Please tell me how the bison got burned. Do not the animals of Yellowstone know to stay away from the vents and such? Guess not.
Smokey the Bear was on vacation.
From the article, I got the impression that there had been were forest fires in various places, but then what to make of all the snow? Perhaps there was forest fire up until the snow came in. This last week was the first real snow of the fall season.
Please read comments 17 & 19.
Mrs BN & I visited Yellowstone last month. We saw several sets of bison tracks leading across hot springs areas labeled DO NOT WALK and DANGEROUS GROUND.
For the most part, you are right. But there still are some hot pots and other geothermal areas that kind of creep up on you in the park, especially on rivers like the Firehole and the Gibbon. Also, a number of animals huddle around these warm areas as the temperatures drop. Once in awhile we've come across a full carcass in a pool. Whether they stumbled in or were scared by another animal, who knows. But like you thought...it doesn't happen very often.