Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Bison Gores Moron at Yellowstone

A 30-year-old man from New Jersey was injured by a bison while visiting Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning, according to park officials. "At approximately 9:45 a.m. in the Upper Geyser Basin at Old Faithful, a man was gored by a bison after a large group of visitors approached it too closely," Yellowstone National Park said in a press release. "The individual sustained minor injuries and was treated and transported by emergency medical personnel." This is the second time this year a park visitor was injured by a bison. In May, a Florida man was gored after getting too close to a bison.

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Bull weighs about a ton, stands around 6-feet at the hump, displays astounding agility, and can maintain a speed of 35 mph a lot longer than any of us.

Those who knew the critters best - the First Peoples - did not customarily approach them in the bold, challenging manner of this Garden Stater. There's a terrific account of the last big buffalo hunt of the Standing Rock Lakotas in 1882, attended by numerous serious injuries, in James McLaughlin's My Friend the Indian, Chapter 7 (archive.org).

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-06-11 01:49 PM

#1: Hi Doc: You will appreciate the ninth story about a South African Army Major: coriolanus.page

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-06-11 03:03 PM

Thanks for that tip on the hippo story. My youth included some three-ring circus time among folks - performers, roustabouts, ticket sellers, midway workers - who regarded the hippo as the most dangerous animal on the lot, including any and all of the big cats.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-06-11 05:24 PM

Can we make sure that bison is fed extra rations tonight??

#4 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-06-11 05:27 PM

Too many ads. Screw it.

#5 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-06-11 05:57 PM

BisonAl Gores Moron at Yellowstone

The bison told the moron about global warming?

Headline should read:

Bison Bores Moron at Yellowstone

Morons aren't smart enough to understand and have very short attention spans.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-11 06:09 PM

#3: Hi Doc. I don't know why, but the carnival anecdote from your youth somehow reminded me of two stories and a film all at once: "Elmer Gantry" (Sinclair Lewis), "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (Ray Bradbury), and the Tyrone Power 1947 classic "Nightmare Alley."

#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-06-12 02:46 PM

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