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The most shocking part of that video was that the bison was being gentle with her. He could have pulverized her into dust if he had wanted to. Her parents need their heads examined. Such an amazingly powerful beast.
Eventually the parks will be closing to visitors because of the stupidity of so many.
As a avid hiker this worries me every time I hear a story like this. I keep waiting for a bunch of idiots to gather and demand that the parks are to dangerous to keep open.
Eventually the parks will be closing to visitors because of the stupidity of so many.
No. They won't. They're parks, not preserves.
The rate of injuries at Yellowstone - ie, per capita - is on a long downward trend. Injuries due to bears has decreased, particularly after the feeding of bears was no longer allowed. There are fewer injuries in hot springs (some of which have been stunningly horrific). Even bison - about one visitor in one million has an injurious encounter with a bison.
So why do people think this is such an epidemic? Because they judge reality based on the blaring of the 24/7 news cycle. Which, frankly, is every bit as clueless as getting too close to a bison.
You could have fooled me about stupid incidents decreasing. On a drive through last summer I saw plenty of people doing dangerous things. A large group of people parked, out of their cars and approaching an adult bear, a young woman dragging her dog for a walk though a posted chemical stream, people off the walkways.
You just didn't see this kind of thing with any regularity forty years ago. I don't buy it. Its an increasingly urban mentality.
Let me guess...The family is going to sue the bison now..
No, just the National Park Service, the Dept of the Interior, everyone currently in the vicinity, and PETA for allowing animals to be treated like that.
My co worker was cross country skiing out there this winter and the trail went right past a group of bison, who had scraped away snow to munch on something. He videoed it as he skied by. They were massive, and lucky for them they didn't budge when they went by. They had no choice, there was no other way around them, and he said he was scared to death until he got past them.
Actually, all of these places need signs which read, Please Exit Your Vehicles/Approach Animals.
It would cull the herd of idiot Homo Sapiens.
But not fast enough.
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