Another tourist went viral this week after a bison in Yellowstone National Park charged the visitor, who had tried to place her hand on the wild animal to take a selfie.
Video footage shows the tourist on a boardwalk reaching her hand in front of the bison’s face before the horned bovine lunged to force the visitor off the path. The creature appeared to catch the edge of the girl’s sweater with its horns before she broke loose and fell onto the grass behind her.
In other news: Bison doesn’t want picture taken or petted .
Yellowstone National Park visitors are urged not to pet the bison as they can be dangerous when approached. pic.twitter.com/Lnax2HrfWt
— T (@Rifleman4WVU) May 31, 2023
The episode, which occurred over Memorial Day weekend, captured viral attention and headlines from Fox News to Forbes Magazine. The National Park Service warns against getting too close to unpredictable wildlife — at least 25 yards from bison and 100 yards from bears and wolves — for a reason. But the government shouldn’t have to issue juvenile guidelines to adult tourists. Of course, the selfie problem was never an issue in the pre-smartphone era before entitled chasers of Instagram influence obliviously roamed the National Parks.
Bison are the largest land mammals in North America, weighing up to 2,000 pounds with a potential speed of 35 miles an hour. Petting the wild beast that has stood at the center of American and Indian folklore for centuries not only
