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Bison boils to death in Yellowstone hot spring in front of tourists
NY Post ^ | 6/27/25 | Katherine Donlevy

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Outdoors; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bison; boils; pickanickbasket; tourists; yellowstone
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Dinner is served!
1 posted on 06/28/2025 7:54:54 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Buffalo Wings.


2 posted on 06/28/2025 7:55:37 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Libloather

Fun for the whole family.

Manson family, that is.


3 posted on 06/28/2025 7:59:25 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
IOW, we can count on dozens or hundreds of mobile phone videos of this.

"We'd have tried to help, but the signs say not to approach the bison."

4 posted on 06/28/2025 8:00:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
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To: Libloather

Buffalo are kind of stupid.


5 posted on 06/28/2025 8:01:01 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Libloather

Bison stew. I bet it smelled good.


6 posted on 06/28/2025 8:04:12 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Libloather

That’ll teach those Asian visitors an abject lesson!


7 posted on 06/28/2025 8:05:11 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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8 posted on 06/28/2025 8:09:01 AM PDT by TexasGator (1.DD logo About Issues Projects Products Connect Subscribe Invest June 19, 2025 | Insight '1-1111 -)
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To: SunkenCiv
Starting at 2:45, per Ren and Stimpy in “Untamed World:” No my friend, we must not interfere.
9 posted on 06/28/2025 8:09:05 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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Hakuna Matata.


10 posted on 06/28/2025 8:10:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
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To: Libloather

A friend of mine told of her first visit to Yellowstone as a kid decades ago.
They were at a hot pool, when another family drove up, a little boy got out of the car, ran to the pool and jumped in.
Someone notified a ranger, no cell phones back then, and when they showed up with nets to pull the boy out piece by piece.


11 posted on 06/28/2025 8:12:21 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( )
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To: Libloather

Probably saw all of the vacationing voyeurs and committed suicide.


12 posted on 06/28/2025 8:13:36 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Correction! America is a nation of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! All of mine came here legally. No free stuff.)
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To: Libloather

As an animal lover a very sad story. A majestic beautiful bison. Sad.

That being said can we talk joy behar into visiting Yellowstone and these hot springs?


13 posted on 06/28/2025 8:16:53 AM PDT by vespa300
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To: dfwgator

Buffalo Boll


14 posted on 06/28/2025 8:17:13 AM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other, Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: Kartographer

Buffler Stew!


15 posted on 06/28/2025 8:20:19 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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16 posted on 06/28/2025 8:27:30 AM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: Libloather

Boiled Bison - it’s what’s for dinner.


17 posted on 06/28/2025 8:35:22 AM PDT by politicket
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To: Libloather

That is so sick! 😆


18 posted on 06/28/2025 8:37:06 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Libloather

That is a horrific death for any sentient creature. Not something to laugh at or make jokes about.


19 posted on 06/28/2025 8:41:02 AM PDT by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union just to get a job loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: 4Runner
Up there with getting eaten while still alive by grizz, or perhaps torn apart while alive by wolves.

Dying in bed in old age is usually not an option for them 4 legged critters.

20 posted on 06/28/2025 8:44:38 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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