Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted: Some years back, in my pre-Leica M days, we took an early fall vacation in Banff National Park. It was dusk, and we were returning from the north to some cabins a bit north of Banff town. There was a "wildlife traffic jam," so we pulled over. I watched in simultaneous amusement and horror as a Japanese tourist walked right up to a huge bull elk in full antlers, shoved a motor-driven SLR in the animal's face and began shooting. The buck stamped and reared. Fortunately, the guy got out of the way in time, giggling all the while. I don't think he realized how close he came to being shish-ka-bob. A few seconds later, a Mountie with a bullhorn boomed out, "GET BACK IN YOUR VEHICLE. . . *NOW*!!!" And no, I don't have a picture. The P&S I took on that trip died the second day out, in a canoe on Moraine Lake (the one on the old Canadian $20 bill). :-( --Peter Ted wrote: >Up island here a few years ago, we had three Japanese tourists swept away in >one shot even after the group had been warned repeatedly to watch for and >beware of "big waves and certainly not to go exactly where they went." :-(