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Bad luck. Looks like he was probably beyond the distance that park rangers normally say is dangerous.

I wonder what happened to the lady in the green shirt?

Process this meat

KF, can you overdub the Benny Hill theme song? I think it’s called Yackety Sax.

Here’s a thought. Never close distance between yourself and a wild animal known for attacking people.

Not bad luck.....sheer stupidity. Good grief, how old are you?

She ran in a straight line away from the danger instead of a circle around the trees.

He's truly lucky to be alive. What an idiot.

11:40, your labeling him an idiot is a leap. I bet some of the brightest people you know could have found themselves in that situation.
RMQ

with grandson

I was on a snowmobile going from the east entrance to old faithful back in 87. Came across one standing in the middle of the road. We watched each other as I slowly passed it. I never realized that these beasts would charge like that v

Why don't all you self righteous idiots read the entire story from the horse's mouth before posting your stupid opinions.
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I think folks that do this have been named tourons. Tourist. Moron.

Amazing how the passing truck would seem to have offered the man a diversion, but the beast got up and ran straight to where the man was.

He was in his campground.

10:19, I'm nearly 50 and I was there a couple of years ago when a lady got mauled. PR's were trying their best to explain to every person who would listen to stay out of what they consider a dangerous range. That guy was clearly within the Park rules. Sorry your demeanor doesn't tolerate reality. Guy just had terrible luck.

Rule of thumb: If it's wild and outweighs you, it can kill you. Do you feel lucky today?

The bull is agitated and has already charged other people.

You stand there while the bull eyes you and your grandson.

You and your grandson get your phones out and do the viral video thing...

Who is the idiot?

(That bull has more muscle and kinetic energy to kill you with than an entire NFL offensive line.)

Grandpa Space Shot was the target and the bull had a good lock.

FWIW, the guy who shot the video was a professional cameraman with fair experience with filming bison and he said in no uncertain terms that the guy and his grandson did nothing wrong and it was 100% on the bison. They were over 100 yards away with other people closer and the bison had been causing problems previously. He was also one of the folks who chased off the bison after it attacked the old guy. Anyone who bothers to read the whole story would already know all of that.

An agitated domesticated cow or horse will kill you in a heatbeat. Does is have a reason? It might have a reason but it doesn't really matter if you are where it can get to you if it wants to.

X10 for a bull bison.

I read the article.

The photographer might be good at taking pictures, but he's a dipshit when it comes to recognizing danger.

"In this incident, the bull bison was the instigator. MacLeod said it was extremely evident that the bison entered Bridge Bay with a chip on its humped shoulder.

“You can tell he was agitated, pissed off, and charging anything and everything,” he said.

The biological explanation for what happened is the annual bison rut, which runs from June to September. During that time, bull bison surge with energy and aggression as they compete for dominance and females."

Oh. Ooops.

Maybe that's the kind of place a smart person would not want to be, in a rutting bulls vicinity.

News said he broke his leg in 6 places. Long rehab!

The "whole story" is you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes". End of story.

"Maybe that's the kind of place a smart person would not want to be, in a rutting bulls vicinity."

For someone who would be the judge of "smart," that's not a very "smart" statement to make. "Smart" has nothing to do with this set of facts. It is reasonable to say that a knowledgeable person with knowledge of the rutting bull being around would either avoid the vicinity or use extreme care and caution. But when (allegedly) knowledgeable people are running the "dude ranch" and allow people they know or should presume are not knowledgeable, and also unaware of the bull being there, to unknowingly wander into danger, that's on them.

From what has been said in the reporting on this, the victim and kid were unaware of the bull until they walked down the road past him. On top of which, they were not knowledgeable about cattle, bison, etc. They did as instructed, maintained a certain distance, and did not try to "get closer" - they did the typical, expected tourist thing: took pictures from the road. Moreover, the bison had been "active" for some amount of time prior to this. My question would be why videographers and other tourists were chasing the bison away from the scene rather than one or more USPS people. Certainly, the Park Service may have a reasonable answer to that. But whether it does or does not, it appears the victim was not at fault in this particular set of facts.

It's pretty clear that few, if any, commentors have worked or lived on a farm/ranch. Or even know how cows and bulls are loaded into trailers and pens everyday. If the safe range of an angry animal were farther than this poor fellow, your ground beef would be far more expensive and all animals harvested with mid to high caliber rifles and processed mid field.

bison bulls go into the rut in july.

6:49, only speaking from a week there in 2021, but I did not see many PR's around the campgrounds and the Lake in general because (imo/guess) the crowds in the Summer are so large at the main attractions-keeping people from doing truly stupid things around geysers/away from animals in the basins took just about every PR they had on staff. It seems few people warn of just how dangerous the basins are if you are stupid...and they are very dangerous. Amazing more Instagramers haven't become sulphuric slurry.

"It's pretty clear that few, if any, commentors have worked or lived on a farm/ranch. Or even know how cows and bulls are loaded into trailers and pens everyday."

It certainly is. As a guy from a multi-generation ranching family, I'd like to know how many "cows" and "bulls" you've loaded into trailers and pens. No, tons of bullshit shoveled does not count. Here's a hint: Jerry Clower's story about the new bull...up here amongst us.

"I'd like to know how many "cows" and "bulls" you've loaded into trailers and pens."

Enough to know the cows don't go where needed if the hands are further away than the guy at issue was (or equal distance of his approx. 100yds). Perhaps your multi-generational ranching family has secret formula to get them to load orderly into trailers from a distance greater than this guy was. Do share.

"Enough to know the cows don't go where needed..."

How many is "enough to know" what you imply you know very well? Only a handful of folks who load "cattle" (as a general term) into trailers very often and only very select places do it on a regular basis. Moving "cattle" around a ranch for various reasons is a bit more frequent, but it isn't a difficult task at all. However, BULLS aren't loaded into trailers very often except at VERY specific places and moving the vast majority of them around a ranch is very easy. You're full of something, but real experience with cattle, much less a working knowledge of cattle operations, is not it.

Woodrow Call, where to begin? First, I guess you don't ever take bulls to market or just simply sold a bull to another farmer or I guess you have never moved bulls between pastures for a different herd. Fine. I'm crazy and inexperienced. On the second point Captain, as for the difficulty of moving cows, my point was, and since you have multi-generational experience, I know you have seen difficult, sometimes crazy cows periodically. The issue in the entire thread was angry animals and how far one needs to distance themselves, which according some here is, I guess 300+ yards. Now go get Gus to stop loafin' and you can work that since pasture ranch you have.

*single pasture....I guess I should have lauded you with the title of Willbarger since he more experienced than Call.