGAL Skittles Mar 2012 #15

Kibble? Antelope guts would be far more to its taste. FarCenter Mar 2012 #20

I can hear the voiceover now: "You talkin' to ME?..." nt Buns_of_Fire Mar 2012 #23

LOL - perfect! Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #24

it sure is! Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #35

I'm glad no one was hurt badly lunatica Mar 2012 #3

Darwin award. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #4

hopefully the cheetah will not be harmed. mimitabby Mar 2012 #6

my first thought. stuntcat Mar 2012 #27

The adults in that story are, strictly-speaking, not fit to live on Earth. Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #7

"Some people have to be reminded that the rest of the world is real." dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #31

People need "warning signs" to keep away from Cheetahs? . . . Journeyman Mar 2012 #8

As My Ole Gran Henny Used To Say HangOnKids Mar 2012 #11

LOL!! lastlib Mar 2012 #14

That's a keeper. . . Journeyman Mar 2012 #16

"It's only a flesh-wound!" PCIntern Mar 2012 #10

Kitty over there! ellie Mar 2012 #13

Jurassic Park flashbacks... FirstLight Mar 2012 #17

Stupid people! frogmarch Mar 2012 #18

"tried to put their children on the animals' backs to photograph them" Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #25

Some tourists frogmarch Mar 2012 #26

"tried to put their children on the animals" - I saw that in person one time. FSogol Mar 2012 #28

Wow, that must have been frogmarch Mar 2012 #30

Some folks are just incredibly stupid... MineralMan Mar 2012 #19

People see deer as docile and benign. alphafemale Mar 2012 #22

I saw a video of one standing on it's hooves kicking a guy Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #36

The kid will always have a story to tell now, especially if there is any scar. eom yawnmaster Mar 2012 #21

I use to see parents stop their cars to take pics..... AnneD Mar 2012 #29

Grizzlies! omg. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #34

You can't fix stupid. But apparently cheetahs can. Bruce Wayne Mar 2012 #32

The Arrogance of Man. Yavin4 Mar 2012 #33

Why do people forget that these are WILD ANIMALS??? Odin2005 Mar 2012 #37

True. You have to expect animals to act like animals. Louisiana1976 Mar 2012 #38