The air smells of sage and crackles with dryness. In the end the bear is seen standing atop the bison tearing at its flesh. Following the toss, the bison ran through a crowd of about 50 people surrounding the geyser Old Faithful. Along with the exposure, however, have come the internet trolls who criticized his spelling or choice of music. “The Park Service got on that really quickly,” Landis said, firing a cracker shell at the bear to move it away from the populated area. The video was most recently uploaded to an Apple site further boosting its exposure. The Billings Gazette. The bear keeps shaking its head back and forth as the bison slowly wanders past a row of parked cars. Judging by the video, he said the bison appeared to be a sickly yearling. Herd of Bison heading up the entrance road in Lamar Valley. Yellowstone Wildlife. And on July 22, a bull bison tossed a 9-year-old girl in the air when it charged a group of tourists at Yellowstone National Park. “I would never imagine that in my lifetime,” he said via phone from his Jackson, Wyoming, home. By the bison. Photographers and filmmakers like Landis will stake out sites for hours and sometimes days to capture the footage they want. \"I was truly nervous that he was going to throw him in the air several feet. “Viewer Discretion Advised,” the video warns in white letters on a black screen. Bison in Yellowstone injured at least two people in 2018, one in 2017 and five in 2015. Usually, bison are protective of each other when they are in a herd, Gunther noted. As bison and elk searched for grass to eat during winter, they began to leave the park in greater numbers. “We had a collared bear that would occasionally kill adult bison,” he said. Then in “Star Wars” introduction fashion, with the words scrolling back into darkness, Daus writes that his family saw a grizzly bear as they turned into the parking area for the trail to the Grand Prismatic Spring Overlook Trail. Daus can be heard on the video telling his family to stay close and be ready to go back to the car as the attack continues nearby. At 36 seconds into the five-minute video, a photo of a grizzly crossing the highway behind their car, shot using the rearview mirror, sets the tone for what’s to come. Bison have injured more people at Yellowstone than any other animal, according to park officials. I was really scared for the guy, I thought it could've ended really bad.\" Bison can be aggressive when defending their turf. On March 10, 2004, Bear Management personnel noticed an unusual grouping and position of bison carcasses near Norris Geyser Basin. The bison were very engaged with each other. ”, walks onto the and. 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