BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY, NC – A weekend outing turned fatal when a 61-year-old woman fell off a cliff near North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Parkway. The incident occurred at the Glassmine Falls Overlook, a renowned scenic spot, as confirmed by the National Park Service. Nancy Sampson, a resident of Greer, South Carolina, fell an estimated 150 feet down the cliff around noon on Saturday. Park rangers were alerted to the incident but found Sampson had already …
In the rugged terrain of Alaska’s Denali National Park, a two-seater plane crashed on Wednesday, leaving two men presumed dead. The wreckage and the bodies remain at the base of a steep ravine, with officials deeming a recovery operation too hazardous to undertake. The decision came after an inter-agency review involving the National Park Service (NPS), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Alaska State Troopers, and the Alaska Air National Guard Rescue Coordination Center …
A bison attack at Yellowstone National Park left a 47-year-old Arizona woman with severe injuries on Monday, park officials reported. The woman and a companion were near the Lake Lodge Cabins on Lake Yellowstone’s north shore when they encountered two bison. As they attempted to retreat from the animals, one bison charged and gored the woman, inflicting serious injuries to her chest and abdomen. She was subsequently airlifted to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Her …