Dozens report illness after visiting Havasupai Falls
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- Dozens of hikers who visited Havasupai Falls at the bottom of the Grand Canyon this summer are leaving one of America's most treasured national parks with an unknown sickness.
In some cases, groups had to leave the canyon by helicopter because they were unable to hike out.
One of the groups first thought the sickness was an isolated issue, but the experienced backpackers weren’t the only ones in a messy situation.
The Blair family joined a group of 11 and set out on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Grand Canyon to see Havasupai Falls.
"The water's really blue," Mary Blair said. "You don't need a filter."
Forty miles in four days - the trip was planned years in advance and fell on Arizona’s hottest weekend of the year.
"The hike in was not great. I was getting hot," she said.
The trip took a turn on the final night as the group was set to make the 10-mile hike out of the canyon.
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An "experienced hiker" saying, "the water is very blue you don't need a filter," tells me, she is NOT an experienced hiker.
I assumed she meant she didn’t need a filter on her camera to capture the color of the water.
Considering they all got violently ill, you have to wonder.
Right?…I had the same thought…
yes and then puts her vomiting and stooling son in the river to keep him cool?....no contamination there.....
Yes, that, and they said they planned the trip for "years" and still managed to be there on the hottest day of the year. Great planning.
Bacteria in the water from all the people and the heat .It was one giant petri dish.
Animal feces
Eww :(
Would have been nice if at least one person went to hospital and had some stool testing. Could be an epidemic. Blue water and don’t need a filter to what? Drink it? Hepatitis a
@@etheldeitz1252
More than likely Norovirus.
You don't need to drink it, just come in contact with someone who has it. Check out wiki.
I hope it id not from Fracking !
'400 people and unsanitary bathroom conditions' and they drank the water without filtering or sanitizing it? That's just dumb.
Yep. I’d be using iodine just to be extra safe in those conditions.
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48th place in education out of 50 states will do that. Lol Arizona is severely uneducated
@@krabgrassbut we are talking about backpackers/hikers/campers from other states visiting the site for the experience. So they were not educated in Arizona.
They said they were from out of state... Seems like your the non educated one here...@krabgrass
I hope she’s referring to a camera filter… and when she said her son had diarrhea and vomiting all night and she had him in the river🤢 I’m sure that didn’t help the people downstream.
I know right, thanks for saying what I was thinking. Immersing an already sick person in the contaminated source.🤢🤮💩
So true.
She was. For underwater pics
Imagine all the fish that get out of the river just to poop on dry land.
I think it's pretty obvious she was talking about a photo filter lol
I am blessed to have seen that area BEFORE the throngs of crowds and disgusting conditions. I also paid $50 for a long weekend, not $500. Crowds have ruined just about everything in Arizona, sadly.
That guy voted for a felon below me and thinks he’s better then everyone
@@dianetan5790 I have no idea what you just said.
@@poolmonkey In other words, she is saying America is trash
@@dianetan5790
fiji water had a recall last month
@@dianetan5790They said "throngs of crowds" not "buddy's wife's thongs" you meatball lmfao!
People actually think they can see microbes with naked eye.
Well people don't believe in viruses or vaccines either....
Giardia
People actually assume she was talking about a water filter when they never mentioned anything about drinking river water.
She was more likely talking about a photo filter.
If this happened, and DOZENS of people on one weekend were all stupid enough to drink unfiltered river water, then the news report would likely have mentioned the importance of boiling and/or filtering your water.
Using your own logic…. Why would you assume she’s talking about a photo filter? They never mentioned anything about photos or cameras?
They DID mention camping beside the river overnight. An experienced hiker would know that means they were drinking from the river. Whether or not they filtered or purified their drinking water is unknown but given the context it’s more reasonable to assume “filter” is referring to the drinking water.
Furthermore if DOZENS of people in an area all get sick with the same symptoms at the same time then it’s reasonable to assume it was caused by an airborne or waterborne virus. Waterborn is the more likely given the facts asserted in the video.
yea out education system is extremely inadequate!
You can tell the people who’ve NEVER played Oregon Trail 🤨😒
😂😂😂
It’s how I learned what dysentery was. 😂
@@VoteForBukele that and typhoid 🤣
Favorite comment 😂
😂😂😂 right
Her credentials of a "hiker" went out the window immediately when she said "water is blue and you don't need a filter". YOU NEVER DRINK UNFILTERED WATER ON A HIKE. Sweet lord... and its common knowledge that water in the havasupai should not be drank straight out of the bottle. It is filled with literally EVERYTHING.
Idiota! I peed in it, and it was still blue.
Exactly
I think she meant a camera filter for pictures. No one would say you don't need a filter for drinking.
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She was referring to camera filter.
Experienced hikers not using a water filter. Maybe experienced, but not very bright.
Mayans where experienced warriors till the Spanish brought the flu and their cows
@@dianetan5790 water today isn't a mystery, she knew of filters just not when to use them or took a risk intentionally. 'Blue' doesn't mean contaminant free. Unlike the Mayans, she also probably heard of the flue as well. It's not rocket science.
@@dianetan5790Lmfao completely irrelevant
@@ghostwalk2446
lol It's the cows! Killing experienced Mayan warriors.
" Dumb and Dumber"
Just because the water is a pretty blue color doesn’t mean you shouldn’t filter it. These hikers probably drank some upstream campers unsanitary camping conditions.
Yeah I agree, sooooo strange to drink water from the wild without filtering it.... You can't necessarily see if the waters are infected with bacteria. I didn't know that people drank stream, and river water without filtering. The person interviewed definitely did Not filter the water because that is exactly what she said.
But it's interesting the report says that hundreds of people posted in a fb group that they experienced sickness from that area during the same time period. I can't believe that everyone of those people did NOT filter the water every single time they drank water. So I would guess that maybe the common denominator was swimming in the water and of course it's impossible not to get some in your mouth and swallow it unless you are just wading in it.
What happen to bringing your own water
@@desireec.8598I go to south mountain everyday I don’t drink from the fountain I buy water from Aldi BECUASE their prices are reasonable and I don’t have to blame my problems on Biden
She was talking about photographic filters for taking pictures, But this is fox news and they twist everything into something else. shame on Fake Fox for misleading your thoughts and feelings on this video, you were all suckered and that was there intention. Im a photographer and ive been there, its not the water falls fault its stupid humans.
@@desireec.8598 you cannot carry enough water for a long arduous trip like Havasu. That is why you must purchase a high quality water filter. I bought mine at REI.
In the Boy Scouts we were taught to filter the water AND boil it. Mysteriously none of us ever got sick even on multi-day hikes. These geniuses on the other hand...
I filtered allll my water and still got norovirus down there. I would advise NOT going down there anytime soon. Everyone was getting sick. We’re talking uncontrollable vomiting and diarrhea for hours and unable to keep down fluids in a 100degree canyon. We were some of the lucky ones that were able to somehow make the hike out in the middle of the night- there’s no guarantee you get a spot on the helicopter out so it’s quite the gamble if you get sick. I’m sure it’s turned into a very serious situation for many hikers down there. Like I said, we were some of the lucky ones
Yeah the crappy filters sold for wild water drinking are not good to filter out a virus like the norovirus. I would NEVER drink contaminated water from a river thinking a meager filter would do the job. Thats just retarded!
Well that is obvious how could you think that one of those crappy filters sold to hikers would filter out some micro bacteria or a virus like the norovirus? I would NEVER drink water from a river or creek it is just asking for trouble. Any experienced hiker should know that!
Well that is obvious how could you think that one of those crappy filters sold to hikers would filter out some micro bacteria or a virus like the norovirus? I would NEVER drink water from a river or creek it is just asking for trouble. Any experienced hiker should know that
Well that is obvious how could you think that one of those crappy filters sold to hikers would filter out some micro bacteria or a virus like the norovirus? I would NEVER drink water from a river or creek it is just asking for trouble.
You probably ingest fecal matter regularly, giving you an advantage over the sicker people
I'm a hiker...the water was blue so it's safe.
My son's a 4 star athlete. !?!?!
What a KOOK.
Hey her son was valedictorian he should know
She’s not a kook. In an awkward fashion, she was trying to explain that her son is extremely fit and athletic, yet he had trouble getting out of the canyon because he was so weak.
@@Starfish2145 What OP is saying is that she’s too dumb to be out in the backcountry. Anyone who has the most minimal experience hiking the backcountry knows that you NEVER trust the water else you risk severe illness. Specifically, that clarity or it being “blue” means literally nothing in respect to water being safe to drink. KOOK was probably a shorthand way of saying dumbfoundingly stupid or clueless.
Does she speak on behalf of the 400 people that got sick?
Germs 🦠 don’t attack you if you can hit a baseball a long way or play football. Everyone knows that !
I love how the woman saying you don't need to filter the water is the same one lowering her sick child into the water. Way to spread the love, lady. 😅
She likely meant camera filter. The way it's edited, we can't really tell the context she said it. Someone prepared to hike 40 miles in summer in Arizona almost always would have a water purifier. Some are tiny.
“Experienced hikers”, my ass. These people are willfully ignorant. Filter or treat water with iodine. Don’t camp near water or wash or take a dump near water. If you’re pooping in the woods follow all the appropriate protocol dictated by volume of foot traffic and specific ecosystem. At minimum that means 200 feet from any water source or campsite and bury it in a hole 6 to 8 inches deep.
As a lifelong experienced backpacker, I don’t have any compassion for people who do stupid, careless things in the Wilderness, with the exception of kids who are taken there not knowing better. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you don’t belong in the Wilderness.
Calm down ultralight trail princess.
@@Willrocs 🤣 you just dated yourself as a baby in the outdoor world. I was wearing pivetta g5s when they weren’t “vintage”, had a canvas rucksack, and was eating MREs on the trail. Ultralight wasn’t even a concept, sport-climbing didn’t exist, Gore-Tex hadn’t become an idea, and we had f’ing fiberglass tent poles. Try again. 😂 C’mon you can do better.
@@Willrocs Oh! Damn I forgot about the heavy-ass, plastic, GI issue canteens. And the Vietnam era GI flashlight. 🤣🤣 Thanks for the nostalgia!
Just because the water is “really blue” doesn’t mean you don’t need a filter. What a ridiculous statement.
she heard on facebook blue water means good
You always use purification tablets if you haven’t brought your own water that’s just common sense not to drink water from the wild.
And the news channel didn't even say, "DON'T DRINK CREEK WATER!!!" WTF???
What’s more ridiculous is you guys responding to something that was obviously clipped and edited.
She was referring to a camera filter, not a drinking filter.
When the first thing you say is you don't need a filter..
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@@provenoperator6382 camera filter. She's talking about the vibrancy of the water.
“The water is blue and you don’t need a filter.” How dumb can people be. SMDH
i don’t hike or camp at all so when she said it’s so blue you don’t need a filter, my silly self thought she meant like for posting on instagram 😂 but now i realize she meant for drinking water
I agree. I would use a filter every time.
She was talking about a phone filter changing the color
They are not thinking. You always filter your water or boil it. I have backpacked in some of the most remote mountain ranges with flowing rivers straight from glaciers 50 miles away and still filtered my water from those rivers.
@@CutterHasTheVision Good idea.
Never, ever drink water from Havasupai Creek without treatment. You are downstream of the village. You will get very ill.
Drinking poop is not good for ya 😂
Animals poop too!
@@frostfree7 I'll drink to that. 🤣
Am I the only one who thought she was referring to photo filters not water filters? 🤔
Nope. She is obviously referring to camera filters, not water filters. People just like to think they are smarter than everyone else.
@@Belenshares the amount of people thinking she’s referring to water filter is wild 🙃
It's like no one listened. Frustrating.
Why do y’all think she’s talking about camera filters?
Logic would indicate water filters since she spoke about the water and not about cameras or photos no?
Did I miss something in the video?
@SkullKid467 You can catch it if you listen well again.
Norovirus
Sure sounds like it.
That was my first thought
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"Why is the water at Havasupai so blue?
Havasu Falls - Lake Havasu City
Calcium carbonate and magnesium occur naturally in the waters that feed Havasu Falls. The waters get their blue color from the magnesium."
Can anyone guess what the side effects of magnesium are?
Experienced my butt.
What type of Magnesium?
Nice.
ug, same as eating bananas, which also contain magnesium?
Like Milk of Magnesia ?
@@oriraykai3610
You mean potassium??
Been down there twice. The bathrooms are Nasty. Not set up for the 500 people they stuff in the limited camp sites. They have had issue with sewage from the village . It's all about Money...could of also been an issue with the spring water . This is the only water that you can drink down there. No such thing a clean blue water that doesn't need to be filtered.
Good luck future campers .
Are they all drinking river water?
Adding diarrhea to it.
This happened last year at the Grand Canyon. It's Norovirus. Why is it happening so much now? Crowds have been going to these tourists spots for decades.
I seriously doubt it was the water if 300 people got sick. Unless all of them were dumb enough to drink the pretty blue water.
People in this state aren't so bright. It's part of the reason we are ranked 48th in education. Lol smh
Like I said, Bigfoot Farted.
They all drank the water. When they took a dip into the water to cool down, they accidentally all swallowed a bit of water.
A lot of people really love nature but they cannot seem to come to terms with the fact that nature does not actually love them. They should count their blessings that whatever it was just made them sick and they were able to hike out.
We were there in May. The water source is a natural spring. Born in Arizona and I know that our natural springs go from surface water, down through the mineral and metal rich soils and then come out. There is a lot that can end up in that natural spring water (iron, lead, manganese, and more for example it’s a known spot for Uranium) So we filtered the spring water but a lot of the other hikers especially ones from outside of Arizona were not Filtering their water and drinking it straight from the spring.
High Risk and Little Reward
When native people tell you stay away from places stay away you never listen to us natives
You know what other water is really blue?? The water in the port-o-potty
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Hahahah
The water is blue, so it doesn't need a filter. What on earth did anyone expect. It good to be out experiencing nature, but she got a little more than she bargained for.
Pfft a little blue water never hurt anybody.
"Mommy, my tummy hurts!"
A camera filter. Not a water filter
300 people got sick. Nobody drank the water. The woman was referencing a camera filter
I was just going to ask. That was my first thought when I heard her.
So glad I got that hike out of the way 24 years ago. I did it twice in highschool. It's sad to see the beautiful scenic environment getting thrashed these days.
I’ve drank water in a stream ABOVE THE TREE LINE. It was pure snow melt in Utah. I was with an experienced outdoorsman and I trusted him. Never got sick. However, that’s the only place I would even consider drinking unfiltered water from.
I will drink water unfiltered in high altittude, lightly used wilderness, but even there it is not 100% safe. You can still get Giardia, which can be carried by a wide variety of animals.
Why would anybody go hiking in the middle of summer?
You win!
I’m thinking she meant you don’t need a filter on the camera to make it look so blue…no one who has any camping or hiking experience drinks unfiltered/untreated water directly from the source. I’m in healthcare and seeing a ton of norovirus, the one that goes around cruise ships, and it would spread like wildfire through camp grounds if one kid from summer camp brought it in.
People are nasty and stupid.
You got that right. Maybe this experience will make them wiser, you think?
yes, lacking in spirit and wisdom as well. Failing to even learn in hindsight. Humanity lost.
The problem is they let hundreds of people go to a small area where they are in close proximity to one another and norovirus spreads like wildfire in these situations…just like being on a cruise ship…this was nothing more than norovirus …it’s highly contagious.
Maybe just 30% of all ?
@@javabrown4851 Yea, I definitely did not mean all people.
I was there on a very fun backpacking hike back in 2001. Thankfully I was with a group of friends who were very experienced hikers….they said never drink the water without treating it, or better yet, just bring your own water in. I followed that advice and was just fine. I’m glad I got to go in the days before it got so crowded and before the permits were so expensive. It is a magical place and it is true that the water is beyond blue.
I was there in 2001 as well! 😃 Then again in 2003. And you’re right - no crowds and cheaper permits. Those were the days! 😊 I don’t remember if I saw even 50 people there the entire week! We got our water from ‘The Source’ however, we did harvest watercress right out of Havasu Creek for our salad but none of us ever got sick. I don’t think I would go back today if given the opportunity as the reservation has become grossly exploited. 😬
@@lisamdrake5696 You are so right!! Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that spring water, that was very refreshing. Like you said, those were the days….;)
There used to be a large rock that had some pipes at the bottom of the rock where you could get your water there. Never drank out of the river or pools.
Been there done that blessed 5 times at Havasupai falls amazing!How sad, the lesson here is, safety first, , always bring a safety kit , filter kit and better yet, most of your weight should be your drinkable water, be prepared it’s a very, very remote área and that’s the beauty!
There’s a stomach bug going around in AZ with those exact same symptoms. Starts from one person and quickly spreads to whoever is in contact.
They drank some poopie🤖
Human and animal.
The mother's comment that the water was so blue you didn't need a filter likely explains it all. Always filter from streams, you don't know if there are cattle upstream.
Just because water is blue dont mean it is safe to drink unfiltered or not boiling it
Exactly wow don't drink it that's why people got sick they should always bring there own water
@@juliaweber212 There are reliable filters for filtering water from the wilds, its something that is very well known to anyone that starts hiking and reads a little about it. It's recommended to always filter water from the wild.
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Camera filter. Not water filter
So, what was it? Did the "reporters " call the hospital, doctors, labs? Geesh...
Bacteria infested water. She said the words "water so blue you don't need to filter it". Pay attention
@@justmee9441 which bacteria is my question.
@@1ACL who cares
@@justmee9441How does one person's ridiculous statement give you the answer for 300 people!? You're just assuming everyone drank unfiltered water?
@@realist7239Everyone who wants facts instead of just speculation
Near the beginning of my backpacking adventures I learned not to trust clear water without a filter or boiling, even though in the wilderness at high altitude. I happened to look down in bright sunlight and saw the tiniest creatures squiggling, probably nearly microscopic worms, only visable because of the angle of the light. Not far away were horseshoe prints underwater, meaning large animals had been in that clear water. Then, the next day, we met campers staying right on the shore by the inlet to the lake who had come back from Mexico with copious diarrhea-and were staying there to "heal"-and pollute the clear water with their microscopic pathogens. Ew ew ew. Always filter even if the water looks crystal clear, you do not know what has been leaching or pooping into that water or is right upstream like a beaver dam or a "recovering traveller". Or an overly crowded camp.
People have been getting sick down there since mid May! The tribe has kept this extremely quiet. The Arizona Department of Health needs to be investigating the source of that illness.
"The tribe has kept this extremely quiet" What do you mean by that?
Yes, I've seen many people reporting getting very sick the last month or so. They need to shut it down until it is investigated and cleaned up. Imagine the bathrooms and campground.🤮
Blessings and healing for those affected
Tourists have converted it into "Havapoopoo Falls."
Funny. Thank you. But also fk tourists who treat their destinations like a toilet bowl or garbage dumpster
I've been there and experienced that beauty of that fall. Some people are ignorant to drink the waterfall, there's a designated spring by the rock wall for drinking water which they provide. If they are experienced hiker they would of been aware. It's their human sickness that caused it, not that place.
our lake supervisor always gives a warning at our lakes stating don't get in the water when its super hot...that is exactly what people do when its super hot, then you end up paying. really sad
Don't need a filter? Ya. Ok. 😂
For the camera
Not filtering the water and they were getting into the water while having uncontrollable diarrhea....hmmm whatever could be the problem.....
Lmao
"May your bowels forgive you".....and Scott Paper Co. thanks you.
A friend of mine hiked there about 20 years ago. She said the water is pretty, but it is an absolute dump with trash all over the place. Beyond anything a normal person would imagine.
Too many people in a special place like that is irresponsible. I hope they close it.
400 people down in the Canyon? Óvercrowding.
Nitwits drank unfiltered river water. Then went on camera to tell everyone they did just that. Just.....wow.
For people who aren’t understanding what she means by “filter” she is referring to a camera filter. She mentions the color of the water being really blue and not needing a filter… a camera filter to make the water appear blue like many people do in videos and pictures. She never makes any reference to drinking the water but she does make a direct reference to the color and not needing a filter which obviously implies a camera filter.
Edit: and to imply that’s what she meant so therefore they must’ve drank the water which made them sick would also imply that at least 300 other people down there were drinking the water as well. Not once was it mentioned that anyone drank the water which is why no one understood how exactly it happened.
Exactly…I’m simply amazed at the amount of people who think she meant not filtering the water! 🤪😂
@@PlanesandTrainsandAutos
I’m a little confused by your comment, do you think she meant filter the water?
@@slaphappy5252 she was talking about a camera filter not a water filter.
@@PlanesandTrainsandAutos
Indeed she was. In your comment you put “not” which is what confused me.
🤦♀ Clue phone is ringing…the water is blue. Helicoptered out..thank god cuz they wouldn’t have made it out without having boo boos on the trail. Unsanitary bathroom conditions means make sure you sanitize your hands before you touch your face or anything else for that matter
I believe she meant that the water is blue and no camera filter is needed. As in, she was remarking about the naturally vivid color of the water.
We didn't need a water filter...just a diaper.
Never drink unfiltered water. I hiked across the country on the PCT and I never took a chance with drinking out of streams. Always filtered.
I’ve been there years ago. No problem, even hiked out on at 1:00 AM on a full moon, about 11 miles…last 1 1/2 miles STEEP uphill. There’s a village down in the canyon that serves delicious Indian bread.
I can't tell if they drank the water or just swam in it. Even if they didn't drink it, it still sounds like a water borne illness. My daughter went on a camping trip with a couple hundred kids along with chaperones. On the way back the group contracted a bad stomach bug and the majority got sick with symptoms exactly as this lady described. They couldn't confirm it but they thought it came from bad water where they refilled their large cooler dispensers each day. It only lasted a couple days but it cut their trip short and was pretty miserable for everyone involved.
The ancestors have spoken!
I hope she was talking about a camera color filter for taking pics of the water!
The reporter is oblivious to the "water is blue you don't need a filter" comment..I guess
A camera filter. Not a water filter.
@@Itsmeagain828 Is this your interpretation, or do you personally know her and have heard that from her?
@@akinpaws If you would listen better you would know rather than doubling down. I think I would recheck as to not make myself sound dense.
Meagan why would you say a camera filter? She never mentioned a camera or taking pictures. That’s just silly to say she was talking about a camera when all these ppl had intestinal illness.
Did 300 people really drink the water??
"The water was blue so you don't need a filter."
There's your problem, lady.
I’m pretty sure the filter comment was related to taking a photo of the water, not drinking the water without a filter. Probably all these people were swimming in the water which is how they got sick.
30 thousand dollar heli ride after drinking straight from a river, smart people
An experienced hiker wouldn’t judge water conditions by its color!!! An experienced hiker would KNOW to ALWAYS filter their water supply and to ALWAYS practice responsible sanitation.
No one is in the environment protecting the area that's what happens when you say it's water it's forever learn to protect before it's too late
Last place on Earth you would want to be sick 😮
What!? There's plenty of worse places
Giardia?
Here’s your sign !!!!!! Water was pretty and blue, you didn’t need to filter it.
I would check the water. When I did the camp, I remember they had a stream of mountain water that is supposedly naturally filtered and the water was drinkable. Everyone would collect water from there for their camps.
“Water was very blue, you don’t need a filter”. Huh what???????
What many don’t understand is that with this global heat rising up
All bacteria viruses parasites all that’s bad will rise up as well. That’s what I fear not heat but things we can’t even see…
Like certain algae?
@@samsonian9468 algae loves heat too…
Not a “globe”
@@ChezMclegend ok…
And it has nothing to do with how experienced of a hiker you are just swimming in that water. You will get some in your body and you will be sick. It’s that simple.
All the people in the comments losing their minds about the "No filter 'cause water blue" remark. CAMERA FILTER, people. The water is so blue that you don't need a filter on your photos to make it look pretty. Good grief...
Leptospirosis Cysts, breed inside and enter thru small cuts
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Something in the water.
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Maybe something to do with the border being open maybe ppl from other countries taping into our stuff but why how trying to live off grid with African diseases Iranian this is out of control I want my water I want my land I want my house every day I scarier cuz I haven’t even got a chance to try
@@dianetan5790might be better off leaving the US since they're all coming here
@@dianetan5790"African diseases Iranian" lmfao yeah you're definitely doomed kiddo lol
@@ghostwalk2446 no you voted for felon I’m actually better then you
Our family has been way sick too with the same symptoms. Our daughter was the first one to get sick and it started last Friday, it is now Wednesday. It won’t go away easily. I thought we were done with it, but no. Our son and daughter threw up tonight and have had diarrhea the whole time. My husband has it now but hasn’t thrown up yet. I have headaches and nausea and have thrown up once. This is a really weird virus! I bet they have the same thing.
Considering this area has been visited for DECADES by hikers , campers, tourist even in very hot weather, and these previous people probably also swam and some drank from the water and NO ONE or LARGE GROUPS of people reported getting sick indicates something else is the cause of this many people getting sick!
Obviously something new in the area or ADDED to the water is the cause.
Then they flew home not knowing what they had.
Did she really say that you didn't need to filter the water because it was blue?? You call that "experienced hikers"?
Thanks for the info.
E. Coli and nice job spreading it.
Dangerous bacteria can hide and thrive in beautiful blue water.
Great! She describes how she further contaminated the river…
You guys realize she wasn’t talking about drinking the water without a “filter”. She was saying that the water is so blue that you don’t need a camera filter. The clip was taken completely out of context.
It's not clear what she meant.
@@kellykersten8828 That’s why I commented. To help explain it to you.
Too many people on this planet, never drink unfiltered water and sanitize if you come in contact with the water. Questions - were they swimming, cooking, drinking, cooling themselves, touching the water and not washing afterwards.
So we have experienced hikers that are drinking the water because they can see it’s clear. I didn’t realize their eyes could see microorganisms? Must be the water and 400 people bathing in it.
Parachute journalism. WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF IT?!
Who pooped in the pool?
I’ve hiked down to Navajo Falls, Havasu Falls, and to Mooney Falls three times. I never got sick because I always filter my water everywhere I hiked/backpacked no matter how remote. The water is blue because of the magnesium and calcium carbonate from the surrounding rock formations. There are roaming cattle up river. Just because the water looks blue or even crystal clear doesn’t mean it’s safe to drink.
What scale is four star?
This place is a sacred place. Unusual things happen when these type of places are being distributed. Just saying. 😒
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Just amazes me how many people on here, thinking they are soo smart, are not realizing that she was talking about a "Camera Filter" not a water filter 🤦
Happy Hep A Day!