• chunes@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Depending on what country you live in, you can’t, actually.

    My father worked for the U.S. forest service and part of his job was kicking people off of wilderness and national forest land.

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      1 day ago

      I listened to a documentary about that Grizzly Man dude who got eaten by bears in… Alaska, I want to say. Maybe it’s different between states, but they had a rule there that you need to move along once a week if you’re camping.

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        16 hours ago

        Yup. Where I grew up it was two weeks.

        That said, as long as you lay low, be careful about any campfires, etc. you can likely hide for a very long time.

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          5 hours ago

          For sure. I mean in the end I think that rule is for your own safety and to make sure you don’t disturb nature too much or make it inaccessible to others by hogging spots.

          Even in the documentary, the dude had a harangue about someone having left a note at his camp, like, “See you next year!” which was obviously meant as a well intentioned “Hey, we know who you are, we know you’re here, we’re not gonna make you move, please be careful <3 / Park Management” which the dude interpreted as a threat and an act of hostility but the dude was not right in the head and he got ate by bears and I have no clue why I am talking to you about this.

          :)