A man from Colorado was seriously injured by a massive bull bison in Yellowstone National Park this week. The incident occurred on Monday at the Wyoming park, and it was captured in a tense video that has since gone viral.
And now, park officials are speaking out about the unsettling situation. Related: Man Suffers Terrible Eye And Brain Injury On ‘Lifetime Opportunity’ Hike With Son In the clip, a bison can be seen charging for unknown reasons toward three adults and a small child, crossing over a walking path towards the shocked group.
One man can be seen rushing to push the child out of the way as the huge animal rushed toward it. Thankfully, the child was successfully shielded from the bison’s charge — and barely at that.
However, the man who stepped in to protect the child from the beast wasn’t as lucky. Protecting the child put him in harm’s way, and he was struck directly in the center of his body.
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