2nd Tourist In 3 Days Gored By Bison At Yellowstone National Park

[marmar]

A second visitor to Yellowstone National Park in three days has been gored by a bison, according to officials.

It was the third attack in less than a month.

A 71-year-old Pennsylvania woman was attacked Wednesday at Storm Lake in Yellowstone by a bison, said a park statement.

She sustained “non life-threatening” injuries, and was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Cody, Wyoming. She’s expected to make a full recovery.

She and her daughter “inadvertently” approached the animal as they were returning to their vehicle at a trailhead, which caused the bull to charge, according to the statement.

On Monday, a 34-year-old Colorado man was gored in a terrifying attack as he intervened to protect his child during a family outing at the Old Faithful geyser. The bull charged the group as they watched the geyser from a boardwalk, and it knocked down the child. ...........(more)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/second-bison-goring-three-days-yellowstone_n_62bfb298e4b014f50a321c72

[KY_EnviroGuy]

1. This is what happens when bison pass Stand Your Ground laws.

KY........

[Auggie]

2. Hope they were all painful lessons ...

give critters their space (they get pissed if you don't).

[2naSalit]

3. They're pretty fed up with humans...

The park has been over run for years and they always pay the price for it. They don't forget shit, they remember people and they are smart.

[Deuxcents]

4. Maybe time to restrict visitors

And keep them inside their vehicles or close the area off. Morons causing their own problems but will spoil it for those who comply.

[roamer65]

5. Hopefully the bison wasn't hurt.

Humans are a dime a dozen.

[LuckyCharms]

6. Understandable. A 2,000 Bison is easy to miss unless you're a few inches from them.

[CatWoman]

7. when my brother lived in Lawton, Oklahoma, I visited him

and he took me to this old church that was on the top of a hill.

Right when we got to the top, in the middle of the road, was this big ass buffalo.

I started screaming at the top of my lungs.

I laugh every time I think about it

[LuckyCharms]

8. LOL

You know, sometimes it's not the story, but rather, the way the story is told.

This got a huge laugh out of me.

[Hugin]

9. Oh, I don't know...

I was hiking in the mountains once and stopped to take a photo down slope. Then turned around into the side of a mule deer. Granted it was half the size of a Bison, but, it was a big critter.

It had this, "What'cha doin'?" look on it's face.

Yeah... Yeah... That's me, getting pushed around by docile forest creatures. Like I'm some kind of god damned Cinderella or something.

[LuckyCharms]

10. I had to run from a goose once.

Seriously, he was trying to kill me.

[Hugin]

11. You were lucky to escape.

Geese are dangerous at both ends.

[LuckyCharms]

12. They really are. The problem was that

at the time, I had no idea how badly they can mess you up.

[onethatcares]

17. way back in time

I was attacked by a rabbit. I think I was about 8 years old and stupid me and a few friends chased a cottontail rabbit around a hillside for about 15 minutes util it got sick of that and actually turned and jumped at me.

Ever heard a rabbit growl???

Trust me, you don't want to go down that rabbit hole....

[PJMcK]

13. We have black bears behind our mountain house

They're beautiful and cute. I've seen them taking their daily walks down to the river and back. They're fantastic animals.

I wouldn't go within 100 yards of them, however. With one swipe of their paw they would rip me open. No thanks.

Anyone who goes near wildlife needs their heads examined.

[Bucky]

14. My god... they're learning

At this rate, in 10 million years they'll be running the park and we'll be the captive species...

[48656c6c6f20]

15. What's with all these people being gored?

In GunMurka eutopia shouldn't the tourist and the Bison be armed with their government issued weapons? BTW where the hell is my government issued Freedom-15? Now that it's a mandate to kill people and not fetuses I need my shootin iron.

Yes this is sarcasm.

[alphafemale]

16. That idiot man the other day acted like he thought the boardwalk was a "safe zone"

The wild animals are trained to see this as human pathway.

Did he think there was a force field or something?

Like people thinking there should be hand rails on trails in national parks.

Someone once told me with a straight face that there should be a handicap accessable restroom at the summit of Mt Everest.

Wait wut?

[onethatcares]

18. doo doo does roll downhill.....

say that 5 times fast without laughing.