A photo of a Subaru Forrester shared in a popular Yellowstone Facebook group has left Americans bewildered.
Posted in Yellowstone National Park: Invasion of The Idiots by the group’s founder, the picture shows a light blue Subaru Forrester at a traffic light with a canoe bizarrely situated on top.
The white canoe strapped on top is placed horizontally rather than vertically, leaving many gobsmacked at the driver’s thought process.
National park enthusiasts joined in with the original poster who captioned the photo ‘Lewis & Clark they are not.’
‘I’d like to see that car go through a toll booth,’ said one viewer.
National park enthusiasts are bewildered by a photo showing a light blue Subaru Forrester at a traffic light with a canoe bizarrely situated on top
Another said, ‘Sad thing is you don’t have to go looking for this stuff. There are people doing this kind of stupidity everyday anywhere any day of all ages.’
‘That’s not even Clark Griswold,’ said someone else. ‘Natural selection at work,’ claimed another.
Many expressed their concerns the canoe could cause harm to other motorists, while some said it was not the first time they witness a tourist improperly tow their canoes.
‘I saw something similar last summer, two kayaks sideways on the rack. They were driving down Hwy 212. I was too shocked to even get a picture,’ a commenter said.
Others called the driver a a ‘touron,’ the combination of a ‘tourist’ and a ‘mouron,’ which the Facebook group is dedicated to documenting instances of.
‘Tourons… keep them away from the bison,’ said one concerned viewer.
Another said, ‘And they will probably try to pet a buffalo.’
Owner of Sunlight Sports in Cody Wes Allen told Cowboy State Daily he found the drivers unique positioning captivating and said there is no way they did it on accident.
‘That is the most creative way that I’ve seen anybody put a canoe on their vehicle,’ Allen said.
‘Maybe they were trying to keep people from passing on the highway. Although, that’s going to reduce their miles-per-gallon pretty significantly. They’re going to spend a lot more on gas transporting their canoe that way.
‘I’d recommend a 90-degree rotation on their boat, but it turns out common sense isn’t so common.’
Karen Richards, the owner of Outdoor Adventures Revived, said she could not wrap her head around the image.
‘I’ve never actually seen that before, it’s a first for me, but one’s born every minute during tourist season,’ Richards said.
‘You can tell by how they treat and transport their gear that they’re not outdoor people and aren’t familiar with safety rules.
‘This person hadn’t taken the time to really consider all the implications of what he was doing.’
