OT: McGregor, this is how you do it.

[Go Gamecocks]

 

[bayrooster]

One of AI grandpa's suspenders magically disappears during the chase.

 

[Go Gamecocks]

One of AI grandpa's suspenders magically disappears during the chase.

And his "fake" beard must have fallen off.

 

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The orig vids in case no one got it.

 

[ThirdTTrio]

It is really simple - laws of physics - 2-3K lbs. vs. 200 lbs. 30 mph vs 5mph at best. Hate it for the elderly gentleman.... but he didn't have a chance. Also, it appears that he didn't have enough intelligence to avoid the situation. How can people be this foolish? Got what he was looking for ... a real closeup of the Bison/Buffalo or whichever it was.

 

[Psycock]

The guy is incredibly lucky - think he only suffered a broken leg. I would take that considering the visuals. Could have easily broken his neck or worse.

 

[SILVERSPUR-rier]

Google "Idiots of Yellowstone". Happens dozens of times a year. Once around 2017 a lady apparently wanted to see how hot the "hot springs" were at night. They only found her purse and sandals. The very acidic water, at about 200 degrees, dissolved her body in less than 12 hours. I have been standing on a wooden walk path about 50 feet up mammoth hot springs when a bull elk about about 15 females came out of the woods. The park rangers got on the intercom and told everyone to immediately vacate the ground, go into buildings or cars. Some didn't heed the warning and the bull elk started chasing people. They move a lot faster than you think. We've been stuck in a buffalo crossing several times and I would never think to reach out to pet the "fluffy" cow, but there are video's all over the place of this happening and then the buffalo attacks the car. I was almost one of those. We had pulled over and parked just over a bridge over the yellowstone river and walked down a path to the river. When we walked back up, we saw what we thought was a biker on the far end of the bridge, with traffic stopped. After about 2 seconds, we realized it was a bear so we quickly hopped in the car. As we drove away, it turned down the path we had just walked back up. We now carry bear spray whenever we get out at non-touristy spots. People forget they are called wild animals for a reason....

 

[Go Gamecocks]

Google "Idiots of Yellowstone".

Outside should be a no-brainer. But they will come close to you if you are in your car.
I took this in the June '17.

 

[3USC1801]

Hate it for the elderly gentleman.... but he didn't have a chance. Also, it appears that he didn't have enough intelligence to avoid the situation. How can people be this foolish? Got what he was looking for ... a real closeup of the Bison/Buffalo or whichever it was.

If you read the account of what happened from the videographer’s perspective, the elderly gentleman wasn’t in close proximity to the bison (100 yards away was his estimate) nor was he initially aware he was approaching the animal. He and his grandson happened to walk into the area where the bison had already caused havoc (charged a group of kids) in the campground. As you can see in the video, when the bison got up, the gentleman quickly moved further down the road. He wasn’t acting foolish nor was he “getting what he was looking for.” He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

[Gradstudent_rivals30147]

How can people be this foolish? Got what he was looking for ... a real closeup of the Bison/Buffalo or whichever it was.

This white truck, honked it horn at the Bison, enraging it, then drove off, and the Bison then went after something else, which ended up being Grand Pa.

 

[Uscg1984]

If you read the account of what happened from the videographer’s perspective, the elderly gentleman wasn’t in close proximity to the bison (100 yards away was his estimate) nor was he initially aware he was approaching the animal. He and his grandson happened to walk into the area where the bison had already caused havoc (charged a group of kids) in the campground. As you can see in the video, when the bison got up, the gentleman quickly moved further down the road. He wasn’t acting foolish nor was he “getting what he was looking for.” He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Right. By all accounts, the old man wasn't acting like a fool (there are PLENTY of other tourists in the park who do that). Even the park service's guidance to visitors is to stay at least 25 yards from bison. This attack was way out of the norm but, as they say, wildlife is unpredictable.

It's another good reason to always have bear spray on you in the park. They aren't only effective on bears. I've never had to use it, but I've had it in the "ready position," so to speak, twice. Once in Grand Teton park when a very large black bear was about 100 feet to the right of my trail and another while I was hunting in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge national forest and came nearly face-to-face with a bull moose in the pitch-black darkness. The moose walked up to within less than 20 feet of me - it's like he was mesmerized by my headlamp and only realized it was attached to something at the last moment.

 

[HI Cock1]

Right. By all accounts, the old man wasn't acting like a fool (there are PLENTY of other tourists in the park who do that). Even the park service's guidance to visitors is to stay at least 25 yards from bison. This attack was way out of the norm but, as they say, wildlife is unpredictable.

It's another good reason to always have bear spray on you in the park. They aren't only effective on bears. I've never had to use it, but I've had it in the "ready position," so to speak, twice. Once in Grand Teton park when a very large black bear was about 100 feet to the right of my trail and another while I was hunting in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge national forest and came nearly face-to-face with a bull moose in the pitch-black darkness. The moose walked up to within less than 20 feet of me - it's like he was mesmerized by my headlamp and only realized it was attached to something at the last moment.

I've stayed at that campground before and the bison are always a problem wandering around the campground there. Elk, too. Surprising they don't fence it off or close it.

The dumber shat that people do is walking across grand prismatic spring or off the boardwalk in thermal areas. If you'd like to be boiled alive, that's a good way to do it.

 

[Go Gamecocks]

The dumber shat that people do is ...

Some of this happens almost every day with people hiking in the extreme heat in Phoenix.

 

[bayrooster]

I've stayed at that campground before and the bison are always a problem wandering around the campground there. Elk, too. Surprising they don't fence it off or close it.

The dumber shat that people do is walking across grand prismatic spring or off the boardwalk in thermal areas. If you'd like to be boiled alive, that's a good way to do it.

Isn't the prismatic spring highly acidic? Not only would you be boiled alive, you'd be dissolved into the colors of the rainbow.