You got yourself a hippie drum circle out back, Ma'am.

Ah yes...

The Rainbow Buttholes

They squatted in the Ocala National Forest for awhile...

Only one shiat-crazy murder there that I can recall...

So far since they have been there this year (from what I have heard).

A guy got busted with a pound of pot already allocated into little baggies.
The sheriffs kid went missing. His truck was found with bullet holes in it.
They found a body real close to their camp.
Massive trespassing
Massive shoplifting and theft.

The last time they were in Wyo they left their campsite completely destroyed.

my friend goes to these sometimes, and told me this crazy story about this guy named Huggy Bear. I guess he was talking to some lady who had her kids in a stroller, and a car barrelled through the campground, almost hitting the lady. So Huggy Bear goes off to find the guys, comes back sometime later with a shovel and blood on his clothes, telling everyone he just beat the driver to death. Not a Bear I'd like to hug.

These places seem so are crazy if you aren't high as a kite.

'rainbow family' sounds like a great name for a cult.

Weaver95:'rainbow family' sounds like a great name for a cult.

Based on some of the "family" people that I've encountered, I'd say you're only off by thiiiiiiiiiiiis much.

/holding my index finger very very close to my thumb

lantawa
Ah yes...
The Rainbow Buttholes
They squatted in the Ocala National Forest for awhile...
Only one shiat-crazy murder there that I can recall...

The Rainbow pilgrimage to the Ocala National Forest is an annual event, usually in the winter. They always seem to stop in Gainesville for a few days before heading down. I agree they are annoying mostly because they are often young people who beg on street corners instead of getting a job. It's the poor dogs they take everywhere with them that I feel sorry for.

And that murder in the ONF wasn't part of the Rainbow gathering, just a crazy kid who decided to kill a couple of hikers.

This group 'camped' in a national forest near me last year. The local residents loved them and said they were friendly, that troublemakers were in the minority and they'd easily host them again if it wasn't for the police presence they bring with them.

Apparently every Forestry Service officer in Arkansas was called in to police the campground the Rainbows were in for that week. This included roadblocks, searches and constant harassment of not just the Rainbows but of the local residents as well.

Several of the residents even told the media covering it they'd wish the police would just leave, as they were tired of having to go through a roadblock and answer questions just to get home.

Fellows:Several of the residents even told the media covering it they'd wish the police would just leave, as they were tired of having to go through a roadblock and answer questions just to get home.

One of the reasons I stopped going to Pennsic was because of the excessive police presence. The state and local cops had a task force set up to keep an eye on all the crazy people waving swords around for an entire week.

re: grapefruitgal:

"And that murder in the ONF wasn't part of the Rainbow gathering, just a crazy kid who decided to kill a couple of hikers."


Different murder....

Rainbow Boy DID kill someone...over racist issue, if I remember correctly....

farking "neo" hippies. How can we make fun of and degrade the failed loser hippies of the Baby Boomer generation if they keep coming up with more?

Where's Cartman?

It's good to know we're all being kept safe from a bunch of harmless people smoking pot in the woods.
God knows we have to come up with something to keep cops busy, amirite?

COP HATE THREAD!!! Hooray!

Why can't can't smelly hippies and facist pigs live together in peace?

A friend of mine went to the Ocala gathering last year, and he was horrified at the amount of damage these people do to their campsites, and at the trash they leave behind. Some times, they make a big deal about "cleaning the site" when they leave, but you always find a huge pile of crap (some times quite literally, if there's not enough toilets close by) just offsite, where they dump it.

Valid reasons to dislike these people:

They litter
They panhandle
They often smell


Unfounded Reasons To Dislike these Guys:

Pretty much every thing I've read here w/o a valid citation.
They have drugs (who the fark cares? If 7000 hippies could barely manage to injure one ranger how scary can they be as drug dealers?)

siouxcourtesan: amirite?

No.

if they called themselves Branch Davidians I guess they would get more sympathy around here, but, screw the hippies

Lots of apocryphal tales of violence from FARK posters, but no real concrete evidence here. Which makes me think you are all just be regurgitating the typical anti-drug "Reefer Madness" tales of hippie insanity that keep your tiny minds occupied for hours.

What did they arrest the guy for in this case anyway? The article said something about "being uncooperative" which, if I'm not mistaken, is not a crime. I think this is more a matter of police harassment getting blown out of proportion by each side.

While it's no small secret aggressive police action can be used to break up otherwise lawful, constitutionally protected activities (protests, right to assemble, etc.) the answer of course, isn't to fight the cops. Get an attorney and sue the shiat out of them.

FTA: Neo-hippies have attended the "Rainbow Gathering of Living Light" on federal land each July since 1972 to stress nonviolence, world peace and living in harmony with Earth.

They're doing it wrong.

/want peace?
//go be peaceful!
///being violent to anyone decreases the peace in the world

I went in '95 and didn't see a single pig. I guess times have changed. It was a fun experience.

FTFA Neo-hippies have attended the "Rainbow Gathering of Living Light" on federal land each July since 1972 to stress nonviolence, world peace and living in harmony with Earth.

More officers were requested to assist in the main meadow area. The mob began to advance, throwing sticks and rocks at the officers

nonviolence, doing it wrong.

lazymojo:Lots of apocryphal tales of violence from FARK posters, but no real concrete evidence here. Which makes me think you are all just be regurgitating the typical anti-drug "Reefer Madness" tales of hippie insanity that keep your tiny minds occupied for hours.

Fark users typically being anti-drug propaganda posters?

You're a moran.

what's with these Violent Hippies?

Makes about as much sense as Gay Republicans.

/ longs for the old days: pepper balls = wood shampoo

Dead Milkmen (pops)

veedeevadeevoodee:/ longs for the old days: pepper balls = wood shampoo

Why is Michael Chicklis hassling that dude?

I'm sure the Forest Service isn't second-guessing that decision to evict the Boy Scouts' Honor Society and ArrowCorps5 to accommodate the "Family."

The Boy Scouts plan was to have a public service project of "about 5,000 top Boy Scouts from across the country donating an estimated 250,000 hours of time to restore, repair, rebuild, reclaim and refurbish miles of trails, acres and glens in the nation's forests."

Yeah--the bunch of belligerent, stone-throwing hippie squatters was clearly the better choice....Well done, Forestry!

henryhill:if they called themselves Branch Davidians I guess they would get more sympathy around here, but, screw the hippies

Bingo!

Far out, man.

I farking hate Cops and Hippies now leave me alone so I can go back to smokeing my weed.

BravadoGT:I'm sure the Forest Service isn't second-guessing that decision to evict the Boy Scouts' Honor Society and ArrowCorps5 to accommodate the "Family."

The Boy Scouts plan was to have a public service project of "about 5,000 top Boy Scouts from across the country donating an estimated 250,000 hours of time to restore, repair, rebuild, reclaim and refurbish miles of trails, acres and glens in the nation's forests."

Yeah--the bunch of belligerent, stone-throwing hippie squatters was clearly the better choice....Well done, Forestry!

They just didn't want a tornado, duh.

I think what annoys people most about hippies is that the think the matter and they think they can change the world or some shiat, when all they do is smoke weed, drop acid and not bathe. If you want to do that, fine but don't try to be sanctimonious about it.

BravadoGT:I'm sure the Forest Service isn't second-guessing that decision to evict the Boy Scouts' Honor Society and ArrowCorps5 to accommodate the "Family."

The Boy Scouts plan was to have a public service project of "about 5,000 top Boy Scouts from across the country donating an estimated 250,000 hours of time to restore, repair, rebuild, reclaim and refurbish miles of trails, acres and glens in the nation's forests."

Yeah--the bunch of belligerent, stone-throwing hippie squatters was clearly the better choice....Well done, Forestry!


Seems bad, unless Forestry planned to have the Boy Scouts in after the Family, to repair all the damage... that way they get free clean-up!

Well, at least they are the rainbow extortionists...

Mugato:I think what annoys people most about hippies is that the think the matter and they think they can change the world or some shiat, when all they do is smoke weed, drop acid and not bathe. If you want to do that, fine but don't try to be sanctimonious about it.

No, that's what people who get their opinions from South Park think.

Bloody beatniks! This is insurrection! Send in the hounds!

aren't

/oops

PSA: Save yourself the trouble of going to one of these by simply writing "Arrest Me" on your forehead with a Sharpie.

My experiences with people calling themselves members of The Family have been a mixed bag.

Even when I was 20 I saw some of the older Family "men" taking on young young runaway girls as lovers, the girls were drug induced pass around camp slaves. That was the worst I saw.

On the other hand a older couple from The Family were doing volunteer medical work at a festival and they fixed up my foot after i stepped on glass. Those people were down home friendly caring people.

grapefruitgal:lantawa
Ah yes...
The Rainbow Buttholes
They squatted in the Ocala National Forest for awhile...
Only one shiat-crazy murder there that I can recall...

The Rainbow pilgrimage to the Ocala National Forest is an annual event, usually in the winter. They always seem to stop in Gainesville for a few days before heading down. I agree they are annoying mostly because they are often young people who beg on street corners instead of getting a job. It's the poor dogs they take everywhere with them that I feel sorry for.

And that murder in the ONF wasn't part of the Rainbow gathering, just a crazy kid who decided to kill a couple of hikers.

True story, I was camping at the Big Scrub in Ocala NF the night that kid killed those two campers in the woods. the taxi even dropped him off at Big Scrub, but there were too many people there so he found two people off in the woods instead.

/We heard the gunshots, and didnt think anything of it until a few days later

I'm so torn. I have seen law enforcement totally over react at various events at campsites. I have also seen more than a few PITA panhandling hippies who seem to have no clue about what comes out of their mouth vs. what they do.

RamblingKey:Even when I was 20 I saw some of the older Family "men" taking on young young runaway girls as lovers, the girls were drug induced pass around camp slaves. That was the worst I saw.

How do I jone that first family I like young run aways very tasty.

It's in Big Sandy this year, not Big Piney.
/big sandy vaginas

What's red and yellow and looks good on hippies?