Video: Rampaging Bull Bison Seriously Injures Yellowstone Tourist

A man was seriously injured Friday evening after being thrown 8 feet into the air by an angry bull bison in Yellowstone National Park.

Mike MacLeod, a professional photographer from Bozeman, Montana, said the incident happened at the Bridge Bay Campground, south of Fishing Bridge.

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MacLeod said the man was walking with his grandson when the agitated bison made them the targets of its aggression.

“I was just trying to get some dramatic footage of that bison having a fit,” he told Cowboy State Daily. “It’s changed my idea of what to expect from these guys at this time of year, because I would not have predicted that happening.”

The National Park Service has not released any information on the incident.

Beege Welborn

You have to read the whole story. Apparently, this bison was going nuts at the campground before the video starts, and this grandfather-and-son duo was totally unaware and just walking down from their own campground farther down the road. Poor guys stumbled into a situation all of the buffalo's making.

The photographer ran in to distract the bison after the grandfather was attacked, and has spoken to the grandson since. He says the older man has significant injuries and is 'not out of the woods yet.'

Our best wishes to him for a full recovery.

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