The Heartbreak of "BART Pants"
After some confusion over reports that someone had fallen under a BART train, followed by more news that nobody was found under the train, we thought we'd set the record straight. According to police, as a train was arriving, a commuter at Embarcadero Station tripped on his pants and fell onto the tracks. Fortunately, he managed to quickly pull himself back up to the platform, cheating death, BART police say. The operator never saw the man climb out, so he/she called the cops, reporting a body under the train. Officers found the man who had fallen and treated him for minor scrapes and bruises at the scene. "That's way lucky," says Lt. Aaron Ledford with the BART police. We can only hope that this lucky commuter went and bought himself a lottery ticket or some new goddamn pants.
And Now: People Who Take Pictures with Bears
The fact that hikers don't already know not to take selfies with bears is news. Either that or a potential Darwin Award. For whatever reason, Tahoe hikers have taken on a new dangerous pastime of snapping selfies with the predators. We get it: Bears are cute, but a cranky, hungry bear is not. National Park Service officials have been spreading the word through local media, explaining that taking selfies with bears is not the best idea, seeing as bears are unpredictable, wild, and fully prepared to attack if bothered. In other words, they're bears. "We've had mobs of people that are actually rushing toward the bears trying to get a 'selfie' photo," Lisa Herron, spokesperson for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "It is presenting a safety issue. We are afraid someone is going to get attacked." If this nonsense keeps up, park officials have warned they will close visitor centers. While we're on the topic: You really shouldn't take selfies with mountain lions, sharks, or certain types of snakes, either.
Comments are closed.
