Posted on 07/01/2022 8:49:52 AM PDT by Red Badger
Park officials said bison are wild and unpredictable, as recent incidents show.
For the second time in three days, a visitor to Yellowstone National Park has been gored by a bison.
Park officials say a 71-year-old woman from West Chester, Pennsylvania, and her daughter inadvertently approached the bison Wednesday as they were returning to their vehicle at a Yellowstone Lake trailhead.
The woman’s injuries were not life-threatening. She was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Cody, Wyoming.
The incident remains under investigation.
On Monday, a 34-year-old Colorado man got too close to a bison and was thrown as he grabbed a child. An Ohio woman was gored in May.
Park officials said bison are wild and unpredictable, and visitors should stay more than 25 yards away.
“Opa”.. is that like Oompa?
Maybe they need to chain link in the stupid people.
Been there done that many times. Usually a heifer trying to deliver her first.
#37 That girl landed on her feet. Quite the athlete!
She gets a 10
Have you tried? LOL I should clarify, I live in the Black Hills, there is “up” in the hiking areas. On the plains there is no conceivable excuse for accidentally coming upon a buffalo. Unless a person is blind.
Bison chili is good stuff - had some at a bison ranch once long ago. Chatting with the operators, they usually ended up selecting the fence breakers as the next for slaughter. Once a bison realizes they can just walk through a fence, there’s nothing that can be done to keep them in.
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