Colorado Man Gored By Bison In Yellowstone National Park

For the second time in as many months, a visitor to Yellowstone National Park got too close to a bison and ended up getting the horn.

A media release from Park says on Monday (June 27th), a 34-year old male from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was walking with his family on a boardwalk near Giant Geyser at Old Faithful, when a bison charged the group.

Family members did not leave the area and the bull bison continued to charge and gored the victim, who sustained an injury to his arm.

He was transported to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

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. 

Park officials recommend all visitors stay at least 25 yards away from large animals such as bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose and coyotes and at least 100 yards from bears and wolves.

Bison are unpredictable and can run three times faster than humans.