I wrote a previous comment on this, but pretty much this exact same thing happened, and it caused the Donner Party. The real life guy was somehow even dumber than Zapp Branigan, and later helped establish the famous colony of ex-confederates in Brazil.
“Pffft, what the fuck would all of the people who have lived here for generations as well as several peiple who have made this exact journey numerous times know about the best way through here.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Cutoff
I wrote a previous comment on this, but pretty much this exact same thing happened, and it caused the Donner Party. The real life guy was somehow even dumber than Zapp Branigan, and later helped establish the famous colony of ex-confederates in Brazil.
“Pffft, what the fuck would all of the people who have lived here for generations as well as several peiple who have made this exact journey numerous times know about the best way through here.”