#dynamite grizzly

[moon-drop-grape]

witchcarters vs. hooligans

[f4nggzz]

Happyy Halloween!! So, I'm not very fine in the moment, and thanks to that, I was not able to finish the animation I planned, but I just really wish you all a wonderful Halloween, and thank you for everyone for interacting with my Fang posts :')

[disabled-battlekukku]

I need to find every comic the hooligans appear in SPECIFICALLY

oh and speedy and the witchcart trio too

[bones-and-whatnot]

Sonic & Mario Character Archetypes, Part 4

(Bowser’s retinue all get classic and modern counterparts because I couldn’t decide.)

Villain Squad— The Lanky, Manic One

Villain Squad— The Brute/Muscle (Classic: Dark coloration— I don’t wanna out-and-out cry racism, because I think there could possibly be other explanations, but there’s maybe a conversation to be had there.)

Villain Squad— The Small One (Modern) / The Wacky One (Classic)

[nba24highlights]

Dillon Brooks after Poking the Bear! DONT POKE THE BEAR! "Lebron James"#dillonbrooks #lebronjames #pokethebear #nba #nba24highlights #nbahighlights #nbaedit #nbaedits #dynamite #grizzlies #grizzliesbasketball #grizzliesnation #grizzliesnba #fyp #viral #viraltiktok #fyptiktok #viralfyp #fypfyp #fypfypfyp #fypfypfypfyp #fypfypfypfypfypfypfypfypfypfypfyp #CapCut

[zablife]

Michael's Wedding Gift

Requested by @peakyswritings for my 2K celebration An Evening at Arrow House. Warning: This is a dark fic 💀

A/N: For added effect play "A Heart Made of Yarn" by Franz Gordon while reading.

The new Mrs. Shelby nuzzled her cheek against the course hairs of Tommy's chest, eyelids shut tight to keep in the tears that threatened to overspill. Her breath caught in her throat as she whispered, "I don't understand why he isn't allowed to come to the party?"

Tommy moved to sit up in bed and his wife scrambled to find a place at his side. What had she done that was so wrong, inviting his cousin inside for tea when he arrived unannounced? He was the only relative to congratulate them in the month they'd been married.

As Tommy caught sight of the tear rolling down his wife's cheek, he softened. "If I'd known you wanted him here, he would have been invited, but Michael is going back to Boston in the morning. It couldn't be helped," he answered, brushing the tear away with the pad of his thumb. A deep chuckle rose from inside his chest as he asked, "What's so special about Michael anyhow? We're expecting at least fifty other guests who will be more than happy to coo at your gorgeous gown from Paris."

Mrs. Shelby sniffled as she replied, "It's not that. He was kind to me," she recalled, thinking of Michael's warm, brown eyes and unassuming nature which made her feel at ease around him. She learned that he was relatively new to the family business which gave them something to bond over. He wasn't brash, but shy and quiet like her and the kinship they forged was something she held dear despite the short time spent together.

"There will be other parties, love," Tommy assured her with a kiss to the top of her head. She held to that promise, dreading the evening before them because she understood the Shelbys could be an unforgiving lot.

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As Mrs. Shelby greeted the arriving guests, she shifted nervously in her high heels and nuzzled closer to her husband's side. Despite the warm summer evening, there was a distinct chill radiating from the glacial stares of Tommy's friends and family. Apparently, not one found her worthy of the great Thomas Shelby, MP OBE. Sensing his wife's nervousness, Tommy gave her hand a gentle squeeze and she willed herself not to give up so soon.

As she turned to accept a glass of champagne from a passing waiter, she locked eyes with Tommy's man Isaiah. He swaggered toward her purposefully as he deposited a key into her hand.

"What's this?" she asked with a tilt of her head.

"A wedding gift, compliments of Mr. Michael Gray," he said with a bow.

"A car?" she asked incredulously.

"You must have made quite an impression," Isaiah remarked.

"I wouldn't say that, but he was understanding of my situation," Mrs. Shelby replied, staring at the key which sat heavy in her palm.

"Whatever you say, ma'am," Isaiah agreed, turning his back to her.

"Isaiah, wait. I was wondering something," she asked with genuine concern. A thought had been plaguing her mind since tea. She hadn't wanted to make Tommy's cousin self conscious asking about his obvious limp, but she couldn't reconcile it seeing that Michael was far too young to be a war veteran. "I was hoping you might know what happened to Michael's leg?"

Isaiah's eyebrow twitched with a hint of mischief and he bowed his head to whisper, "Reckon Tommy don't want you to know, but his cousin's a nutter. Blew up the wishing well in his village with dynamite when he was a boy and got caught in the explosion."

Mrs. Shelby's hand flew to her mouth in panic. Surely the man she'd been speaking with a day earlier wasn't capable of such things. "My God," was all she could utter.

Isaiah gave a nod as guests filed past them, unaware of Mrs. Shelby's distress as he continued the grizzly tale. "That's not all. He got a taste for it after that. Set fire to the little farmhouse where he lived and the family who took him in burnt in their beds," he said, lips curling into a wicked sneer, delighted by the reaction he received.

Then he added one last threat for good measure. “Stay on his good side, Mrs. Shelby. Perhaps convince your husband to bring him back from his exile in America? Michael wasn’t pleased about that,” he said ominously.

Mrs. Shelby felt her heart racing and palms sweating as she looked around wildly for Tommy. As she spied him coming closer, she grabbed for him with trembling hands, a way to anchor herself in a sea of confusion and terror.

"There's my lovely wife," he beamed. "Are you feeling alright?" he asked seeing her ashen face.

"Can we go?" she begged, desperate to be rid of the unpleasant company. "There's something I'd like to show you," she said, holding up the key.

"Of course," Tommy replied, placing an arm securely around her waist.

"Michael's given us a wedding gift," Mrs. Shelby announced, gesturing toward a beautiful new Bentley parked in the drive. "What do you make of that?"

"It's a very nice automobile," Tommy conceded through clenched teeth, shoving his hands into his pockets hastily. "Shall we join our guests now?" he urged, turning to leave.

"Tommy, is Michael...dangerous?" his wife called to him, his foot frozen on the top stair. Before she had time to dissuade herself, she ran to him and confided everything Isaiah told her.

"People like to make up stories because Michael was away for many years, but it's nothing more than idle gossip,” he explained with a wave of his hand.

"Tommy, I must insist you take this seriously. Tell me you haven’t sent Michael to Boston to punish him. That he has no reason to quarrel with you,” his wife urged, voice bordering on hysteria.

Tommy's hands clasped her face between his large palms, icy blue irises fixating on hers in a hypnotizing stare as he promised, “Of course not, it’s only business," he swore. "Do you believe me?"

She nodded slowly, placing a hand over his. Her Tommy wouldn't lie or make false promises. She had complete faith and trust in her husband in that moment. She took his arm as he offered it out to her and walked confidently into dinner, knowing he would protect her from harm.

It would be the last time she was seen alive. The next morning as she placed the key in the ignition of her shiny new automobile, the engine suddenly exploded, tearing and twisting the metal into an unrecognizable ball of flame. As the smoke billowed up to the heavens, Tommy raced to the wreckage, finding a note on his doorstep left by his embittered cousin.

"Congratulations, Tommy. I understand why you eloped with this beautiful creature and left us all to fend for ourselves. Tell me, has she ever looked more lovely than she does now?"

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Tag List:

@evita-shelby

@shelbydelrey

@alanadetigy

@severewobblerlightdragon

@lovemissyhoneybee

@theshelbyslimited

@kittycatcait219

@notyour-valentine

@areyenotfondofmelobster

@polishcrazyone

@elenavampire21

@little-diable

@lyarr24

@jomarch-wannabe

@helen06dreamer

@raincoffeeandfandoms

@dearshelby

@cillmequick

@call-sign-shark

@peakyltd

@brummiereader

@runnning-outof-time

@emotionalcadaver

@thegreatdragonfruta

@flysafepapi

@the-makingsofgreatness

@noforkingclue

[fereise]

Overhaul/Update version for one of my proudest works, a main cover art(?) for my little project call Robotnik AU.

Characters list:

Upper row/section (above Movie Eggman's hands), from left to right: - Sonic.exe (the utmost terrifying OC/FC from the creepy pasta thingy) - Queen Boom Boo, Merc version (OC/FC made by Dan-Habiki/@Dan_Daymaker) - King Boom Boo - Lah - Su & Uh - Shadow the Hedgehog (Team Dark) - Rouge the Bat (Team Dark) - E-123 Omega (Team Dark) - Dr. Eggman Nega - Doctor Albert W. Wily (Megaman, Archie comics) - Honey the Cat - Breezie the Hedgehog - Bocoe & Decoe + Bokkun - Dark Oak/Lucas - Dark Queen/Merlina - Erazor Dijinn - Coconuts - Scratch & Grounders - General Helmut Von Stryker - Anton Veruca (Shogakukan magazines) - Junior Robotnik - Captain Whiskers & Johnny - Opal the Jellyfish (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Dive the Lemming (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Blade the Shark (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Captain Shellbreaker (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Mr. Bristles the Yeti Crab (Pirates of the Setting Dawn) - Mephiles the Dark - Silver Sonic - Dark Enerjak (Knuckle) - Nazo (appeared in Sonic X's last teaser) - Eggette/Omelette Robotnik (famed OC/FC originally designed by Alpha Gamboa (blackbookalpha)) - Infinite the Jackal - Solaris - Black Doom - Eclipse the Darkling - Black Death - Dark Gaia (Perfect form) - Metal Sonic - Iron Queen aka Regina Ferrum - Time Eater - Mammoth Mogul - Iron King aka Jun Kun - Imperator Ix - Wendy Naugus - Bearenger the Grizzly (Witchcarters) - Carrotia the Rabbit (Witchcarters) - Falke Wulf (Witchcarters) - Walter Naugus - Fleetway's Super Sonic - Shade the Echidna - Boomer Walrus aka Anti Rotor - Patch D'Coolette aka Anti Antoine - Princess Alicia Acorn aka Anti Sally

Middle section (below Eggman's hands), from left to right: - Speedy (both Pre and Post-Super Genesis Wave versions) - Sage - T.W. Barker - Dave the Intern - Sleet & Dingo - A.D.A.M. - E.V.E. - Lyric the Last Ancient - Zor - Zash (OC/FC made by @saccharinerose) - Zeena - Zazz - Zomom - Zavok - Master Zik - Agent Stone (Sonic movies 2020/2022) - Orbot & Cubot - Wes Weasely - Snively Robotnik - Dr. Robotnik (Sonic movies 2020/2022) - Thunderbolt the Chinchilla - Predator Hawk (Destructix) - Anti-Miles - Scourge the Hedgehog - Storm the Albatross - Wave the Swallow - Jet the Hawk - Rosy the Rascal - Sleuth "Doggy" Dawg (Destructix) - Sergeant Simian (Destructix) - Fiona Fox (Destructix) - Duck "Bill" Platypus - Bark the Polar Bear - Bean the Dynamite - Drago Wolf (Destructix) - Nicolette 'Nic' the Weasel - Razorclaw - The Foreman (Grandmaster) - Hugo Brass - Diesel - Flying Frog (Destructix) - Geoffrey St. John - Hershey the Cat - Nack the Weasel/Fang the Sniper (Team Hooligan) - Fleetway's Chaos (Darkon fish form)

Lower section, from left to right: - Dr. Finitevus - Grimer Wormtongue - Dr. Fukurokov - Dimitri the Echidna - Maw the Thylacine - Mecha Sally - Mecha Sonic - Mecha knuckle - Jackal Squad, named by Nibroc-Rock as Uno, Deux, Trois, Quatre, Cinq & Sei (Shadowy figures) - Kayseri Valaedshkova (OC/FC made by dirtthefox/@Its_Dima_V) - Strike (OC/FC made by @speedofsoundsketches) - Surge the Tenrec - Kit the Fennec - Sofia the Gorgon (OC/FC made by Sofia-MMD/@GorgonSofia) - Clutch the Opossum - Kaibette the Genet (OC/FC made by @kaibette) - Rough & Tumble the Skunk - Battle Lord Kukku XV - ***Mecha Robotnik - Akhlut the Orca (both Pre and Post-Super Genesis Wave versions) - Tundra the Walrus - Mordred Hood (drawn with @adokle's style) - The Foreman/Tassel boy (Post-Super Genesis Wave) - Mimic (the Mimic Octopus) - Byte the Goat (OC/FC made by @bunniibones) - Lightning Lynx - Iblis - Phage - Conquering Storm (Post-Super Genesis Wave) - Bride of the Conquering Storm (Pre-Super Genesis Wave) - Dr. Starline - Biolizard - Sigma (Megaman, Archie comics) - Axel the Water Buffalo - Abyss the Squid - Cyani the Cobra (OC/FC made by @bunniibones) - Cipher the Owl (OC/FC made by @bunniibones) - Bleak (OC/FC made by HT-Doodles/@HtDoodles) - Clove the Pronghorn (my top fav among all the characters here) - Cassia the Pronghorn - Lien-da - Chaos - Tikal the Echidna - Pachacamac - Gae-Na - Kragok - Thrash the Devil - Warden Zobotnik & Znively (Zone Cop) - Belinda & Charlie - Nephthys the Vulture - ??? (Behind Nephthys) - Trevor Burrow the Mole (Desert Raiders) - Sonar the Fennec (Desert Raiders) - Spike the Porcupine (Desert Raiders) - Razor the Shark - Queen Angelica - Rusty Rose - Robo Tails (Brain-washed, based on Sonic Lost World's designs) - Beauregard Rabbot - Jack Rabbit - Matilda the Armadillo - Zefir (my main OC/FC) - Gamer Deer (aka 'Aleko' the Northamer Guard or the 'Gamerdeerdude' by @adokle) - Zonic (Zone Cop) - Chesah the Tarsier aka No.29 (my OC/FC) - Sandy the Caterkiller (OC/FC made by @the-hydroxian-artblog)

For the Alt version: FeReinsm on Instagram: “Overhaul/update versions for one of my proudest works, a main cover art(?) for my lil’ project - Robotnik AU. For the 2nd and 4th pics…”

[rubyyoulazycat]

alright whatever

this place is too much of a pain to keep up with when I have a million other sites I have to keep up with

if you wanna stay posted, I'm at these places:

[abandonedsdjfhcvndfbv]

Hi was tagged byu @kitsake And woiw just starting this post is making my laptop wheeze LOL i'm a bit bored so ty for the tag. I think someone else tagged me too earlier but idr who im so sorry :c ILY was preoccupied then probably

rules: tag 10 ppl you want to know better. This is such a scary thing Don't mind about making ur own post anypony! Tagging becuse The rule :3 @flegmat @syshost @ezkn @cutemotif @realness @voididol @melodyclover @fwuitgummyy @spamtons @machinegirldemo Eeeep hides under a table

relationship status: My heart..Is occupied bythe thoughts of many beautiful women, yes....And yet it does not belong to any of them as of yet

favorite color: I love every geen i love how geen can be used every single geen is awesome. but also love eveyr single color but green is my favorite

song stuck in my head: STILL moondancing all alone by dynamite grizzly i just cant gegt rid of it

last song listened to: srgt. moon - vitamin D. Sorry i was listening to pony hardcore yesterday

3 favorite foods: Um cheesy macaroni. Cheesy pizza.. I dont know Meatball??? Good meatball is good lately its gottabe margarine on toast too

last thing i googled: on my phone since pc doesnt lemme see it anymore.. "verb for walking through water" Kinda boring. I was looking for the word wade

dream trip: Anything atp honestly. any trip anywhere is a dream to me. it costs too much. Maybe scandinavia for the mountains, maybe japan for the cities and architecture and scenery and TRAINS!!... Recently though i'd love to go to vortsjarve. I cant do special letters graah But i've really been craving going there for some reason recently

anything i want rn: The courage to fix my problems and find the joy in fixing them worth the infinite pain and distress :3

[supergenesisshowdown]

128 Participants

Here are the 128 characters who will be battling it out to earn the title of Best Post-SGW Archie Sonic Character. While not every character who was shown in the reboot, I hope we can call agree that 128 of them is enough:

Abraham Tower Abyss the Squid Akhut the Orca Amanda Tower Amy Rose Antoine D'Coolette Aquarius the Chao Axel the Water Buffalo Bark the Polar Bear Battle Lord Kukku XV Bean the Dynamite Bearenger the Grizzly Ben Muttski Big the Cat Black Death Blade the Shark Blaze the Cat Breezie the Hedgehog Buckle Bunker the Tortoise Bunnie D'Coolette Captain Metal Captain Shellbreaker Captain Striker Captain Whisker Carrotia the Rabbit Casino Egg Pawn Cassia the Pronghorn Chaos Charmy the Bee Cheese the Chao Chip Cinder the Pheasant Clove the Pronghorn Coconuts Conquering Storm Coral the Betta Cream the Rabbit Crusher the Chao Cubot Daniel Murer Death's Eye Dive the Lemming Dr. Eggman Dr. Ellidy Dulcy the Dragon E-106 Eta E-108 Iota E-109 Kappa E-110 Lambda E-113 Xi E-118 Tau E-123 Omega Echo the Dolphin Eclipse the Darkling Espio the Chameleon Falke Wulf Fixit Gaia Phoenix Gemerl Gold the Tenrec Grounder Honey the Cat Jian the Tiger Johnny Julian Snively King Puff Knuckles the Echidna Kraken Lord Mordred Hood Lupe the Wolf Madonna Garnet Marine the Raccoon Maw the Thylacine Metal Sonic Mighty the Armadillo Miles "Tails" Prower Mini & Mum Moss the Sloth Motobug Mr. Bristles the Yeti Crab Nack the Weasel Nephthys the Vulture Nicole the Holo-Lynx Nigel Acorn Omochao Opal the Jellyfish Orbot Pearly the Manta Ray Phage President Princess Undina Professor von Schlemmer Professor Pickle Queen Angelica Ray the Flying Squirrel Razor the Shark Relic the Pika Rosie Woodchuck Rotor the Walrus Rouge the Bat Sally Acorn Scratch Second Devourer Shadow the Hedgehog Silver Sonic Silver the Hedgehog Sonar the Fennec Sonic Man Sonic the Hedgehog Speedy Spike the Porcupine Swash Tails Doll The Bits The Dark Arms Thunderbolt the Chinchilla Tikal the Echidna T-Pup Trevor Burrow the Mole Tundra the Walrus Uncle Chuck Vanilla the Rabbit Vector the Crocodile Walter Naugus War Walrus Wendy Naugus Wes Weasely

[synthlet]

rules: put your music on shuffle and list the first 10 songs that come up, then tag ten other people

tagged by @jpivblog FINE.... I will do it... but my spotify is a mess

1. The Dope Dealerz - Ho99o9

2. I Live With You - Grizzly Bear

3. Voyager - Daft Punk

4. Forever - The Little Dippers

5. ゼロコンマ、色とりどりの世界 - MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS

6. Misty - Erroll Garner

7. The Cascades - Fleet Foxes

8. Dy-Na-Mi-Tee - Ms. Dynamite

9. Residue - (K)NoW_NAME

10. The River (Live in San Francisco '16) - King Gizzard

Honorable mention for 11. Krystle URL Cyber Palace Mix - Machine Girl

I tag.... YOU .. who reads this post ...!!

[mytherbalegwladys]

My Sonic Heroes Teams

Team Sonic: Good

-Sonic l'Hérisson (Leader) -Miles "Tails" Prower le Renard -Knuckles l’Échidné

Team Dark: Good

-Shadow l'Hérisson (Leader) -Rouge la Chauve-souris -E-123 Oméga

Team Rose: Good

-Amy Rose (Leader) -Cream la Lapine & Cheese -Big le Chat & Froggy

Team Chaotix: Good

-Espio le Caméléon -Charmy l'Abeille -Vector le Crocodile (Leader)

Team Dimensions: Good

-Marine le Raton-laveur -Silver l'Hérisson -Blaze la Chatte (Leader)

Team Freedom: Good

-Sally Acorn l’Écureuil terrestre (Leader) -Nicole le Lynx -Rotor le Morse

Team Fighters: Good

-Antoine le Coyote -Saffron Bee l'Abeille -Bunnie la Lapine-cyborg (Leader)

Team Atlantis: Good

-Méra le Dauphin (Leader) -Fly la Raie-léopard -Clamp le Homard

Team Gem: Good

-Honey la Chatte -Ray l’Écureuil Volant -Mighty le Tatou (Leader)

Team Babylon: Neutral

-Jet le Faucon (Leader) -Wave l'Hirondelle -Storm l'Albatros

Team Diamond: Good

-Tangle le Lémure (Leader) -Jewel le Scarabée -Whisper la Louve

Team Hooligan: Evil

-Fang la Belette (Leader) -Bean Dynamite le Canard -Bark l'Ours Polaire

Team Wild: Good

-Lupe la Louve (Leader) -Ominotago (Omi) la Chouette effraie -Sticks le Blaireau

Team Underground: Good

-Sonia l'Hérissonne (Leader) -Manic l'Hérisson -Mina la Mangouste

Team Destructix: Evil

-Scourge l'Hérisson (Leader) -Speedy l'Oiseau -Fiona la Renarde

Team Witchcarter: Evil

-Falke Wulf le Loup -Carrotia la Lapine (Leader) -Bearenger le Grizzly

Team Starline: Neutral

-Surge le Tenrec (Leader) -Kitsunami le Fennec -Thrash le Diable de Tasmanie

Team Rebel: Good

-Éolithe le Tenrec -Raven le Corbeau (Leader) -Julie-Su l’Échidné

Team Light: Good

-Tiara Boobowski le Manx -Tekno le Canari -Ebony la Chatte

Team Desert Raiders: Good

-Spike le Porc-épic (Leader) -Sonar le Fennec -Trevor Burrow la Taupe

Team Dragon: Good

-Trip le Cordyle géant (Leader) -Murray le Poisson-dragon -Tunnel la Taupe

Méra, Fly, Clamp, Raven, Éolithe et Murray sont mes OCs.

[music-you-should-give-a-chance]

I found this project when I was 16 and constantly looking for new music. Intuition's I Ruined These Songs For You was something I really enjoyed because it broadened my musical horizons by a large margin in a short amount of time.

The concept is that Intuition, the rapper, is taking the concept of creating a mixtape one step further, and making it much more personal. He picks all the best songs for his partner, but he also produces a small instrumental loop somewhere in the track. This instrumental loop then allows him to unofficially include himself on these tracks as feature.

There was also an awesome sequel project called I Ruined These Songs For You Too.

Track List:

1.Amy Winehouse - "He Can Only Hold Her" feat. Intuition 04:11

2.Mayer Hawthorne - "Make Her Mine" feat. Intuition 03:06

3.Rapheal Saadiq - "100 Yard Dash" feat. Intuition 02:43

4.D'Angelo - "Brown Sugar" feat. Intuition 04:47

5.Lee Fields - "Love Comes and Goes" feat. Intuition 03:52

6.Ms. Dynamite - "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee" feat. Intuition 03:28

7.Portishead - "Humming" feat. Intuition 04:24

8.Atlas Sound - "Walkabout" feat. Intuition 04:33

9.Low - "Breaker" feat. Intuition 02:51

10.The Black Keys - "Psychotic Girl" feat. Intuition 04:22

11.Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks" feat. Intuition 04:48

[nba24highlights]

Dillon Brooks after Poking the Bear! DONT POKE THE BEAR! "Lebron James"#dillonbrooks #lebronjames #pokethebear #nba #nba24highlights #nbahighlights #nbaedit #nbaedits #dynamite #grizzlies #grizzliesbasketball #grizzliesnation #grizzliesnba #fyp #viral #viraltiktok #fyptiktok #viralfyp #fypfyp #fypfypfyp #fypfypfypfyp #fypfypfypfypfypfypfypfypfypfypfyp #CapCut

[book-ish-ly]

Review: ★★★★☆

Aspects of this book seemed a bit rambling. Lots of information about the settler history of the park. Surprisingly, a relatively short book.

Notes:

The ground around hot springs can easily give way, so standing too close is dangerous on its own

Dumb people have looked directly into geysers and gotten their faces scalded

Even today people believe the animals are “tame” or “zoo animals”

Yellowstone’s first bear death was by Old Two Toes. 

First 2 deaths by him were of men who tried to trap and kill him (first trap “chopped” 3 of his toes off - hence “Old Two Toes”

Final death was of a man who was attempting to sleep on a pack of bacon

Old Two Toes met his demise when the companions of the bacon man blew him up with TNT and dynamite

2 people died in the summer of 2011 - the most recent bear deaths

Recommended Reading: Chuck Neal - Grizzlies in the Mist

Rules for hiking in bear country:

Don’t hike alone (the more the merrier)

Make noise as you hike (bear bells)

Carry bear spray

No headphones (you need to be able to hear your surroundings)

Avoid bears with cubs

Avoid bear food sources - especially carcasses

Do not startle the bears

2 main poison plants in Yellowstone

Water hemlock

Death camas

6 deadly mushrooms

Death cap

Destroying angel

Conocybe

Cort

Galerina

Conifer false morel

90% of fatal mushroom poisonings are destroying angel… most of the others will just fuck you up

Water hemlock 

is related to and looks like carrots and parsnips. 

is the most poisonous plant in the northern hemisphere. 

Causes severe neurological issues (especially convulsions)

Children have died from blowing “whistles” made from its hollow stems

One mouthful of the root is enough to kill a man

Charles Phillips was a botanist who died of poisoning from water hemlock. Phillip’s Cauldron at Norris Geyser Basin is named for him.

Death Gulch contains hydrogen sulfide in concentrations that can kill grizzlies 

A large group of people were struck by lightning when it struck an erupting geyser and shot under the boardwalk. One lady had her clothes burned off from the force. 

Snowfall in the park averages between 100-400 inches annually

80% of trees in the park are lodgepole pines

A canker is a diseased/dying/dead part of a tree - sometimes refers to a specific disease of the tree

Too many people walking around shallow-rooted trees can “tamp” the earth down and make the trees more likely to fall - it is part of the reason some campgrounds in Yellowstone have no trees

A workman fell and died during the building of the National Hotel at Mammoth Hot Springs. His partner, who also fell, survived and returned to work (1883)

Another workman died building the bridge over the Lamar River, 6 miles east of Tower Junction (1940)

Another man fell 12 ft off a ramp at the Canyon Hotel and died (1953)

Our reaction to wilderness is “an endlessly interesting mixture of sympathy and fear, of love and hostility, of the impulse to embrace and the equally powerful urge to flee” - Phillip Terrie - Forever Wild

Earthquakes occur in the park every day - Yellowstone is so seismically active that where some maps of seismic activity have small black dots, Yellowstone is a large black square

Yellowstone used to have public swimming pools

Gardiner River is deeper and faster than it seems, especially in the summer months

High altitude lakes are very cold and can become very dangerously turbulent in bad weather

A woman went to rangers to report her husband missing after he was late returning from a fishing trip. The ranger was trying to calm her, when she noticed a sapphire that she had placed into her ring (representing her husband) had disappeared/fallen out and she said “something’s happened and he’s gone”. 

Rules for boating on Yellowstone alpine lakes

Stay reasonably close to shore, especially in smaller, shorter boats

Get off the lake for storms

Do not overload canoes

Do not stand up in small fishing boats

The worst time to boat on these lakes are between 1 pm and 6 pm

Life jackets are not enough - if a boat overturns, get out of the water and try to prevent hypothermia

Rules for boating in any body of water

Do not swim or fish alone

Wear a life jacket

Do not combine water activities with alcohol

Beware of fording even small streams, as you don’t know how strong they really are

Fisherman's waders can fill with water and drown you

Native tribes and their relations to the Park:

Shoshones and Bannocks to the west and south

Blackfeet to the north

Crow to the northeast

Sheepeaters the only nation that lived year-round in the park

This book only accounts for white deaths related to settler/native battles - “not much is known” about Native deaths

1839 - Piegan nation (offshoot of Blackfoot) vs 40 hunters/trappers. 

Battle was 2 days and trappers won

Then they continued down a native made trail to a warm spring creek (irony)

General William Sherman sought to make Nez Perce natives pay “for the murders they committed in Idaho, and also be punished as a tribe, for going to war without any justification or provocation” (bro you’re literally stealing their land and killing them but pop off)

The Nez Perce were crossing through Yellowstone to escape genocide/murder/relocation in their homeland

Trischman Murder 

Margaret Trischman cut her youngest son’s throat with a hunting knife and chased her other children with it in an attempt to do the same to them (the other children were present for the murder)

Trischman Knob named for oldest surviving son Harry Trischman

Anna and Elizabeth Trischman ran a curio store and “soda fountain” until 1953, called the “Devil’s Kitchenette” on the upper terraces

Schlosser, Stroup and Baker Murder (1970)

Baker called himself Jesus and would later admit to cannibalism and Satanism

He was on LSD at the time of the murder

He said he “hadn’t been the same” since being electrocuted at age 17

When Schlosser was sleeping, Baker shot him in the head. Then dragged his body to the river, dismembered it, cutting out the heart and eating it. He kept finger bones as a trophy that were later found on him at his arrest

Schlosser was stabbed 27 times

Ishawooa Creek was named for the Shoshone native word meaning “Laying Warm”

People who fall into hot springs disintegrate and can undergo silification

Joe Osimic (or Zimec) disappeared north of the park and no sign was found of him until his skull was found several years later near a lake in the backcountry. Today that lake (north of Yellowstone) is called Little Joe Lake.

“Grist for the mill” = “Par for the course”

[ms-scarletwings]

Top five Bentley plans:

5. Provoking the cops by desecrating some witch’s tomb, kidnapping a bunch of ghosts, and dropping them down the chimney of an interpol HQ

4. Creating a “moon spirit costume” for Murray by covering him in radioactive crude oil

3. Dynamite fishing in order to attract a blind grizzly bear in order to destroy some oil mains in order to create massive fires in order to steal an eagle egg in order to put said egg in Jean Bison’s pocket during the Lumber games so that an eagle would attack him and mess up his axe swing

2. Rigging the upcoming aerial dogfight tournament in the team’s favor by drugging and hijacking a feral dire wolf and using it to just slaughter the competition in broad daylight.

1. Taking a saltwater croc and intentionally turning it into a maneater in the hopes that one of the people it ends up attacking at random happens to be wearing the evil mask the gang needs to destroy

"Bentley's plans are quite frankly insane when you take a step back to look at them; Pulling down a large peacock sign over a nightclub to destroy a fountain, flooding a spice production facility, launching high-speed trains into prison walls, destroying ferris wheels, using windmill blades as shuriken to destroy blimps, outsmarting a seasoned pirate captain by taming a kraken, just to name a few. This turtle is an absolute mad lad, and a force of nature."

Confessed by: Anonymous

"That was real subtle, Bentley." -Sly, to this absolute mad lad.