Yellowstone warned that people must stay at least 25 yards away from bison.
[Yellowstone is the only place the bison have left to roam freely….]
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A 34-year-old man is recovering from injuries sustained at Yellowstone National Park after he was charged at and brutally gored by a bison when he and his family got too close to the animal.
The incident occurred near Giant Geyser at Old Faithful on Monday when the unidentified man from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was walking with his family on a boardwalk at Yellowstone National Park when a bull bison began charging at them, according to a press release issued by the park.
“Family members did not leave the area, and the bull bison continued to charge and gored the male,” the statement from Yellowstone continued. “The male sustained an injury to his arm and was transported by ambulance to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.”MORE: Woman, 72, gored multiple times by bison after getting too close taking pictures
It is unclear whether the family had gotten too close to the animal or if the attack was unprovoked but Yellowstone officials confirmed that the incident remains under investigation and did not disclose any further information on the man’s condition.
Yellowstone warned that park regulations mandate people stay at least 25 yards away from bison at all times because they are unpredictable animals and can run three times faster than humans can.
“This is the second reported incident in 2022 of a visitor getting too close to the animal and the bison responding to the perceived threat by goring the individual,” said Yellowstone National Park.
That incident occurred just last month on May 30 when a 25-year-old woman from Grove City, Ohio, approached a bison within 10 feet near Black Sand Basin, located just north of Old Faithful at Yellowstone, causing the animal to charge at her. The victim was subsequently gored by the bison and tossed 10 feet into the air before she was immediately taken to the hospital for treatment, according to a statement from Yellowstone National Park released at the time of the incident.MORE: Girl, 3, runs off trail and falls into scalding water at Yellowstone National Park
“Yellowstone’s scenic wonders are sure to take your breath away: don’t let them take your life,” warns Yellowstone National Park on its page online for park safety. Some of the rules highlighted by the park include never approach wildlife, stay on boardwalks and trails in thermal areas, and never feed wildlife.
“Bison have injured more people in Yellowstone than any other animal,” says the park. “Always stay at least 25 yards (23 m) away from bison.”
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Bison “can run three times faster than humans can.” Yeah, if the human is Usain Bolt. Otherwise, probably about five or six times faster than your average Merikan Touron at Yellowstone. But hey, let’s do some math. Ms. Mouse will spare all the algebra jargon because she knows you thought it was useless, that the credit card company will tell you how much you spent. Anyhow, here is:
A slow 30 MPH bison charges a touron that is 25 yards away, and who can run a mile in 8 minutes. That’s 44 feet per second for the beast, and a step less than 12 feet per second for the soon-to-be formerly-beautiful human. The human’s tingly spider sense tells herim (that’s a pronoun) to turn and run instantly at the same moment the beast starts. The bison covers the 75 feet in less than two-seconds, and catches the freedom-loving tourist who has run 28-feet in the 2-1/3 seconds that the bison needed to catch, gore, and trample the “it looks friendly to me” observer.
Oh, but you are Usain Bolt? Your world record time for 100 meters equates to about 34.25 feet per second. Again, starting the moment the bison does, you run 265 feet before doom, while the bison covers the 340-feet in just under 7-3/4 seconds.
I guess the idea is that you aren’t ‘safe’ at 75-feet, it’s that a bison who isn’t having a bad day won’t feel its personal space is invaded by you.
They were obviously invading the bison’s space–he probably felt trapped below the boardwalk and knew that Old Faithful could erupt and spray him with hot water at any time. The people must have seemed to him like they were trying to force him to stay down there below the boardwalk. (And if any species on Earth deserves a little payback time, it’s the American bison…).
I’m a little concerned about it. The news media has gone ga-ga over the so-called bison ‘attacks’, but what were these people doing so close? Someone was spraying pepper spray too, so I think the intent was to harm or harass this poor animal. No more defending badly behaving people.
Also, I think the Park opened up a little too soon after the floods, and the animals may be stressed and feel more threatened than usual. But of course, they need the money I guess is the reason.
I’m sure the wildlife weren’t too happy about the park opening the floodgates of humans back up. The tourists seem to be back with a vengeance.