Pierce Brosnan accused of walking in Yellowstone National Park’s thermal areas

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Actor Pierce Brosnan has been cited for walking into the thermal areas at Yellowstone National Park.

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Brosnan, 70, was charged with “stepping out of bounds” in a thermal area recently at the national park, according to The Associated Press.

Brosnan walked into an off-limits area of Mammoth Terraces on Nov. 1, according to two federal citations, the AP reported. Mammoth Terraces is located in the northern part of Yellowstone, by the Wyoming and Montana state lines.

The federal citations were issued on Tuesday.

Thermal areas in Yellowstone National Park have five features including hot springs, geysers, mudpots, travertine terraces and fumaroles, according to Yellowstone National Park’s website.

The park says that the ground below thermal areas “may be only a thin crust above boiling hot springs,” according to People. There are also a series of rules that the park advises visitors to comply with when visiting, including:

• Do not travel through thermal areas after dark.
• Stock are not permitted in thermal areas.
• Altering or putting objects in thermal features is prohibited.
• Swimming, soaking or bathing in water that are entirely of thermal origin is prohibited.

Some of the millions of visitors at Yellowstone National Park each year who ignore the warnings by straying off the trail get burned badly, the AP reported.

Brosnan is expected to appear in court on Jan. 23, according to the AP.

The AP reported that it sent a request for comment to Brosnan’s Instagram account on Thursday. CNN said it reached out to his representatives for comment.

Brosnan is known for his roles in four James Bond movies. He also starred in the television series “Remington Steele” in the 1980s, and in the movies “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “The Thomas Crown Affair,” according to the AP.

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