Young woman gored by Bison - why are people so stupid?
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Anonymous
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/01/yellowstone-bison-gores-woman/
It sounds like she died because she walked up to a bison, probably for a photo, and it gored her. I just don't understand how people can be so stupid. It's just incredible. She threw her life away for nothing. |
Anonymous
| Darwinism at its finest. You’re right, she lost her life for a picture that would’ve gotten a few likes on Instagram. Not worth it. |
Anonymous
| I work closely with the NPS, this is very, very common. LOTS of people die each year in National Parks due to their own negligence. I think a lot of people aren't savvy about wildlife or nature and it's their first time in a rural, natural place. City people thinking it's an amusement park. NPS has tons and tons of signs everywhere about bison, not walking into hot springs, not walking off the cliff at the Grand Canyon, not getting lost in the woods where there's not cell reception, on and on. |
Anonymous
How do you know she didn't already reproduce? |
Anonymous
| Ouch. What a way to go |
Anonymous
| Hard to feel sorry for her but I do feel sorry for loved one left behind. |
Anonymous
Agree. What sad and shocking news for them. |
Anonymous
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9 people also died doing water sports over the holiday weekend (and that's just the major headline news) - respectively 3 parasailing in FL, 5 went over a waterfall in VA, 1 motorboating somewhere.
I consider all risky propositions stupid. |
Anonymous
I will bet you $50 that she is not a "city person." I don't think that is a real thing. A "city person" might be more likely to underestimate the weather and end up lost or dehydrated on a hike, but I don't think there's anything about being a "city person" that makes you more likely to decide you know better than 10000 signs and approach a bison. |
Anonymous
IMO there is a huge difference between going parasailing (assuming reasonable due diligence) and dying because of the negligence of the operator vs walking up to a bison for a photo. |
Anonymous
They didn't die through the negligence of an operator. A freak gale spun up and threw the equipment off course. In other words, they died because of Mother Nature just like the woman with the bison. |
Anonymous
| Tourons of Yellowstone is a brilliant Instagram account to follow. |
Anonymous
I heard about the 2 who were lost going over a dam in Virginia (out of a group of 12) - are you referring to them or others? |
Anonymous
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And lots more people die falling down stairs in their own home... OP, I know your point is that this person died by going out of her way to provoke a dangerous animal, but... I'm sure you've taken deadly risks in your life without even realizing how risky they were. People walk up to bison all the time, without mishap, and this is the time the bison decided it had enough. That woman probably saw others do it without getting harmed, and didn't calculate the risk. I could say the same of everyone who looks at their phone while driving. "Lots of people do it too!" is not a guarantee of safety. |
Anonymous
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I think Mike Rowe's "Safety Third" concept applies here. Basically the idea is that when we're used to things being made "safe" around us, we get complacent and stop taking personal responsibility for our own safety. So in this example, people think of natural parks as amusement parks, where someone else has set up guard rails to protect you from yourself. They don't think about how their own actions could put themselves (or others) in danger.
Here's an article about the idea. https://www.ishn.com/articles/93505--dirty-jobs--guy-says-safety-third-is--a-conversation-worth-having- |