National park boardwalks are serious business - Woman sentenced to jail for walking off one

[1srelluc]

Seattle woman sentenced for traveling off the boardwalk in Yellowstone National Park

A Seattle woman has been sentenced to 7 days incarceration for going off the boardwalk and approaching within 10 feet of Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Pa

idahonews.com

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Seattle woman has been sentenced to 7 days incarceration for going off the boardwalk and approaching within 10 feet of Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park.

Angela Flaherty, 44, was sentenced March 19 in the District of Wyoming.

According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, some of Flaherty's conduct was captured on video by another visitor.

In addition to the incarceration, Flaherty was ordered to pay $40 in court costs.

They are 100% serious business. Read "Death in Yellowstone" and you'll discover why.

Every year people die when they leave the path.

She got off light.....Sometimes the sentence is death and it is enforced by nature.

 

[1srelluc]

I remember going the Everglades as a kid and walking on the boardwalk that led out from the visitor center.....The 6'+ Alligator I saw below was enough to make me stay on the boardwalk.

Maybe they should just leave the bodies in place at Yellowstone as a warning.

 

[rightwinger]

We should not encourage stupidity

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Seattle woman sentenced for traveling off the boardwalk in Yellowstone National Park

A Seattle woman has been sentenced to 7 days incarceration for going off the boardwalk and approaching within 10 feet of Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Pa

idahonews.com

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Seattle woman has been sentenced to 7 days incarceration for going off the boardwalk and approaching within 10 feet of Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park.

Angela Flaherty, 44, was sentenced March 19 in the District of Wyoming.

According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, some of Flaherty's conduct was captured on video by another visitor.

In addition to the incarceration, Flaherty was ordered to pay $40 in court costs.

They are 100% serious business. Read "Death in Yellowstone" and you'll discover why.

Every year people die when they leave the path.

She got off light.....Sometimes the sentence is death and it is enforced by nature.

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"Seattle woman".

That says a lot.


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[Manonthestreet]

The threat of being boiled alive was enough for me.

 

[rightwinger]

The threat of being boiled alive was enough for me.

But she needed a selfie she could post for her friends

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

The threat of being boiled alive was enough for me.

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Did you ever see the film "Dante's Peak"?

Before all the wonderful soaks I had in the hot mineral pools in Western Montana, I thought of "that scene".


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[The Sage of Main Street]

We should not encourage stupidity

Trustfundee Treehuggers

The promoted stupidity is having National Parks at all. They cut off half of our potential wealth. If truth could be told instead of sold, it is really about hoarding and price-gouging. The Scrooges always block any increase in supply.