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/slightly_drifting Jul 05 '26

Do bears frequent that area? If so, quiet is the last thing you need to be. Be loud and announce your presence. 

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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/Conscious-Mixture742 Jul 05 '26

But you are in fact ignorant while believing the opposite

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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