Onlookers Horrified: Man Gored at Yellowstone While Saving Child from Charging Bison

Yellowstone is well known for its trademark flora and fauna, and it’s almost as well known for the poor schmucks who make bad decisions and end up having close encounters with its wild inhabitants.

Whether because of their size or seeming docility, bison are some of the most interacted-with creatures at the park. Bears are abundant too, but people seem to have slightly more fear of them than bison.

One recent visitor to the park shared a video this week that has since gone 📈Viral, showing what appears to be a family getting a little too close to 🌿Nature and paying a heavy price.

The video, originally posted to Reddit, shows what looks like an older couple walking with a young boy and a man, ostensibly the boy’s father. The group gets far too close to a bison hanging out along one of the boardwalks.

According to the person who posted the video, the large creature initially swished its tail, tossed its head and generally tried to warn the tourists to back off, but they continued their slow walk up to it.

By the time the video clip starts, the bison has had quite enough and closes the space between itself and the family, sending up a trail of dust.

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As it approaches the older couple and boy, it pauses a moment, then charges at the