Yellowstone Tourist Thrown Into Air by Bison in Startling Encounter - Internewscast Journal
The victim was at least 100 yards away, and Yellowstone EMS quickly responded after park visitors called 911, officials said.
- On Friday, a bull bison seriously injured a man in Yellowstone National Park, tossing him 8 feet into the air while he walked with his grandson.
- Photographer Mike MacLeod reported that the bull bison entered a campground where tourists were taking photos, charging children before turning toward the grandfather.
- The victim and his grandson maintained a safe distance of at least 100 yards, following National Park Service guidelines, though the bison, standing at least 6 feet tall, attacked the man.
- Park visitors called 911, and Yellowstone EMS arrived promptly to provide aid; the victim's grandson reported his grandfather sustained significant injuries and is not out of the woods yet.
- MacLeod told Cowboy State Daily he attempted to distract the bison by yelling to be "big and intimidating," noting the encounter changed his expectations of bison behavior this season.
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A tourist was seriously injured after being gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park, USA, in an incident captured on video that has quickly gone viral on social media. The animal tossed the victim several meters into the air after two visitors approached to take pictures. Read more
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A massive bull bison tossed a tourist into the air, seriously injuring him, in a heart-pounding caught-on-camera attack at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Video shows the unidentified man being thrown 8 feet in the air like a ragdoll by the wild bison at the Bridge Bay Campground, Cowboy State Daily reported. The tourist was...
The man who took the video later tried to get the animal's attention.
A visitor to the American Yellowstone National Park was seriously injured Friday evening after a bison launched him meters into the air. The man took a photo of the animal, but soon regretted it.
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