Reporter Has Perfect Reaction To Herd Of Bison Crashing His News Segment

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"Oh no, I'm not messing with you."

BY STEPHEN MESSENGER

It’s always a good idea to give wild animals plenty of space. And sometimes, that means it’s you who’s gotta get a move on.

Just ask reporter Deion Broxton.



The other day, Broxton, a reporter with NBC Montana, was on location in Yellowstone National Park filming a news segment. After he’d set up the camera and readied his microphone, however, a group of local bison began moving in his direction.

Rather than stand his ground against the interrupting herd, hoping they’d avoid him, Broxton wisely decided to clear the way himself.

As you’ll see from video of the incident, it really didn’t take too much convincing.

"Oh no, I'm not messing with you," Broxton is heard saying.

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Broxton's close brush with the approaching herd may have spoiled that particular take, but it wasn't all bad.

Once at a comfortable distance, Broxton stopped to film the majestic bison who'd just sent him packing:

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Though Broxton hadn't set out to film a how-to on dealing with wildlife, his reaction that day has been cited as perfect example of what to do.

"If you maintain a safe distance, wildlife will leave you alone," Yellowstone National Park officials wrote on Twitter. "Our guess is that these bison weren't acting aggressively, but were walking in Deion's direction. He did EXACTLY what he should have done, which is maintain a safe distance by getting in his car."

https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/montana-reporter-has-perfect-reaction-to-herd-of-bison

[underpants]

1. That still image says it all

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6. No kidding

He's no fool.

[wryter2000]

2. Smart man

Those animals are huge, and they can run faster than horses.

[Lars39]

3. There's bison at Land Between the Lakes.

We had gone for a walk and came up on an electric fence that looked like it was out of Jurassic Park. Fence must have been 12-14’ high. Didn’t see anything at first, then spied some at a distance. At about the same instant we started feeling the ground shake a bit and hearing something coming towards us.

It was a bull. Monster size. Skidded to a stop right next to the fence. I had already backed up about 10 feet or so. Heart pounding. Gave us a real good scare. We weren’t anywhere near our car. Really glad that fence held.

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4. That happened to us at Yellowstone

We were in the vicinity of the mud pots, which is partitioned by a two rail fence. A bison came moseying down from the north, and I took my wife's arm and said, we're moving off. Meanwhile, about two dozen people move to intercept the bison and get photos and selfies. I wanted to scream at the whole bunch of idiots, but figured the bison might startle. Fortunately, the bison was more accustomed to being around dumbasses than they dumbasses were about being around a bison, and he continued on his way while we left the area.

[DFW]

5. Wise man

Humans that mess with bison rarely win the messing.........

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7. Ain't that the truth?

I've seen posts on Twitter and Instagram of morons who try to take selfies with them. It's a wonder they survived.