Webcam catches tourists walking on Old Faithful

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park rangers say members of a tour group have been ticketed after someone watching on a webcam several states away saw them walking on the cone of the iconic Old Faithful geyser.

A news release says someone watching from Wisconsin called rangers Wednesday evening to tell them about the errant tourists. When the first park ranger arrived, she found about 30 people around the geyser’s cone taking pictures.

The tourists said they didn’t see the signs that spell out the dangers of thermal areas and the requirement to stay on boardwalks and designated trails.

The group leader, the bus driver and one member of the first group of four visitors were cited with a $125 fine.