Posted on 06/28/2025 7:54:54 AM PDT by Libloather
A bison was gruesomely boiled to death in a Yellowstone National Park hot spring last week — as tourists watched in horror.
The buffalo met its ghastly end when it apparently stumbled into the scalding water at Midway Geyser Basin near Old Faithful, according to the park service.
“There were two bison [standing] there,” said Louise Howard, who witnessed the bison’s death during her first-ever visit to Yellowstone, to CBS News.
“I thought it was a great photo opportunity.”
But the shutter-worthy sight quickly turned tragic when one of the bison stepped into a small part of the basin, then tried hopping out.
Within a matter of seconds, the beast began teetering at the edge of the Grand Prismatic Spring — the largest hot spring in the entire park — and then fell in.
“As hard as it tried, it couldn’t get out,” said Howard, who snapped pictures of the bison’s final moments.
Fortunately, the poor animal met its end “fairly quickly,” according to Michael Poland, the scientist-in-charge at Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.
The animal was thrashing around so intensely that it moved into an even hotter area of the Grand Prismatic, thus dying faster.
Poland dispelled rumors that the water was acidic and that that’s what killed the animal, instead pointing to its intensely high temperatures.
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Bison FAFO
Probably not the first time and probably not the last. Time and nature are cruel to man and beast.
A handy .44, and the sense to stay away from the edge of cliffs and boiling vats of hot water helps to mitigate and extend one’s timeline.
I wonder if the many visitors spooked the animal enough to make it move in the wrong direction.
So the tourist spooked it and it fell in?
How do they know it was the bisons' first ever visit to Yellowstone?
Beef stew!
So long Bison- you will be Mist
Yellowstone wants to kill you. It’s kinda like Camden, NJ or the south side of Chicago.
Adventure meat!
Why do you assume the bison sex? (It now self-identifies as a hot “bisonexual”.)
Actually, bison chili is on the menu @ Old Faithful Inn Dining Room. It is absolutely delicious!
Salient point!
What makes you think Bison are sentient creatures? Or maybe you don't know the definition of sentient is. Bison are just big dumb furry cows. Some definitions include "self-awarenss"
I've always understood sentient beings to have self-awareness and the knowledge that they exist. Bison don't have such and only exist in the instinct mode.
Think human babies who don't know they exist until about 4 years old.
Indeed.
Exactly.
Yes, free lunch for all! 🦬
Made a delicious salientbury steak.
B/C you cannot make that same misteak twice. 🥩
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