Dallas man gored by buffalo - in Rapid City, S.D., it's 'Buffalo 2, Visitors 0'

Associated Press ^ | July 8, 2003 | Associated Press Staff

[Bob Eimiller]

I think this MUST be an omen......

BUFFALO BILLS 2004 SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS!!!

[SoDak]

You got that right. Spread the word.

[squidly]

Smart cattlemen don't trust cows either, though they are generally more docile than buffalo.

[LexBaird]

When we were in Yellowstone a few years back, everytime we saw a buffalo, we also saw ijits tourists creeping up on said buffalo, camera at the ready. Some were close enough to the buffalo to touch them.

The Yellowstone locals have a name for these people. Tourist+Moron=Touron.

"Hey, Mabel, lookit the cute fuzzy bearcub! Whydoncha go pick it up so's I can git yore picture!"

[Russian Sage]

Then without warning, a large buffalo lowered its head and charged, ...

OK, everyone, now you are warned:  a large buffalo may lower its head and charge you!

[retrokitten]

Bunch, 30, and two brothers, David Bunch, 27, and Brian Bunch, 21, and their mother, Deanna Bunch, all of Dallas, Texas, were touring the park about 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

The Bunch Bunch?

Last summer when my liberal moron sister in-law (brothers wife) went to Custer State Park she tried to approach a buffalo. Her excuse for her idiotic behavior? "They are used to people!!" My brother had a head injury as a child. I think it effected him more then we realized.

[Catspaw]

The Yellowstone locals have a name for these people. Tourist+Moron=Touron

Ya know, I grew up with a healthy respect for wild animals. They aren't pets, they'll never be tame and they can sure as heck kill you--I keep a good distance from them. That's what shocked the living daylights out of me when we went to Yellowstone and saw these fools creeping up and posing with buffalo. They seemed like the same people who think chocolate milk comes from brown cows (if they've heard of cows at all).

[TroutStalker]

We've been to Yellowstone a half dozen times over the last fifteen years or so, and have plans to go for another two weeks in September.

On one trip I was fishing on the Yellowstone River down through Buffalo Ford (aptly named, I saw four cross the river there, huffing and puffing after they reached the other side). As I was working downriver, I came to a point where I couldn't go any further since there were Bison lying everywhere right down to the river.

I decided the prudent thing would be to head over toward the road to go around the herd. While I was walking down the road the herd decided to move and all of a sudden they were coming across the road all around me. I stayed flat against a tree while about 100 bulls, cows and calves moved past. I felt fortunate that they were more intent on crossing the road than bothering me, as I only had a long, thin piece of graphite for defense.

The other dangerous animal in the park is moose. However since my wife is a fan of them, I am required to get as close as possible with a camcorder.

[Catspaw]

I decided the prudent thing would be to head over toward the road to go around the herd. While I was walking down the road the herd decided to move and all of a sudden they were coming across the road all around me. I stayed flat against a tree while about 100 bulls, cows and calves moved past. I felt fortunate that they were more intent on crossing the road than bothering me, as I only had a long, thin piece of graphite for defense.

Smart move. Don't get in their way--and plaster yourself up against a tree and don't move. Or breathe.

The other dangerous animal in the park is moose. However since my wife is a fan of them, I am required to get as close as possible with a camcorder.

My hubby thought about doing that with a moose calf. I pointed out that mom was nearby (I thoughtfully pointed to her, noting he'd be between mom and baby) and to get the hell outta there. AND this is a guy who grew up on a dairy farm, and, at least in his early years, during the time they had real bulls and not (cough cough ahem) bull cans.

[renosathug]

Mama buffalo to baby buffalo: "Now don't go getting your horns in a Bunch!"

[Diddle E. Squat]

It would have been worse, but Thurman Thomas couldn't find his helmet(again).

[retrokitten]

LOL!!

[MalcolmS]

>>>The other dangerous animal in the park is moose. However since my wife is a fan of them, I am required to get as close as possible with a camcorder. <<<

Yes, but how does your sister feel about them?

(Someone had to do it)

[CommerceComet]

TroutStalker wrote: The other dangerous animal in the park is moose.

Add elk to that list. Last time I was in Yellowstone, we stopped at Madison Hot Springs. The elk were all over the lawns. Some moron with a camera tried to get his wife to stand right next to the elk for a picture. Being smarter than him, she refused. He then walked to within 5' of a cow elk grazing. When the cow realized that he was within 3' of her calf, she pinned her ears, charged and did a forward kick. Unfortunately, she just missed as he was retreating quickly.

As the moron laughed about his close call, he was tapped on the shoulder by a park ranger who had witnessed the whole encounter from his office. The ranger wrote out a "harassing wildlife" citation to the applause of the gathered crowd. The moron was not amused. Apparently, the rest of us found the $250 fine more amusing than he did.

[Bon mots]

He's an idiot.
Whenever you go into a park like this they hand every person a flyer.

I got one just like the one above in Yellowstone and believed it. But lo and behold, just 100 yards into Yellowstone I saw some Jackass get out of his car and walk up to a buffalo while his wife and kids watched. I filmed him, but his luck held and the buffalo ignored him.

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe !

[Vince Ferrer]

This guy is dumb - if he was where I think he was, on the wildlife loop road, he should have stayed inside his car if near a herd.

Not only is it safer, the photographer will get much better pictures if he stays in a vehicle and uses it as a blind. Most animals just don't have the same reaction to a car that they do a person standing outside a car.

[The Great RJ]

I can't wait for the lawyers to decide who to sue...the buffalo??..the State of South Dakota for having wild animmals running loose???..the minivan maker for making their vehicle too attractive to buffalo???? What about PETA.. was the buffalo hurt??

Tough living out here in South Dakota... between the killer buffalos and members of Congress blowing stop signs at 70 mph it just isn't safe.

[Vinnie]

Buffalo are smart and tough - you just do NOT mess around with them.

I saw my first real live bison at the Columbus ( OH) zoo last year.
I didn't realize how big they are. One must have been 6' at the shoulder.

[Heatseeker]

I think we should take up a collection to pay shipping for that buffalo to Tom Daschle's office.