Posted on 06/27/2026 9:18:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The child was injured near Mud Volcano, just north of Fishing Bridge around 9:15 a.m. The child was rushed to a nearby hospital. Their condition has not been released to the public at this time.
Visitors inside Yellowstone are responsible for staying at least 25 yards away from all large animals, including bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose and coyotes. Visitors must also keep a distance of at least 100 yards from bears, wolves and cougars.
“If wildlife approach you, move away to maintain the required distance,” Yellowstone National Park said. “Never approach, touch, feed or crowd wildlife, even if an animal appears calm. Bison have injured more people in Yellowstone than any other animal. They are unpredictable, can run three times faster than humans and will defend their space when threatened.”
The child’s interaction with the bison is under investigation.
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Hopefully Mom got a good picture before it happened, for Facebook.
Somebody’s parents were not paying attention.
Too busy trying to do what?
hand feed Cracker Jack Carmel Corn to the Bisons?
I’ll bet the Yellowstone Rangers have a vast collection of stories about “The stupidest Tourist I ever met”
You mean it’s not like in the Pixar or Disney movies?
12-years-old == “I’M INVINCIBLE!!”
I’m sure she did. “Oh Chase! Look at the buffalo - go stand by it so I can get a picture.”
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
With kids being lighter that adults, bison can get a great hang time and distance when tossing them into the air. Best wishes for the kid and I hope he or she learns a valuable lesson.
Just horrible...
They don’t bite, but the horns and hooves ain’t ornamental. I had a ranger tell me about heading out to the ranger compound on a snow machine and a large buffalo was in the trail, he stopped and gunned the engine a little. The largest part of his machine when it was over was his seat. He rolled off into the ditch, waited till the buff got tired of stomping his machine. As the animal wander off, he got on his walkie talkie and called in for a ride back to his base. He told us, “don’t try to move them or go around them” stay back and wait for them to clear.
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Yes; in Wind Cave N.P. & Custer State Park, don’t just wait for them to get out of the road; but wait until they ALL decide which side they want to be on. That goes double if there’s calves in the herd.
In Winter, and especially Spring, just sit tight when they walk up & start licking your car: they’re just getting a salt fix, and will wander away when finished IF you simply sit quietly, and do NOTHING to spook them.
Snow marching through Yellowstone park years ago was great. The buffalo came on the groomed trails (summer highways) packed by the park snowcats. The buffalo would plow channels through the snow like bulldozers. Elk and deer fed in those channels. Along the Madison and Yellowstone rivers we seen lots of game. This was before wolves were brought back. Spring and late fall were bear awareness times. Bears get up in the spring cranky and hungry. Late fall their putting on there winter fat. Elk, deer, and moose are in the fall rut and not to be trifled with. People don’t understand, Yellowstone is not a effing petting zoo. Some learn it the hard way. Sometimes it’s terminal. Regards.
Machining not marching.
My family farm is within an hours’ travel of Elk Island National Park in Alberta. I often drive through said park, which has a few herd of wild bison wandering about within.
Until your car has been hip-checked (bumped in passing) by a buffalo CALF, you cannot truly understand just how powerful these beasts really are.
True. They raise them on a nearby reservation and sell a few every year. A friend told me about a guy that bought one. They got in the back of a two ton truck with stock racks. That bull blew the stock racks up, tore the truck all to hell, then trotted off to the hills behind the corrals. I asked my friend did the guy ever get him. He said he thought the tribe gave is money back. The truck was his problem. I wish I had seen it. It still make me smile. 😊
If it wasn't for rodeo, trading stories about stupid tourists would be the Wyoming state sport.
You’re gonna hang that tired cliche on a 12 year old?
And being rude
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