The bison was walking near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin, just north of Old Faithful, when the out-of-state visitor approached it, according to a park statement.
She got within 10-feet (three meters) before the animal impaled her with its horn and tossed her 10 feet into the air.
My brother and I were at pretty much the same spot many years ago. He acted as stupid as this woman and got way to close to a bull. He was damn lucky he didn't end up like her.
ReplyDeleteHello, it's not Disneyland. Quite a few people have been swept off the rocks by big waves here in the winter . There seems to be a lack of respect for the reality of nature with many people now a days. I suppose it could be due to the prevalence of "virtual" everything.
ReplyDeleteDon't know about Disneyland. But a kid was killed by an alligator at Disney World in 2016. Because people didn't bother to check that Florida is MUCH different from Nebraska.
DeleteYes, that was a tragedy. If you go to Florida there are alligators in the Fresh Water - even at Disney. There are sharks in the salt water. (There are a line of sharks off the beach, hunting. Count on it.) And if you go to the Everglades there are huge snakes, and in the southern glades there are crocodiles. (Yes, the American Crocodile is alive and thriving in Florida.)
And just to round out the state, there are bears in the forests as well.
We took the kids camping at the Flamingo Campground at the south end of the Everglades last year. We saw numerous crocodiles there on the canal at the head of Florida Bay. And, apparently, the pythons have pretty much eliminated all small mammals from the southern half of the Everglades.
DeleteBeen there and seen a bison grazing near the parking lot. A ranger was there for keep-away warning. Stupid broad got what she deserved. Evolution in Action.
ReplyDeleteLadies and Gentlemen, I know it's still early, but, I give you the front runner in the 2022 Darwin Award competition. She proved the validity of fuck around, find out.
ReplyDeleteTwo weeks after I'm there. I miss everything
ReplyDeleteYellowstone, the Wyoming Petting Zoo.
ReplyDeleteSucks to be her.....
ReplyDeleteDarwin award winner.
ReplyDeleteBison ranch near where I lived had signs every three feet on the fence:"Danger! BUSON ARE NOT CUDDLY PETS. THEY WILL KILL YOU!". I don't think they ever had a problem.
ReplyDeleteI was the guy there saying, Go ahead Karen, pet it.
ReplyDeleteSign @ Panorama Point NE
ReplyDeleteThese are dangerous beasts
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We never got too close to any in Yellowstone, but there was one big ol' fella grazing next to the road not 200 yards into the Badlands. I turned off the radio before my girlfriend rolled down the window to take some pictures. I drove very slowly around him.
ReplyDeleteDid they then have to euthanize the 'Killer Bison?'
ReplyDeleteFurther down in the article there's a story of a woman who jumped into a 190 degree spring to save her pet dog, who had fallen in. There's a story (possibly apocryphal) about people who slip off the main trails in search of these pools where they take a hot soak. In this case, a hippy in search of a back-to-nature soak died, and the pool was so caustic it dissolved him before his girl friend could get back with a rescue party.
Probably not true, but it gives me a warm feeling anyway.
They call soaking in one of those pools hot potting. One of my favorite spots in YNP is closed off now because employees were hot potting there. Not apocryphal. In 2016 a 23-year old from Oregon, celebrating his graduation, went off trail one night in the Norris Geyser Basin to do a little hot potting. Norris is the hottest geyser basin in YNP. The water was hotter than expected and his sister was unable to save him. The water was so acidic that only his wallet was left when Rangers could get to there the next morning.
DeleteBad Idea # twomillionsixtythree , "Let's take a selfie with that big fuzzy cow ."
ReplyDeleteI was at the same place a few weeks ago. There are warnings posted everywhere concerning Bison. I guess she just needed to go "pet the fluffy cow".
ReplyDeleteShe died today 6 1 22 of her injuries Buffalo 1 visitors 0
ReplyDeleteWyoming is wrong (again ) she has NOT died.
DeleteSmarter Half and I toured Yellowstone in early '90s. At gate we were handed maps and a BRIGHT ORANGE FLIER that read "Buffalo can run 45mph. Can you?" Later that very day we saw a family running across the road to photograph a buffalo AND HER CALF! They were carrying Instamatic cameras. For those too young to know, such cameras did NOT have telephoto lenses. Alas, a ranger shooed them back before the entertainment began.
ReplyDeleteThink how close the American Indians had to get to take one with a bow. Then when the Spaniard arrived with their horses. They were galloping along the side of them shooting them with the bow or plunging a lance into their hide. Gives a meaning to the word “brave”.
ReplyDeleteThe closest I ever wanted to be with one is inside my F250 and that bull was literally looking at me eye to eye. Nope, big pass on that.
T. Rose
There's a good reason that whenever the terrain allowed for it, they did a buffalo jump.
DeleteShe's D E A D
ReplyDeleteLiberals demand Bison be outlawed
ReplyDelete(Old Tech) Bison, the ever popular "fluffy cows" are NEVER in a good mood, it only ranges from "I hate you," to "I'm going to kill you." Though I wasn't there to witness it, I did have the opportunity of reviewing the damage when a trucker decided that an adult bull was taking too long to get off the highway - and honked the horn. Result: Bison was awarded First Place and Kenworth was chalked up as a "Could not finish." fuel tank punctured, hood mangled, charge air cooler and radiator toast as well as a steering tire.
ReplyDeleteWas in the SD Badlands once on a geology field trip with a park ranger (on his day off) giving a private tour. It was the buffalo mating season when all the young bulls get kicked out of the herd to go off and sulk. One was moving parallel to us 150 yards away. Our escort suggested that we get back to the vehicles. I needed no urging. Anything that weighs a ton and can outrun a horse deserves my utmost respect. Then some fool female photographer (not our party) started following the critter on foot. Nothing happened, but I was expecting to see an example of evolution in action.
ReplyDeleteProbably going to be listed as a Covid death
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