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A bison tossed a tourist 2.5 meters into the air at Yellowstone National Park (cdn.imgchest.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Zaelaa@lemmy.zip to c/crazyfuckingvideos@lemmy.world

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 54 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Normally I'd agree with you, but did you watch the video? The guy was over 100 feet away (probably farther, it's hard to tell) and walking further away when the bison charged him down.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm no bison expert but it looks like that was not enough, at all.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 23 points 3 weeks ago

Empirical evidence supports your theory

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

More trials may be needed to determine if this was an outlier.

[–] FernMD@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

I saw a video explainer. Apparently the truck honked a bunch of times and that upset the bison.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My ex used to work in Yellowstone, and they closed her entire building because a bison was taking a nap across the street. The management was worried that customers would get gored in the parking lot, so they shut down the entire lot and building until the bison was gone.

There was another instance where a calf (they usually called them red dogs, because they tend to look like dogs from a distance) was sleeping on the road between her job and the employees’ living quarters. They cancelled the shift change (and everyone currently working had to pull a double shift) because it was too dangerous for the staff to swap out while the mother was likely nearby.

All of this is to say that 100 feet wasn’t enough. The recommended distance is more like 200-300 feet, minimum. Bison are extremely territorial, especially during mating season.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

According to a news article about this incident, the victim was about 100m away, and the bison was agitated by a truck driver honking his horn. Since the official recommendation for the park is 25m away, and the bison was upset by the truck driver, I don't think there's any version of this where it's the victim's fault.