Woman tossed out of her jeans after being charged by bison

[marmar]

A bystander captured the moments a bison charged at a woman in South Dakota.

In the video, a group of motorcycle riders approach a herd of bison scattered in the middle of a road at Custer State Park, but one woman gets too close to a mother and her calf.



The bison charges at her and manages to get its horns into her jeans. The animal then throws the woman around and tosses her out of her pants before she manages to escape.

The person who recorded the encounter wants it to serve as a reminder about what can happen when getting too close to a wild animal. ..........(more)

https://www.today.com/news/bison-drags-woman-out-her-jeans-custer-state-park-t189416

[Dave in VA]

1. Please don't pet the fury cows!

[North Shore Chicago]

2. This nincompoop

has a death wish, probably one of the many who didn't wear a mask at Sturgis (assuming she went) and now this. Not very smart.

[lagomorph777]

4. Well, now I know how to get a biker chick's pants off.

Thanks for the tip!

[BannonsLiver]

5. Awesome

After she’s recovered she should be charged for whatever laws she violated by getting that close and harassing the animals. I’d also bet dollars to donuts she’s a full blooded MAGAt.

[Mopar151]

6. I see stupid people!

Jesus Christ on a Flathead Indian! "Buffalers" are cantankerous on their good days, never mind when there's a Mom with calf..... And, like bears, they are faster than they look......

[Rorey]

7. A stroll down memory lane

When I was a teenager I got sort of attacked by a cow. I don't remember why I had to be in the fenced area with the cows, but I know I didn't want to be there. All of a sudden one of them just decided to start trying to maul me. I managed to get out, and I told my mom about it and she acted like she didn't really believe me.

I grew up on a small dairy farm, and my mom had named all of the cows and treated them like her pets. I learned a healthy respect of large animals at a pretty young age. We'd all have to help when we moved the cattle from one pasture to another, and I ran from bulls more than a couple of times. I was terrified.

I really hated growing up on a farm. For me, it wasn't the idyllic experience that a lot of people seem to think it is. We were isolated and I felt lonely and out of place. I couldn't wait to get the hell out of there.

And the woman in the video is an idiot. It's a miracle that she's been around as many years as she has without getting herself killed.

[dawg day]

8. I remember reading warnings in the UK about killer cows

The UK allows "public footpaths' through agricultural land, and it's wonderful because you can pretty much walk from coast to coast (granted, that's only about 150 miles in many places) without walking down a road or highway. But... lots of cows. And cows turn out to be territorial, who knew! And mama cows are especially aggressive/protective.

And of course, it's their land, so they have the right to protect it, I guess!

[Rorey]

9. Yeah, I couldn't do that

I think I'd feel too vulnerable.

I must have been violently attacked in a previous life. Looking back, I think I've always been kind of afraid to be in situations where I don't have some sort of escape or refuge close by.

[dawg day]

10. Walk into a room... look for exit routes--

It's actually quite sensible. Helps to be prepared.

[Rorey]

12. Yes!

My least favorite husband just couldn't understand that it made me extremely freaked out to be in a room with only one door and he'd stand in the doorway, basically blocking it.

I'm so glad he can't do that to me anymore.

[Nevilledog]

22. *snicker*

"least favorite husband"

[Rorey]

24. There have been three

The first was in college. I was just way too young. He's a good guy, and we still talk every so often.

The second was my soul mate, if there is such a thing. He died. It's his birthday today, so he's been on my mind more than usual.

The third turned into a Trump supporter. We got divorced last year, and I can unequivocally say that it should have happened a helluva lot sooner. I'm so relieved that I get to live the rest of my life my way. So, yeah, he was my least favorite husband.

And there will be no more.

[RhodeIslandOne]

13. A cow, really?

Wow.

I was once clearing a wooded path with an extension saw in a state park, and the next thing I knew a bull was leering at me over the stone wall about a foot away. He never attempted anything, just kinda looked curious.

[Rorey]

15. Yes, a cow

I was surprised because I thought she was a nice one, and I think that's why my mom doubted me. I had never really been afraid of any of the cows before that. She just sauntered over and then rammed at me with her head. It hurt. I got out as fast as I could.

My mom really loved some of the cows, and it was very hard on her when they went out of the dairy business and sold them.

We'd have one bull at a time, of course, and they were always MEAN. When we'd move the herd from one pasture to another, for optimum grazing conditions, my dad would sometimes chase the bull away from the herd with a tractor. I remember being on foot, herding cows, and then I'd look back and see the bull running toward us. My dad always got there in time to save me, but I think it just really wasn't a safe practice.

I always got the position at the back of the herd. Maybe I was the least favorite kid.

[MrsMatt]

26. Dairy bulls

are much more cantankerous than beef bulls.

[Denzil_DC]

25. Yeah, I'm in Scotland, and I've learned to be wary of any cattle, especially in groups.

Our local angling club rents a 2-acre water that doubles as a watering hole for cattle, and the farmer was in the habit of grazing stirks (yearlings) on the land adjoining it. You'd get set up, start fishing, then they'd wander down and start drinking, and some got distracted curiously nuzzling your bag and gear and making a mess of things. There were a good dozen of them, and they took some chasing off each time.

I mentioned it to our club committee. An old fart who'd been in office far too long was scathing, "Pah, they're just cows, you can shoo them off."

Then a few weeks later, I heard that an old long-time member had been cornered up a tree for quite a while at the same hole, upon which the farmer was asked if he could graze his critters elsewhere ...

Another time, I was trekking across some open upland farmland where a herd of cows was grazing. I kept my distance, but I guess it must have been the wrong time of year, as they started stampeding towards me. There were way more than a dozen that time. It was at this point I finally figured there's a lead cow in each herd, and you need to turn her quite aggressively to get the others to peel off. It was a bit scary for a minute or so before I managed to do that.

[shanti]

21. That's life on a farm, isn't it?

Mom's family had a dairy cow in (then rural) Orange County CA. A big holstein that they were told to stay away from. Also the roosters who would leap up and try to get them with their spurs. Dad's family had horses in rural WA. I was always envious that she was raised this way, as I only knew the suburban lifestyle. But I was reminded by them that it's a lot of work living on a farm.

[2naSalit]

11. I worked and lived

in close proximity to bison for years and been charged and stampeded... you have to watch them at all times, never turn your back on them, keep your distance! Nobody has magic powers to clam a wild animal no matter how special your guru tells you that you are. You will still get flung.

And too many people stupidly think they are special and the odds are with them.

I was discussing this with a fellow former Park Ranger and we both agreed that the individual should also be charged with harassment, which is an actual violation for which you can be ticketed or arrested inside a national park.

Hope she gets the full benefit of the fines and whatever when investigation is complete.

[Rorey]

16. People seem to think that safety standards are in place

Nature doesn't care about safety standards.

I'm always amazed when I hear that someone fell off a ledge.

I mean, stay the hell off the ledge and you won't fall off.

[2naSalit]

17. Exactly.

[hunter]

14. SFgate says she survived with serious injuries.

She was taken to the hospital by helicopter ambulance.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Woman-survives-violent-bison-attack-in-Custer-15483956.php

Bison once lived in a world with wolves, saber tooth cats, and bears bigger than grizzlies.

They didn't survive by being nice. It's not wise to mess with them.

[2naSalit]

18. Bison used to be bigger too.

https://allaboutbison.com/ancient-bison/

[hunter]

20. I'd stay especially far away from Bison Latifrons there.

Bet nobody messes with him.

[2naSalit]

23. They could really mess you up!

I have actually seen fossilized latifrons "rack". A woman found the first one in Idaho back in the 1940s. She also found camel skulls in an ancient bog along the Snake River Plane.

[Codeine]

19. Garbage person does stupid thing, nature retaliates. nt

[MrsMatt]

27. Florida Man, meet Iowa Woman. n/t

[whistler162]

28. Reminded me of a story

my grandfather told on a home recording he, his wife, and father-in-law made back before 1958(the year my parents were married and the year my grandmother died). Had to listen to it again, and it is always nice to hear voices from the past, my aunt sounds a lot like her mother.

They had a mean bull on the farm in Sweden and he faced it down as a teenager to the point it turned away without attacking him.