An Oregon man was arrested in Glacier National Park for taunting a bison in Yellowstone earlier in the week/Lindsey Jones video
A man who taunted a bison in Yellowstone National Park, beating his chest and waving his arms at the animal, was arrested in Glacier National Park for harassing wildlife.
Glacier rangers arrested Raymond Reinke, age 55, from Pendleton, Oregon shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday, the two parks announced Friday. He was wanted after a video showing him approaching the bison on a Yellowstone park road went viral.
“We appreciate the collaboration of our fellow rangers in Glacier and Grand Teton national parks on this arrest. Harassing wildlife is illegal in any national park," said Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk on Friday.
According to park officials, Reinke had been traveling to multiple national parks over the last week. On July 28, he was first arrested by law enforcement rangers at Grand Teton National Park for a drunk and disorderly conduct incident, Yellowstone officials said, adding that he spent the night in the Teton County Jail, and was then released on bond.
Following his release, he traveled to Yellowstone National Park, where rangers stopped his vehicle for a traffic violation on July 31. Reinke appeared to be intoxicated and argumentative, they said. He was cited as a passenger for failure to wear a seat belt. It is believed that after that traffic stop, Reinke encountered the bison, the park release said.
Yellowstone rangers received several wildlife harassment reports from concerned visitors and found Reinke later that evening, issuing a citation requiring a court appearance. The video of the event surfaced after that citation had been issued.
On Thursday, August 2, Yellowstone rangers connected Reinke’s extensive history, and seeing the egregious nature of the wildlife violation, the Assistant U.S. Attorney requested his bond be revoked. The request was granted and on the night of August 2, a warrant was issued for Reinke’s arrest.
Reinke had told rangers that his plans were to travel to Glacier National Park, where rangers began looking for his vehicle. Simultaneous with that search, rangers responded to the Many Glacier Hotel because two guests were arguing and creating a disturbance in the hotel dining room. Rangers identified one of the individuals involved as Reinke.
Glacier rangers transported Reinke to Helena late Thursday, where they met Yellowstone rangers. Yellowstone rangers transported Reinke to Mammoth Hot Springs and booked him into the Yellowstone Jail. He was scheduled for a court appearance Friday.
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I hope this guy is banned from all National Parks. What a jerk.
Me too!!
Serves that complete moron right
Amen!
I completely agree.
He needs to serve time and be banned forever from any parks. He is on a crash course with the end.
This guy seems like he’s on a suicide trip... needs help big time.
I'm with Debbie's post. Time, AND permanent ban.
Let the wildlife alone.
This guy should be banned for life.
He’s an out-of-control alcoholic and needs help. In the meantime, jail. Fines.
Should be ban from all nation parks, heavily fined and sit in federal prison for a time
People like this think they are above the rules. All three incidents where he encountered officers and then the bison indicate that he needs to be put away for a long time.
lifetime BAN from all National Parks. He doesn’t respect our wildlife. Don’t give him another chance to hurt an animal or aN innocent person.
Jail time, counseling, and life ban in National and state parks
Get your life together dude!
What an idiot!! I would not have felt bad for this guy at all if the Buffalo would have trampled and killed him. You mess with these wild animals, there’s a possibility of getting killed when you do irresponsible stuff like this! DA!!
This clown needs to be locked up and the key throwed away. He is a walking idiot.
Whar a jerk. Awesome job rangers!
Endangering wildlife and humans! Jail and a life ban on entering any parks. What a total waste of space!
The parks are over used by humans.
Thankfully this isn't a normal national park traveler. Ban the people traveling with him too.
You are dumb enough to harrass the bison or any other wildlife you deserve what the animals give you.You got caught aba fined, consider yourself lucky. You could have been killed by the buffalo. They can move faster than you can blink & turn on a dime with lightening speed. You should be banned from all parks and natural reserves. However, you keep pushing it and the Darwin law will take effect. Survival of the fittest.
the guy has no respect for nothing. such a behavior ensures that you can not leave the cars in the parks soon.
I was rooting for the bison. Look up the word "idiot" in the dictionary, and this video and his mug shot will be there. The person who said "you have to show him who is boss". I am sure there is room for two mug shots.
Great job Rangers! Continue to protect our National Parks and wildlife! Great job to the video taker and thank you for posting!!!!!!!
Not only should this idiot be banned from all National parks, he should be banned from access to all animals and lose his drivers license so he can't do this again.
One a them thar jackets with the reely long sleeves oughta fit this bozo just fine!
this guy loves to knock them back and make an ass of himself. Hopefully his wife can keep him in the passenger seat. Best bet for her is to take this guy is a long walk In yellowstone and she can lose this fool. At least he can provide some food for the animals that survive the fire
Should affect his job security back home.
I live 25 miles south of the cowboy town of Pendleton, OR. I expect he will receive a hero's welcome home with free drinks at the Rainbow Bar. This stuff goes on at the Pendleton Round Up an entire week.
can anyone tel what kind of penalty he got
They should lock him up and throw away the key.
sounds like boozie the clown has been on a week long bender. Who’s the poor sucker who bailed this idiot out and continues to drive the moron around. He’s so pickled he couldn’t sit through a traffic stop and more than likely embarrassed the hell outta whoever he was with at the hotel. There’s no way this is the first time he’s done that. He must have all the money and took his friends on a sh** show across America because there’s no way this guy got invited by his friends to go on a road trip
Sounds like he’ll need to do a 9th Step to a bison at some point...
It sounds to me like this man has a serious substance abuse illness and needs inpatient help.
It would appear that the bison had a lot more sense than the man, what an idiot, he should be banned from national parks, and given a whole lot of community service, it might school him it what it means to be a citizen.
i am glad someone didn’t take it upon themselves to confront him; get the video, record the liscence number then call the pros.
Our parks and wildlife are too valuable for this type of behavior to go unpunished. Thanks to all the Rangers and others who worked to apprehend this guy. He should be banned from all our National Parks and heavily fined, a little jail time might help too.
Park Rangers did a great job.