Posted on 06/01/2022 5:28:03 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
An Ohio woman was gored by a bison after she got within 10 feet of the animal in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, officials said.
The 25-year-old woman, whose name has not been released, suffered a puncture wound and other injuries Monday after she approached a bison near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin, park officials said in a news release.
"Consequently, the bison gored the woman and tossed her 10 feet into the air," the news release said.
Park emergency medical providers responded and the woman was taken to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center by ambulance, officials said.
"This is the first reported incident in 2022 of a visitor threatening a bison (getting too close to the animal) and the bison responding to the threat by goring the individual," officials said in the news release. "Bison have injured more people in Yellowstone than any other animal. They are unpredictable and can run three times faster than humans."
Two other people were also within 25 feet of the same bison, according to the news release.
Park officials are reminding visitors to keep back more than 25 yards from large animals such as bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose and coyotes -- and at least 100 yards away from bears and wolves.
What so many people don't realize is that wild animals generally don't want to be your friend.
The issue was my pickup truck was about 100 feet away and the two moose came out of a stream/ditch between me and the truck. The other issue was it was a mother moose and a yearling calf. I froze, and just continued to fish. I was thinking if I ran into the pond it would be worse than being on land.
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Sounds like you made the right call. Moving toward them, in an attempt to get to the truck, might have ben perceived as a threat. This reminds me of a well-payed video on youtube where a giant brown bear approaches where a guy is fishing. The guy just continues to quietly fish and the bear sits down to admire the view.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbE53XUtVw0
She should have to pay extra for the buffalo toss. Not everyone gets to see the park from 10 feet up.
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Just read she died from her injuries.
It’s a plague now days
Ooops, not this woman, but another woman, who was 25 died from another goring in the park.
LOL
[what?!?]
;D
Yeah, she’s just as stupid as the woman who jumped into the polar bear enclosure at the Berlin zoo and nearly became their lunch.
These idiots must think they are just big cute fuzzy dogs that want to be petted.
That would be a good sign to put up:)
I didnt watch the video referencing the 72 year old BUT the print portion of the article indicates it was a 25 year old (from parts unknown). As usual, cant trust anything in a “news” story today.
North American bison are cranky
We’ve had two ranchers killed in my county here in Tennessee past ten years
Gored and stomped
One is only a mile or so from me
I like that!
The obvious fix is to BANNE all buffalo horns...
Big animals can kill when they are just playing.
A friend of my dad had raised Angus bulls for years (as did we also). He would fed them by hand when small, and walk amongst them as they grew up. One day he was in a small sorting pen with one 2 yr old 2k pounder, when it simply head butted him in his ribcage.
That’s bad enough in the open, but he was walking by a very solid wooden corral fence. It might as well been concrete. No give. Probably 6-7 busted ribs, punctured lung and heart.
Why didn't the headline say Gored by a Bison?
Because the idiot editor believed that readers wouldn't know what the word gored meant.
They might think she rebuffed Al’s request for a happy ending.
I used to be a zookeeper. I saw some incredibly stupid things happen. People holding up their babies to kiss animals none of us would go near even with a high-powered rifle.
An Ohio woman was killed by a bison after approaching the animal while visiting Yellowstone national park in Wyoming, park officials said on Tuesday.
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