The first thing I noticed upon entering the gates of Mt. Sibuyak Park on Sunday July 20th was a hunting party playing with their rifles, and their 3 dogs running doing laps around the pickup truck in anticipation of the hunt. I turned to our guide and asked, "what are these people doing?" He looked a little uncomfortable and answered a bit hesitantly, "uh...they are going hunting." I stopped. "Hunting here in this park?" "Yes, this is not a national park, so it's not protected." "But," I stammered, "but...we're going hiking in here right now, and surely there are other tourists in the park. Do you think that's safe?" "Yes, it is safe." "How is it safe? They're going to be shooting in here and we'll be walking around?" "They will go shooting in another section,
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