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Bison Attacks California Tourist at Yellowstone National Park
KIFI ^ | July 22, 2009

Posted on 07/22/2009 5:51:48 PM PDT by george76

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They do not say how far apart they were AFTER the buffalo charged.

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1 posted on 07/22/2009 5:51:48 PM PDT by george76
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To: jazusamo; girlangler

http://www.trib.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/wyoming/f43c8cd878544a2a872575d8007f2554.txt


2 posted on 07/22/2009 5:53:40 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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Yep. If you get too close to the bulls they will charge...they’re real finicky about their personal space.


3 posted on 07/22/2009 5:54:14 PM PDT by Mogollon (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -- Thomas Jefferson)
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Probably just pissed over too many tourists asking to see their wings.


4 posted on 07/22/2009 5:55:08 PM PDT by newheart (Obama. We kind of underestimated the creepiness.)
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To: george76

Bison is delicious. Much better for you than beef too.


5 posted on 07/22/2009 5:56:11 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
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What I Did for Summer Vacation


6 posted on 07/22/2009 5:56:17 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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Darwin alert. Anyone who gets 10 ft. from a wild animal deserves what they get


7 posted on 07/22/2009 5:56:52 PM PDT by SueRae
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>> During the next several weeks they are more dangerous than usual because it’s their mating season.

Maybe the bison thought he was attractive.


8 posted on 07/22/2009 5:57:13 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
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Have a wash bison.


9 posted on 07/22/2009 5:58:39 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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Went last year and it’s amazing what these people will do to get a picture. They think Yellowstone is a big petting zoo.


10 posted on 07/22/2009 5:59:24 PM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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Well, at least he lived through it, as did the unfortunate tourist from Spain, I guess.

I’d bet they were wearing red. People laugh at this, but cattle and certain other large animals (such as horses) are color blind but obviously red registers in their brains as something very objectionable. I don’t know how color-blind people see things, but I imagine there must be some gradation in gray scales, and for animals, this must appear very threatening in some way.

Good tip: Never wear red, never turn your back on a large animal, and be ready to run at all times...


11 posted on 07/22/2009 6:00:40 PM PDT by livius
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I`ve got bulls on my farm I wouldn`t get 10` from at times

Guy in town raises buffalo,he stays on a tractor going
out to check `em.


12 posted on 07/22/2009 6:03:18 PM PDT by Harold Shea (RVN `70 - `71)
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I’ve seen people do this, idiots.


13 posted on 07/22/2009 6:03:32 PM PDT by culpeper ( When traitors are called heroes, dark times have fallen - Roland Deschain)
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Well, looks like this bison wanted to pet him real good. So maybe Yellowstone is a big petting zoo. :-)


14 posted on 07/22/2009 6:04:04 PM PDT by Houghton M.
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Idiot

I saw plenty of Bison at Yellowstone this year
They look calm and peaceful...

Right up to the time they charge you abruptly at 30 MPH


15 posted on 07/22/2009 6:04:56 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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Why do I have the feeling that this was a case of “Tourist doing something Stupid”?


16 posted on 07/22/2009 6:06:15 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I miss the competent fiscal policy and flag waving patriotism of the Carter Administration)
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When I went there ages ago there were warnings all over that said not to go near them. They can move really fast and they’re deadly.


17 posted on 07/22/2009 6:06:49 PM PDT by ReagansShinyHair
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Hah! After the charge it sounds like there was Zer0 clearance and that picture taker has about as much sense as Zer0.

The guy did get the point though. LOL! Unlike our not so glorious leader who is still campaigning with his weekly press conferences.


18 posted on 07/22/2009 6:06:54 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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Human? Slowwwwwwwly I turned...step by step...inch by inch...”

19 posted on 07/22/2009 6:07:24 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Daffynition; Lady Jag; Slings and Arrows

Here is a wash basin... oh, you said bison...

20 posted on 07/22/2009 6:09:27 PM PDT by LucyT
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