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Man sentenced to jail for wandering off trail at Yellowstone to get a closer look at hot springs
A man in Texas was given a jail sentence for simply stepping off the trail at Yellowstone National Park while visiting its famous hot springs. Eric Bedient, 50, was handed down five days in a federal ...
WASHINGTON — A Texas man was sentenced to jail time late last month for walking in an unauthorized thermal area of Yellowstone National Park. The Justice Department announced Thursday that the Eric ...
MISSOULA, Mont. — A Texas man has been sentenced to jail time after walking off a designated boardwalk in a sensitive thermal area of Yellowstone National Park. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office ...
Eric Bedient, a 50-year-old from Frisco, Texas, stepped off trail and walked on “several fragile and dangerous hydrothermal features” on Nov. 8, 2025, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District ...
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