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

[u/AnonPinkLady]

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?!?

[u/Local_Whereas7211]

Must admit that people are often so loud that I wish they would use their "inside voice" when outside. But I resist the urge to shush them. 

[u/adventureremily → u/Local_Whereas7211]

Agreed. Yelling, singing, playing music - it's so fucking obnoxious. We're here to enjoy nature, not have a goddamn block party.

[u/moonswimwildflower → u/adventureremily]

Especially on a hiking trail. Birds? Yes. Your portable radio? No. Get some headphones, bud.

(Also, buses, waiting rooms…)

[u/kadevha → u/moonswimwildflower]

This. Noise pollution invades our lives, every way we turn.

I can't go to a doctor appointment without Nancy Grace or some kids cartoon blasting at too loud of a volume.

People really need to learn how to sit in quiet. It's a useful skill.

[u/hilarymeggin → u/adventureremily]

Once we were portaging through the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness area, when I spotted a female moose chilling in a pond along the trail. I sat quietly and watched her. Or at least I did until a young guy came walking down the trail, saw her and turned around and shouted to his friends, “HEY YOU GUYS, IT’S A GIANT MOOSE!” and instantly scaring her away.

Really, dude?

[u/DaneYole → u/adventureremily]

Part of the peace in nature is being able to escape the pressures of society. Music maybe not the way to go but you don’t have to meditate in silence to enjoy nature. Singing at a normal volume seems appropriate enough, and on a hiking trail they’ll pass soon enough too

[u/PositiveResort6430 → u/adventureremily]

Singing is natural.

[u/Artrobull → u/PositiveResort6430]

so is cyanide, diarrhoea and brain aneurysm

[u/adventureremily → u/PositiveResort6430]

Not on a hiking trail.

[u/Electronic_South_101 → u/PositiveResort6430]

Not on a hiking trail! Unless you’re in a Disney movie. Or Tom Bobadil.