massive bull bison launches tourist into the air

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

[paleotn]

1. Ugh. Humans.

[Kali]

3. it doesn't seem like this was a case of human stupidity, other than simply existing

guy that shot video seems a credible witness - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/12/yellowstone-bull-bison-throws-tourist-in-air

[Ms. Toad]

12. He was photographing or videoing a dangerous anima

Which was already agitated.

Not terribly smart, although not as stupid as many tourons (local terminology for tourists whose actions contribute to or cause their injuries)

[Kali]

20. they were in a designated campground

look in foreground of pix, splayed out food and fixings on a picnic table

[Ms. Toad]

23. I'm sure the bison recognized that.

When a dangerous animal is clearly agitated, you clear the area - not so to take pictures.

[Kali]

24. I do agree with you

BUT, if you read the story from the Guardian it says the bison was rolling in the dust at the time the hikers returned to the area - they didn't know it was agitated. I just can't call this one human stupidity if the story is accurate. yes there is a risk anywhere in nature (or the city for that matter) but the situation here wasn't one of those dumbfuck gets out of a car to pet the cool animal things. it was basically a big accident that can happen sometimes. risk of animals acclimated to campgrounds or risk of campgrounds in animals' territory.

my guess is he was a young bull that just got his proverbial ass kicked and was hiding from the winner, on the fight to take out his loss on some other critter.

[Ms. Toad]

34. I'm not going to check it right now,

(I'm in the middle of a 600 mile trip and about to get back in the car). But I read I it and I'm pretty sure it said it was agitated by the time they got their cameras out to take pictures, and that the agitation is at least party is what they were trying to capture.

[Kali]

38. it was agitated going through campground but they weren't there then

when they got back from hike it was laying down/rolling in dust (which can also be agitation, I give you that - but they didn't know as far as what I read) and they probably thought it was just rolling for pleasure.

[Laffy Kat]

25. I guess the bison couldn't read.

Look, it doesn't matter where you are, the bison has the right-of-way. The tourist looked way too close. I hope the guy is ok. He looks older.

[Kali]

31. seems to me a designated camping/picnic area suggests people can get out of their cars

and recreate with some caution but also with reasonable expectation that it is relatively safe to do so. the article I read and posted said the distances were normally adequate and that this was more or less a freak accident. I am arguing that it was not as predictable as all you experts are claiming it was. sure there is always a danger, but when you go to a designated "human" area in a park and follow all the other signs and rules and something bad happens anyway it isn't really your fault, it is just a fucking accident that can happen in life. the guy wasn't taking extraordinary risks like some of these bison-tossing-idiots videos often show.

[Laffy Kat]

39. I know. I agree.

I guess we should all stay alert and on the lookout while in Yellowstone.

I'm not an outdoorsy person and have never really enjoyed camping. I do understand the appeal, though.

[Timewas]

44. I really seriously

Doubt that the buffalo knew that or really cared about a fine point like that, they are in his home

[Kali]

45. not the point

but yes, that is a popular perspective. until it happens to the viewer.

[Timewas]

46. Well

I don't know if you have ever been to Yellowstone but there are sigs all over the place telling you not to do what he was doing because Buffalo are way faster than they appear and are very unpredictable

[Kali]

50. let me know if he gets a citation

eye witness says he was good (park-recommended) distance away

[Hassin Bin Sober]

54. It seems the mob has spoken

The old dude seemed to be giving the Bison a wide berth. It appears old dude even started to move on when the bison started its display. It was the pickup truck that triggered the attack.

Bad timing for the old dude.

[MerryBlooms]

13. Sorry, total human stupidity. Rutting season and that giy out

A car, never should be! Yep, that big dog coming for you and you done.
More tourist idiots getting what comes.

[Kali]

22. according to the Guardian story I posted

they were hiking and in a designated campground. witness mentions they were within park guidelines of distances from animal. the bull had been rampaging through the campground and went at a truck. the two men were returning from a hike and started to take pix from a distance when the bull jumped up and went after them.

[MerryBlooms]

26. Its rutting season. You see any sort of male near your camp, you move camp

This goes for any mamal, and fowl. Turkey will attack if they're mating, or protecting little ones. I have them here

That camping area shouldn't have been open, if Park knew was a bison area. And you know they knew.

[Kali]

29. I do agree with you on that

but I am a rural person. there are a lot of folks that think nature is a paved trail through a disney movie. this guy wasn't really at fault in this case. campground should be closed or secured for safety with fencing. though I doubt bears care about much fencing or cattle guards. but it would probably work for bison

[MerryBlooms]

33. No, wouldn't even work for cattle. They'll just mow right through.

Bison? No fence would work, not even sure how high electricity would have to be turned up?

No one should have been allowed in that area. Plus, due diligence when you camp and hike. Be aware! Know if there are bison, cougar, bear in the area you're planning to visit. Never go into the wilderness uneducated.

I hope the guy's okay. I really, really hope the bison wasn't destroyed because of this incident. Because most of the time, the animals are destroyed, especially when stories like this go viral. 😢

[Kali]

36. fence works, lots of folks raise bison on ranches

yes they can destroy it when they have reasons to but in general it can work. I mean same for any livestock - if it is a high pressure situation you need stronger structure, wire usually works otherwise - same if there is some attractant involved (thinking more of bears on that)

[MerryBlooms]

42. We raise cattle and some bison here in Oregon

Bison are heavy contained, cattle, once you head east, is a lot of open range. Cattle guards, but many car accidents hitting cattle... Wondering if bison hate cattle guards, also? Plus, we have the mule deer out ther that will put a serious hurt on you.

And the turkeys right here outside my backyard, are knocking folks off their bikes! Actually, all my local birds are acting off this season. Especially my acorn woodpeckers and my ravens. Just not right, I'm very worried.

[MLAA]

48. Eek. It concerns when animals/birds are acting unusually. Maybe they know something we don't yet know.

[MerryBlooms]

52. Yep, me too. We had a pair of bald eagles move in. So, the ravens moved their

nest. Ravens know how to move a nest, stick by stick and are the best of recycling I've ever seen. They moved it to lower branches in the big oak, when the branches higher started dying, too hot. The acorn woodpeckers have also moved their colony out of that oak. Acorn colony will only thrive when 3 different oaks are in their vicinity. Blue Jays working too.
It's all just way off. I'm going through massive amount of peanuts. Usually this time a year, my woodies are just 2 at time, teasing jays. Not this year. I have 4-5 woodpeckers desperate for peanuts and no games.

Starlings aren't here... We're in drought, but everything is just outta whack. You know what I mean?

[MLAA]

55. Yes, you know it's just not right.

[Cirsium]

30. I read the story

I disagree with your conclusions. Clearly they underestimated the danger. "Oh look, a bison. Let's stop and take some pictures!" No. They were too close. How do we know? Because of the result.

[Kali]

32. so victims of accidents are always at fault

by fact of the accident happening to them? somebody gets run over walking down the sidewalk was in the wrong because they got run over?

[efhmc]

2. Is the human okay? Is there any clue as to why the buffalo attacked?

[Kali]

4. bulls in rut

(in other words, over-emotional male animals LOL)

[MerryBlooms]

15. Rutting season, don't get out of your car. Never get out of your car anyway anytime

[JustKay]

18. No external injuries reported, he's in the hospital now.

[awesomerwb1]

5. That bison is HUGE

Feel sorry for the gentleman. Didn't seem like he was doing anything wrong. Very scary.

[sarisataka]

8. I have seen them up close at T Roosevelt Park

a herd walked down the road we were on and some bulls were bigger than the car we were in.

[awesomerwb1]

9. Wow. Nature is amazing

[MerryBlooms]

16. Out of his car during rutting season. There are signs posted.

Stop fn around with wild creatures to get a selfie. Our wildlife are not your toys for shit posts!

[Laffy Kat]

27. He was obviously doing something wrong because he got tossed! nt

[GPV]

28. Different species, but I've seen bull moose go nuts on a car because

the headlights came on.

[central scrutinizer]

6. He stuck the landing

[Xavier Breath]

10. Yeah, but he'll need more distance if he wants to qualify for the '28 games.

Sorry

In all seriousness, I hope the gentleman is okay, and unlike with other videos of this nature he did not appear to be encroaching on the animal.

[MineralMan]

7. If there are bison nearby,

Stay in your car!

[milestogo]

35. He thought it was just a really big cow.

[GoCubsGo]

40. The NPS slogan at Yellowstone is "Don't Pet the Fluffy Cows."

They probably even have that on signs. I guess he thought it was a joke?

[milestogo]

51. I was out there a few years ago

There was a group of bison and a fence that someone could easily get over. And there was a warning sign saying do not approach the Bison.

For some people, signs are enough. For others, not so much.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. What's that saying:

"Fuck with the bull, you get the horn".

[mackdaddy]

14. This guy was at least some distance away initially.

I have seen vids of some women walking within a few feet to take a selfie.

This one shows there is no 'safe' distance.

When I was about 7 I was with my cousin in one of their cattle fields. The bull came after us and I was able to dive under a barbed wire fence. Never had any desire to 'run with the bulls' in the sixty years since.

[kairos12]

17. Audition

for Rodeo clown.

[doc03]

21. I stayed at the Yellowstone lodge several years ago.

I went walking on a hiking trail in the evening and saw one maybe 100 feet in front of me, I made U turn and went back to lodge. I saw a Chinese tourist walk up to a bull rolling in the dust and take a selfie, they think it is a petting zoo.

[BannonsLiver]

37. I don't think people really understand the power of these animals

I got cornered by a 250 pound black bear deep in the Rocky Mountain NP back country a few years back while camping with 2 friends. We did all the food protocol but one of the dumb dumbs I was with left a half eaten king size package of Reese’s in his tent and inconveniently I was the one to encounter the bear while they were 8 minutes down the trail fetching water. If I hadn’t just relieved myself an hour earlier I probably would have peed my pants. I was always cautious before but it really reinforced the concept that wild animals of that size don’t have to work too hard to kill.

[Sneederbunk]

41. Apparently bison learned photo of TSF appeared on victim's park pass.

[rickyhall]

43. When I lived in Texas, a local rancher kept about 10 along with his longhorn cattle, but they may have all been cows.

But they staid in the fence and fed on the pasture like cattle.

[democratsruletheday]

47. Dunno IF true but 'people are saying'.....

that the Bison could be hear uttering "I'm just here for the Bisontenial" just before he flipped the old man.

....sorry, BAD Dad joke!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

49. E. Musk rumored to be on-site to hire that bison.

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Seeking ways to apply DOGE methods to space launch budgets.....

Good to hear the 'ole boy is OK. He's damned lucky to be alive.

[Sogo]

53. "Staying in your car" isn't necessarily going to save a person from a bison.

Once when I was visiting my brother who raises beef cattle, one of his bulls had gotten out and was going down the gravel road.. I jumped in my SUV and said, "Come on, let's go get him." My brother looked at me like I was crazy, and said, that bull would demolish my SUV if he wanted. We ended up going anyway, and I kept far enough back that the bull didn't feel threatened, so he galloped on home....

The cars in this video would have met a similar fate as my SUV potentially would have....