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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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I too apply some blame on Disney for giving city folks unrealistic views on wild animal behavior.
How expensive was that body work?
We saw 3 grizzlies from about 75 yards away last week. Way too close, except we were in one of the gondolas on a ski lift at the Lake Louise ski area. So it was all good, excellent really.
We were camped in Canyon village in May of 1969, I was a junior in high school. The park rangers had a culvert trap set because a black bear was raiding camps at night. They caught him and he was coal black, mad as hell and snapping at any thing that got near the trap. I was walking from the camp rest room , on the way back I walked over to see the bear, around 180 lbs or so. I got to the cage door bars and he came down that culvert trap slammed into the bars and would have scared the crap outa me if I was walking to instead of from the toilet. My uncle said I jumped back at least 6 feet. The Ranger showed up to hook up the trap and tow it off. The campers were waking up and gathering around, dad, my uncle and I went to help him hook up. I swear, remember this bear is coal black, she asked him what kinda bear he thought it was. 🙄
Don’t pet the fluffy cows.
Where THEY were taken to the hospital?
Life is not a Disney movie.
As one park ranger put it, “there’s considerable overlap between the stupidest tourist and the smartest bison”
If there was a “Like” button on here I would agree with you. Disney gave kids a false view of animals. I did like their nature shows but not their cartoons of animals.
There’s a Bison ranch down the road from me and I see dumbasses out there trying to reach through the fence to pet them all the time.
Fortunately, we were in my buddy’s ‘beater with a heater’ farm pickup, so the minor damage didn’t matter. The left rear quarter had evidence of a meeting with a large furry object...
“With kids being lighter that adults, bison can get a great hang time and distance when tossing them into the air. “
Hang time:
In the 80’s while I was in college at Montana State University a French photographer handed his camera to another tourist, asking him if he could snap a photo of Mr Frenchie standing net to a bison.
The photo captured the moment when the bison had just torn the head off of the Frenchman’s body — the head sailed over 40 feet...
Those cages are important — I had a friend who was a game warden in Gallatin County, MT for his adult life.
He often would have to use one of those cages to capture and relocate troublesome bears.
Every bear is tranquilized inside the trap, tagged and entered ‘into the system,’ and then released.
Each bear gets three chances (the first one is the first time it causes trouble). If they have to trap the bear a fourth time the bear is put down.
Don’t try to pet the fuzzy cows. Don’t eat the yellow snow.
Lemme guess how it went!
[after a beat] “It’s a black bear, ma’m.”
“That’s racist. Seriously, what kind is it? Is it a smokey bear?”
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