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Thai Newspaper Trolls Donald Trump By Changing Name To ‘Thigh Enquirer’

Thai Newspaper Trolls Donald Trump By Changing Name To ‘Thigh Enquirer’

The Thai Enquirer changed its name on social media to the Thigh Enquirer in order to mock American President Donald Trump. As The Inquisitr previously reported, Trump spoke to a small group of employees and leaders at the Whirlpool Corporation Manufacturing Plant on Thursday. While talking about American manufacturing, he blundered over the Southeast Asian […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Roasted For Botched Pronunciation Of Yosemite Park During Speech

Donald Trump Roasted For Botched Pronunciation Of Yosemite Park During Speech

Donald Trump gave a speech on Tuesday while signing the Great American Outdoors Act. During the event, he mispronounced the name of one of the country’s most famous national parks so badly that social media users quickly pounced on the blunder. It soon became one of the top trending topics on Twitter. Trump stood at […]

4y ago

Thanks To Government Shutdown, Yosemite Visitors Are Pooping On The Roads, Creating An Environmental Hazard

Thanks To Government Shutdown, Yosemite Visitors Are Pooping On The Roads, Creating An Environmental Hazard

Yosemite National Park has a poop problem. Thanks to the government shutdown, the restrooms in the popular California park aren’t open, and visitors, when nature calls, are simply doing their business on the roads, the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting. Whenever the government shuts down, the first things to be shuttered are “non-essential” services, which […]

5y ago

Couple Plunged To Their Deaths In Yosemite Park Trying To Take Risky Selfie, Family Says

Couple Plunged To Their Deaths In Yosemite Park Trying To Take Risky Selfie, Family Says

An Indian couple who plunged to their death from a popular overlook in Yosemite National Park was trying to take a risky selfie at the time of the accident, family members said this week. It is now the second time in just a few weeks that an attempted selfie has led to death in the […]

6y ago

Teen Hiker Falls To His Death Trying To Take Selfie On A Cliff In Yosemite National Park

Teen Hiker Falls To His Death Trying To Take Selfie On A Cliff In Yosemite National Park

A teenage hiker fell to his death while trying to take a selfie on a cliff at Yosemite National Park, the second person to die in a cell phone-related mishap in just a matter of days and the latest in a spate of selfie deaths. The deceased hiker was identified as Tomer Frankfurter, who The […]

6y ago

Deadly Yosemite National Park Fire Doubles In Size, Shuts Major Route

Deadly Yosemite National Park Fire Doubles In Size, Shuts Major Route

A wildfire along the Merced River, which killed a firefighter on Saturday, has quickly grown in size, triggering the closure of a key route and the order of evacuations. The Ferguson Fire in Mariposa County pushed closer to Yosemite National Park on Monday as it engulfed some 9,000 acres, KTLA 5 reported. The blaze, which […]

6y ago

Alex Honnold: Daring Climber First To Scale Yosemite’s El Capitan Without A Rope

Alex Honnold: Daring Climber First To Scale Yosemite’s El Capitan Without A Rope

El Capitan is a monstrous vertical wall of granite in California’s Yosemite National Park renowned worldwide by serious rock climbers as a destination climb and one of the most difficult to conquer in the entire world. That the vast majority of humans would not even consider scaling El Capitan with every piece of safety equipment […]

7y ago

Once-A-Year ‘Firefall’ Lights Up Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Fall

Once-A-Year ‘Firefall’ Lights Up Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Fall

If you happen to be anywhere in the vicinity of Yosemite National Park, you won’t want to miss the spectacular “firefall” which is now lighting up Horsetail Fall. This event occurs only once each year for a couple of weeks during the middle of February, and the spectacle is such that when you gaze upon […]

7y ago

History Of The Pioneer Cabin Tree As Powerful Storm Topples Sequoia ‘Tunnel Tree’

History Of The Pioneer Cabin Tree As Powerful Storm Topples Sequoia ‘Tunnel Tree’

The Pioneer Cabin Tree, more popularly known as the Tunnel Tree and located in the Sierra Nevada region of California, has toppled over during a storm on Sunday. The Pioneer Cabin Tree is thought to have been at least 1,000-years-old and was in the Calaveras County area of California. The Tunnel Tree was a very […]

7y ago

Two Children Killed At Yosemite Campground, Tree Limb Fell Onto Tent While They Slept

Two Children Killed At Yosemite Campground, Tree Limb Fell Onto Tent While They Slept

Two children have been killed at the Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite after a tree limb fell onto their tent as they were sleeping. Officials say the large tree limb broke away at around 5:00 a.m. on Friday morning and landed on the minors’ tent, killing the two children. The LA Times reports that two […]

9y ago

Yosemite Closes Campground After Plague-Infected Squirrels Found Dead In The Park

Yosemite Closes Campground After Plague-Infected Squirrels Found Dead In The Park

More bad news has befallen Yosemite National Park this week, as officials have announced that the Tuolumne Meadows campground area of the park will be closed from August 17 to August 21 following the death of two plague-infected squirrels. The news of the Yosemite campground closure comes just days after two young campers died when […]

9y ago

Child Contracts The Plague While Camping In Yosemite National Park

Child Contracts The Plague While Camping In Yosemite National Park

A child has contracted the plague while camping in Yosemite National Park in California. The child lives in the Los Angeles area but was visiting the Yosemite National Park in mid-July with family members. The California Department of Public Health says no other campers are ill and that a flea is the likely culprit in […]

9y ago

Sierra Nevada Red Fox Spotted At Yosemite For The First Time In 100 Years

Sierra Nevada Red Fox Spotted At Yosemite For The First Time In 100 Years

A rare Sierra Nevada red fox was spotted at Yosemite National Park on two separate occasions. Park officials confirmed the elusive fox was photographed using a remote motion-sensitive camera on December 13, 2014 and again on January 4, 2015. Wildlife officials said the small foxes are “one of the rarest mammals in North America.” Historically, […]

9y ago

Instagram Artist Leaves Her Mark On Several National Parks

Instagram Artist Leaves Her Mark On Several National Parks

An Instagram artist has been visiting national parks and leaving her mark. This habit could end up in some felony charges once the Park Service catches on and finds her. Not one to leave an obvious trail of evidence for the general public, any more than she already has, “creepytings” account owner Casey Nocket has […]

10y ago

100 Visitors Evacuated By Helicopter Following Wildfire At Yosemite National Park

100 Visitors Evacuated By Helicopter Following Wildfire At Yosemite National Park

More than 100 visitors to the Yosemite National Park had to be evacuated by helicopter on Sunday after a wildfire threatened their safety. The wildfire, which is believed to have started several weeks ago, has now grown to an area estimated to be 700 acres in size, reports ABC News. Many of the rescued people […]

10y ago

Yosemite National Park Closed Due To Government Shutdown, Tourists Angry, Fire Cleanup Continues

Yosemite National Park Closed Due To Government Shutdown, Tourists Angry, Fire Cleanup Continues

Yosemite National Park is closed today due to the 2013 government shutdown and tourists are angry at the closure. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, a Google doodle marked the 123rd anniversary of Yosemite National Park on the very same day the federal government shutdown threatened to shut down the park. Now that government shutdown […]

11y ago

Google Doodle Celebrates Yosemite National Park As Government Prepares For Shutdown

Google Doodle Celebrates Yosemite National Park As Government Prepares For Shutdown

Tuesday’s Google Doodle celebrates the 123rd anniversary of Yosemite National Park. The doodle arrives on the same day that the federal government shutdown threatens to shut down the park for tourist activities. Yosemite National Park is one of the most well-known and respected parks in the world, featuring the Half Dome, El Capitan, Yosemite Falls, […]

11y ago

Yosemite Fire Not Contained: Homes Destroyed, 2,500 More Under Threat

Yosemite Fire Not Contained: Homes Destroyed, 2,500 More Under Threat

A fire is raging in Yosemite National Park, threatening more than 2,000 structures. It has forced the evacuation of camps and remote rural homes and shutdown a main highway into the park. Over the course of three days, the fire has destroyed two residences and five outbuildings. A further 2,500 houses, hotels, and camp buildings […]

11y ago

Campfire Caused Wildfire, The Dangers Of Irresponsible Camping

Campfire Caused Wildfire, The Dangers Of Irresponsible Camping

An unattended campfire caused wildfire to spread over two miles at a campsite near the Yosemite National Park, California; the camping disaster took place Sunday night and caused a wide scale evacuation of 1,500 people from nearby locations. Followers of the recent wildfire episode will be familiar with this story due to The Inquisitr’s previous coverage of the […]

11y ago

Yosemite Hiker Still Missing, Search Called Off

Yosemite Hiker Still Missing, Search Called Off

A hiker at Yosemite National Park was still missing on Monday morning as authorities called off their search. According to USA Today, rescue crews did not venture out today to search for 19-year-old Aleh Kalman. Park spokeswoman Kari Cobb said that rangers have been searching the park for the missing Yosemite hiker since he fell […]

11y ago

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