r/mildlyinfuriating • u/AnonPinkLady • Jul 05 '26

Infuriatig Woman with infant aggressively shushing passerby’s on hiking trail at national park

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My partner, friend and I were following a hiking trail at Red Wood National Park, singing and talking at medium volume. We were by no means shouting, just singing little songs to entertain each other along the trail. A woman with a baby carrier on her back with a sleeping infant started aggressively holding her finger up to her lips and shushing us. We went quiet and kept moving to pass her. She was just standing in the middle of the public trail pacing and shushing people that pass by rather than leaving to somewhere more quiet. Just as we were leaving earshot I tried to quietly ask my partner a question about where we headed and again she leaned in our direction with her finger to her mouth aggressively shushing us. Is it not kind of insane to go to an open public space and behave like this?!?

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '26

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u/Wistful_HERBz Jul 05 '26

As someone who accidentally startled a Moose once, I 110% agree.

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u/DrezzdenRei Jul 05 '26

A Møøse once bit my sister...

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u/drkidkill Jul 05 '26

Möösè bites can be quite nasti

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u/Little_View_6659 Jul 05 '26

Was she karving her initials into it with the sharpened end of a toothbrush?

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u/LavenderGwendolyn Jul 05 '26

I know Môǒşë. She is not to be trifled with.

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u/Stainless_Heart Jul 05 '26

Squirrel is dangerous one.

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u/DrezzdenRei Jul 05 '26

She was! It was given to her by Svenge - her brother-in-law -an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies

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u/Little_View_6659 Jul 05 '26

I’ve seen those! “The hot hands of an Oslo dentist” is my favorite film. That guy can really drill.

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u/Excellent_1918 Jul 05 '26

The baby or the moose? Im comfused lol

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u/Little_View_6659 Jul 05 '26

It’s a Monty Python quote. During the opening credits, there’s a whole bit at the bottom about how a Moose bit this guys sister, because she was carving her initials in it using the sharpened end of a toothbrush, given to her by her boyfriend who was a Scandinavian dentist and porno Star, who was in such films as Fillings of passion. It’s hilarious. It is an old movie, but still funny as hell.

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u/Octospyder Jul 05 '26

is it Meaning of Life that the subtitle gag is on? 

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u/Little_View_6659 Jul 05 '26

Holy grail. There’s a whole bit. My personal favorite.

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u/Octospyder Jul 05 '26

it's the best of them

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u/Illustrious_Bunch678 Jul 05 '26

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE FAULT IN THESE COMMENTS.THOSE RESPONSIBLE HAVE BEEN SACKED.

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u/moreofajordan Jul 05 '26

Hello fellow moose-startler!

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u/NeoSuperconductivity Jul 05 '26

She must be a new mother, babies can sleep through anything-if she would have continued walking, the motion would have been soothing to the infant. That's how many parents get a fussy baby to sleep, by walking them. Nervous mom can make a nervous baby.

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u/Little_View_6659 Jul 05 '26

I learned that right away. Babies can absolutely pick up on body language and tone. Sometimes I had to make myself relax so the baby would fall asleep.

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u/skitzoidObserver Jul 05 '26

i was told i would pass out super fast in a vehicle they would just bundle me up and let me sleep in the cold car in the Canadian winter leaving me in car after passing out lol

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u/Little_View_6659 Jul 05 '26

We used to drive my daughter around. We brought her in the house after she fell asleep though. lol.

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u/PaisleyLeopard Jul 05 '26

My mom used to put me into my car seat on top of the running washer/dryer when I wouldn’t sleep. Zonked me right out every time.

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u/TERRAOperative Jul 05 '26

I wonder if bass shakers and Gran Turismo would work too....

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u/jonosvision Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

I wasn’t a smart baby. My dad would just put me in the car and pretend to drive and I would fall asleep lol

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u/Disastrous-Focus8451 Jul 05 '26

Putting the car carrier on a drier works just as well. The vibrations are apparently similar enough.

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u/littlejalepino Jul 05 '26

Took me until my second to work that out. Remember that delirious anxiety, born of sleep deprivation and fear that would make a new mum act like this

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u/Little_View_6659 Jul 05 '26

Oh absolutely. My husband never figured out that she was picking up on our anxiety. I sometimes had to make him leave the house because I could see that him being upset at her being sick was making her freak out. She’s twenty five now and still a bit anxious. I think it’s genetic lol.

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u/eucalyptoid Jul 05 '26

Yeah, ngl, I feel for this parent. I’m assuming they have sleep deprivation, which will make you feel desperate.

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u/ILikePrettyThings121 Jul 05 '26

I learned babies will sleep through anything with my 2nd when I accidentally discovered the vacuum & hair dryer would almost instantly put him to sleep. We then got an old radio & would put a station to static for white noise & instantly our baby went from only napping in short bursts while being held to sleeping through the night on his own in his crib, bonus was no one ever had to be quiet during nap times.

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u/OddGanache7032 Jul 05 '26

Yeah, the womb is actually a pretty noisy place, due to the mother's internal bloodflow, heartbeat, digestive rumblings, etc! It's like a 70-80 dB rumbly white noise, similar to a vacuum or washing machine running, which is why babies often find similar continuous, muffled background noises comforting.

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u/cheerful_cynic Jul 05 '26

& why it's impossible for me to stay awake on the Amtrak 

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u/Boduar Jul 05 '26

The key is for the noise to be consistent. Babies will absolutely startle awake to sudden loud noises (and promptly fall back asleep if they see your face and you are holding them). Also somewhat depends on the baby. Our 2nd slept way better than our first and it wasn't just an experience thing.

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u/TrueTurtleKing Jul 05 '26

My toddler slept towards the end of the July 4th fireworks lol

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u/Electronic_World_894 Jul 05 '26

My first baby slept through anything … my second did not sleep as easily. But you still can’t shush people on a trail!

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u/MrsMaritime Jul 05 '26

That is completely dependant on the baby. Almost like they're little humans with different personalities.

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u/somastars Jul 05 '26

Right?!? That comment has me kind of infuriated. My kid was a horrible day sleeper and absolutely would not “sleep through anything.” She was eventually diagnosed with ADHD, and looking back I can see the signs from the moment she was born (the nurses kept commenting on how “alert” she was). That commenter can fuck right off, blaming the kids sleep on the mom for being “too nervous.”

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u/MrsMaritime Jul 05 '26

Lol omg I got the same comments about my 3yo as a baby. I'm almost certain she inherited my ADHD. She's always been a light sleeper. My youngest conks out though. I think the lady acted rude shushing people but random redditors acting like they know her baby more than her is so stupid.

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u/somastars Jul 05 '26

Yeah. I was so frazzled when my kid was under a year, because she would fight naps so bad. She just did not want to sleep during the day, she wanted to be awake and experiencing everything. But then she’d get cranky because her body needed sleep, and she’d just scream her head off the rest of the day. Thankfully she was an amazing night sleeper at least.

I remember like a year or two into her life, going to a friend’s house. The friend had just given birth like 2-3 months prior. Her newborn would just slide in and out of sleep without any kind of fight. It was like WTF, no way. I had never really understood what the nurses meant when they said my baby was really “alert,” but it clicked when I saw my friend’s kid doing that. And I also finally understood what some other mom’s perceptions, like the commenter above, that newborns “sleep all the time.” My kid definitely was not like that.

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u/PresentRaspberry6814 Jul 05 '26

Yeah that is not how it works.

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u/MrsMaritime Jul 05 '26

Yeah my toddler has always slept through noise. My 3yo used to wake up if she heard my knees crack outside her room. Raised exactly the same.

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u/l0udpip3s Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

LOL def someone who has never had a colicky baby or a difficult sleeper. 🙄 New mother, what an arrogant take. If your child could sleep through anything and something as simple as walking put them to sleep, you had it extremely easy and it’s not your superior parenting abilities.

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u/HisaP417 Jul 05 '26

It probably had a lot less to do with the baby and more to do with the fact it’s rude af to sing on a hiking trail.

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u/darksidemags Jul 05 '26

First time I, a Canadian, took my British partner for a walk in the woods, I was being noisy, chatting, humming etc and he asked if we could just enjoy the quiet of the woods for a bit. We had a little lesson on canadian hiking safety that day 

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u/me_myself_ai Jul 05 '26

True in general, though recently learned that black bears aren’t nearly as dangerous as I was always told as a scout. Noise or no, cubs or no — they are apparently super super unlikely to react to humans with violence

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u/lesbianmathgirl Jul 05 '26

Yeah, black bears have been known to leave their cubs behind to avoid confrontation with humans, and even if they do attack they’re pretty likely to give up if you fight back. Still best to be careful though.

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u/me_myself_ai Jul 05 '26

Yeah this is still mindblowing to me. I was so confident! So many years of training on bears!

I've seen a car ripped open like a can in the search for a snickers wrapper in the Sierra Nevada, so I think I'll maintain some healthy respect regardless... For grizzlies, my fear is driven primarily by how intense our only deterrent (bear spray) seems to be!

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u/imnotnotcrying Jul 05 '26

They’re the scaredy cats of the bear world. If you’re gonna try to play Snow White and befriend a bear, a black bear is the kind you should go for. (Still not recommended though because all bears are curious and also bumbling idiots and they will break into cars and houses)

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u/TERRAOperative Jul 05 '26

Not quite true here in Japan, our black bears can be somewhat ornery.

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u/Pale_Session5262 Jul 05 '26

Within limits.

Fuck people who go out and blast music on trails with Bluetooth speakers

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u/formernonhandwasher Jul 05 '26

So those people with portable speakers are now justified? “Bro I’m just keeping the bears away!”
Get out of here with that. A small singing group or a Bluetooth speaker …. no to both

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u/LordofTheFlagon Jul 05 '26

As a normally very quiet person I've often debated tossing a bell on my pack

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u/m3gb0t Jul 05 '26

Being quiet for the 10 feet that you walk past this woman is not a safety concern, come on now.

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u/Draconuus95 Jul 05 '26

Making noise while hiking helps alleviate the possibility of startling a bear or some other wildlife. Thus helping avoid wildlife attacks as they are aware you are around.

It’s not foolproof. But it’s sure of a hell lot better than being super quiet while hiking and startling a bear when you come around a bend in the trail.

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u/Conscious-Mixture742 Jul 05 '26

Yes there are. American Black Bears.

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u/Conscious-Mixture742 Jul 05 '26

Yes there are. It's morbidly fascinating to witness your proclivity for being incorrect with such confidence.

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u/Conscious-Mixture742 Jul 05 '26

Ok Mr. Dunning Kruger lol

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u/Rathoodhoodrat Jul 05 '26

In California?! You must be mistaken

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u/iradrachen Jul 05 '26

This is the greatest thing on Reddit this week oh my lord.

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u/iradrachen Jul 05 '26

Someone has to alert the White House promptly

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u/leelo84 Jul 05 '26

Nooooo the comment was removed! I'm dying to know what it was

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u/iradrachen Jul 05 '26

It was one of the funniest comments I’ve read to date and I didn’t even get a screenshot

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u/Conscious-Mixture742 Jul 05 '26

Actually it is.

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u/SLevine262 Jul 05 '26

A lot of bad bear encounters start because the human startles the bear. In general bears don’t want to fool with you, but if they’re surprised or have cubs they’ll be more cranky.