'They Will Kill You': Tourists Warned to Move Away From Bison Fight in Yellowstone National Park

Storyful
1 年前

Two tourists were warned by other visitors to seek cover as they tried to film sparring bison at Yellowstone National Park, footage posted to Facebook on August 8 shows.

This footage was shot by Cindy Shaffer, a Montana native who regularly posts footage from the park.

Shaffer’s video shows two bison as they butt heads in the middle of a road. Later in the clip, Shaffer and other onlookers are heard shouting at two tourists, who were recording the fight on their mobile devices, to back away from the animals.

“Hey you guys need to back up,” Shaffer says. She later warns the couple “they will kill you” as the pair hid behind a vehicle. Shaffer stopped recording the video before the end of the fight.

Writing about the incident on Facebook, Shaffer said that it’s a prime example of “what not to do in Yellowstone.”

Yellowstone National Park says people should stay at least 25 yards away from bison and other large animals, warning that “each year Yellowstone visitors are gored and some have even been killed by these mighty animals.” Credit: Cindy Shaffer via Storyful