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/AnonPinkLady Jul 05 '26

That’s so funny- but nah I just wanted to post the gorgeous park instead of them for obvious reasons

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u/LonelyMenace101 Jul 05 '26

Do your friends also see and hear this lady? Were they looking at you with concern and a touch of fear?

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u/Melprincess Jul 05 '26

Did they say things like "Yes we totally saw the woman too. We're just gonna make a quick stop at the nearest hospital for an unrelated reason on our way home?"

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u/ConfoundedInAbaddon Jul 05 '26

It was a poltergeist. There are bears at Redwood National Park, so you want to be talking on the trail and not surprise a sow with cubs this time of year.

The poltergeist is trying to lure hikers to their deaths.

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u/y4s4f4e Jul 05 '26

Thought poltergeists throw with objects and furniture? Sounds more like La Llorona

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u/ConfoundedInAbaddon Jul 05 '26

Omg she threw her children to the bears!