A weed-control contractor drove a gigantic ATV with balloon tires, called a SHERP, through the Blackfoot River near Missoula, Montana, lumbering right past a flabbergasted fishing guide, who captured video of it.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) verified that the video is authentic, and that what the driver did was illegal. After contacting the operator, the agency was promised that it won’t happen again.

“No citation has been issued at this point, but there is a possibility that one may still be issued,” according to an FWP statement sent to Cowboy State Daily about the Monday incident.

‘It’s Like A Big Tonka Truck’

Kyle Rausch is the owner and operator of Missoula-based R.R. 406 Fly Fishing guide service.

He told Cowboy State Daily that during his many years floating rivers, h

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