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My wife and I drove to Newfound Gap yesterday to enjoy the spring temps two days after Christmas. I parked across from this sign, and a church bus from a metro Atlanta church pulled in behind us. Before we could step out of our car the bus door opened and everyone but the driver headed up the mountainside. Miles from quality medical care, mind you.
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But that was not the end of the day's ignorance show. A few hundred yards from the Oklanuftee visitors center we saw about 25 vehicles pulled off the road and nearly 100 people gathered along the road. A bull elk was lying in the mud near the river. A woman in her thirties walked up behind it to get a good photo of him.

The bulls have just concluded the rut, breeding and brawling has left many of the bulls exhausted, hungry, and injured. I have photographed elk myself from a safe distance but certainly would not get within the length of a car away from it. Again, miles from quality medical care. I drove off shaking my head.
 
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There's a show called "Alaskan State troopers" on JusticeTV. They frequently show places where people stop to watch bears that have just come out of hibernation and are feeding near the roadside.The possibilities of a viral YouTube video are endless.
 
This recklessness is not uncommon in today's world. Yesterday, a climber in the Red Rock recreation area in our valley fell some 80' to his death. The winds have been howling at over 30 mph for a few days. Would that not indicate that climbing might be inadvisable?

Another example: the recent videos of tourists in lion safari parks in Africa opening the windows of their vehicles to snap close ups of the big cats. Huh? Hospital? My Ethiopian gal tells me that many hospitals in Africa are little more than clinics, unable to handle the huge tissue damage and infection of a lion mauling.

She also mentions a certain waterfall in her country where there is no guardrail as we have in America. The rocks are smooth and slippery from the nearby cascade of water. Yet folks stand right near the edge. Some have fallen 100s of feet. That's it. Season over.

She and I have modified the old chestnut about an "ounce of prevention" to: "A TON of prevention is worth an ounce of cure." We have family responsibilities that are more important than ignorance or reckless displays of bravado.

Kaaskop49
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ColbyBruce said:
My wife and I drove to Newfound Gap yesterday to enjoy the spring temps two days after Christmas. I parked across from this sign, and a church bus from a metro Atlanta church pulled in behind us. Before we could step out of our car the bus door opened and everyone but the driver headed up the mountainside. Miles from quality medical care, mind you.
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What you don't understand is the sign is not for them because they are special. The sign is for you and the other people. :rolleyes::D Larry
 
Back in the 60's when I first started as a LEO, I was told that God sure must have loved stupid people cause he sure made a lot of 'em. An older officer told me that stupid people were a LEO asset, as they provided a certain amount of job security.
All true, but as Kaaskop49 diplomatically pointed out, stupid hurts. That thought has, over the years, offered me some solace.
 
My father, a retired police chief around these parts, told me once "Son, we only catch the dumb ones . . . "

Retired Chief said:
Back in the 60's when I first started as a LEO, I was told that God sure must have loved stupid people cause he sure made a lot of 'em. An older officer told me that stupid people were a LEO asset, as they provided a certain amount of job security.
All true, but as Kaaskop49 diplomatically pointed out, stupid hurts. That thought has, over the years, offered me some solace.
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Muss Muggins said:
My father, a retired police chief around these parts, told me once "Son, we only catch the dumb ones . . . "
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A retired GBI agent told me the exact thing years ago. He went on to mention the high number of dishonest LEO's he had encountered during his career, much spent chasing the Dixie Mafia. He had the scars to show for it to.
 
I lean to the side of caution. We have to head home shortly, so I need to go down the hill below the house here and pull the SD card out of my game camera. Due to the clouds, I can't see my hand in front of my face, nor the 65-3 in it. So I will pull that card on our next visit.
 
ColbyBruce said:
My wife and I drove to Newfound Gap yesterday to enjoy the spring temps two days after Christmas. I parked across from this sign, and a church bus from a metro Atlanta church pulled in behind us. Before we could step out of our car the bus door opened and everyone but the driver headed up the mountainside. Miles from quality medical care, mind you.
image138.jpeg


But that was not the end of the day's ignorance show. A few hundred yards from the Oklanuftee visitors center we saw about 25 vehicles pulled off the road and nearly 100 people gathered along the road. A bull elk was lying in the mud near the river. A woman in her thirties walked up behind it to get a good photo of him.



The bulls have just concluded the rut, breeding and brawling has left many of the bulls exhausted, hungry, and injured. I have photographed elk myself from a safe distance but certainly would not get within the length of a car away from it. Again, miles from quality medical care. I drove off shaking my head.
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Well if you hadn't parked there and blocked the sign.......things might have been different!!!!!!

Just saying....................

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As John Wayne once said: "Life is hard. Its harder when you're stupid." If you had pointed the sign out to them, you probably would have gotten a cussing, church people or not. I would have moved my car so that they didn't tumble down the slope and hit it and caused a dent
 
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