Please, excited tourists, do not swat golf balls or anything else into the majesty that is the Grand Canyon in the hopes of possibly going viral. And if you do– anticipate a fine.
Per a post on the Grand Canyon National Park Service’s Instagram along with a post the other day from The New York Times, Katie Sigmond– a popular TikTok and Instagram influencer who often publishes modeling, exercise, and golf-related material– published a clip on October 26 to Snapchat of her smashing a golf ball off a ledge of the Grand Canyon. As The New York Times reports, the TikTok star was at first charged with littering, tossing products into the canyon, and developing harmful conditions with disorderly conduct– all of which bring a combined optimum fine of $5,000 and as much as 6 months in jail.
However, an out-of-court arrangement initially verified by The Arizona Republic exposed that the influencer participated in a contract to pay simply $285
The video, which has actually because been gotten rid of from the social networks platform, revealed a part of Sigmond’s golf club flying from her hands and into the gorge. The TikTok character’s identity was rapidly exposed after somebody published a screenshot of the video to r/NationalParks last month.
” Do we actually require to state, ‘do not strike golf balls into the Grand Canyon?'” check out the National Park Service’s subsequent Instagram post along with the Snapchat screenshot revealing the perpetrator’s golf club in midair. “Throwing things over the rim of the canyon is not just unlawful however can likewise threaten hikers and wildlife who might be below.”
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Unfortunately, the social networks stunt is just the most current in the relentless issue of visitors trashing nationwide par