I once stayed at the Big Yellowstone Lodge. I came out very early in the morning to put the suitcase in the car. I was just outside the big front door in the parking lot. When I was about done, I heard a “breathing” sound behind me. I slowly turned around and I was looking right at a Buffalo that had silently come up behind me and now was about 10 feet away. He was looking right at me and there I was looking right at him. I literally didn’t move (not sure I even could have!) and in what seemed like a LONG 2-3 minutes, he turned and quietly walked away. But seeing the size of that thing only 10 feet away was something I will NEVER forget. He probably just wanted a cookie or something, but I don’t remember being frightened as badly. Im amazed hearing people actually get out of their cars and try to get a photo of these things. Craziness wins, and so does Darwin.
Europe has bison also, but not quite as big as their American cousins.................
Moments later, traffic stopped, as a bison was walking on the other lane in our direction. It passed within several feet of my car…I got a great video of it. We didn’t make a sound.
Shortly after he passed by, my grandson proclaimed “Opa, I’m not bored anymore.”