According to an AP report picked up by the Statesman (but originally from the Peninsula Daily News), hikers in Olympic National Park (upstate Washington, nearish to Bremerton) are being told not to urinate near trails.
Why? Apparently, hiker urine attracts “aggressive goats”. At least one person has been gored to death in the past year (which gives the Olympic goats a body count equal to the Yellowstone bears).
In addition, park staff plan to implement “adverse conditioning”
…such as setting off sirens and compressed air horns, and shooting rubber projectiles and bean bags.
Actually, I had three reasons for linking to this story:
- Slow news day.
- The use of the phrase “long, linear salt licks“.
- It gives me a chance to ask the question: what gun for goat?