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In reply to the discussion: Texas Man Falls 350 Feet to His Death at Grand Canyon [View all]kentauros
(29,414 posts)12. There are, indeed, too many stupid tourists out there.
Sometimes their stupidity kills them. Other times, they luck out, and hopefully learn an important lesson.
Tall Tales Vs. Turning Tail
Tourist Attraction | Florida, USA |
(I work at a visitors center on a refuge, which is by a large pond. As this is Florida, we naturally have alligators. A visitor approaches the help desk.)
Visitor: You have a fake alligator outside!
Coworker: No, sir. Its real.
Visitor: Theres no way thats real!
Coworker: Sir, all our gators are real.
Visitor: Ill prove it!
(My coworker follows the visitor outside. Suddenly, the visitor goes up to an alligator resting along the side of the pond and grabs it by the tail.)
Alligator: *dives into the water*
Visitor: *face goes white*
Tourist Attraction | Florida, USA |
(I work at a visitors center on a refuge, which is by a large pond. As this is Florida, we naturally have alligators. A visitor approaches the help desk.)
Visitor: You have a fake alligator outside!
Coworker: No, sir. Its real.
Visitor: Theres no way thats real!
Coworker: Sir, all our gators are real.
Visitor: Ill prove it!
(My coworker follows the visitor outside. Suddenly, the visitor goes up to an alligator resting along the side of the pond and grabs it by the tail.)
Alligator: *dives into the water*
Visitor: *face goes white*
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I don't know what happened in this case, but there are a lot of idiots who visit the Grand Canyon
lostincalifornia
Mar 2014
#2
There are bars and warning signs to tell people not to go beyond that point. At least they were
lostincalifornia
Mar 2014
#14
I guess retrieving a hat is better than the idiot who fell when I was a kid
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Mar 2014
#17