A 9-year-old girl was tossed into the air by a bison at Yellowstone National Park, escaping without any major injuries.
The video was captured by visitor Hailey Dayton, who was also steps away from the large bovine.
Other visitors could be heard exclaiming, “Oh my god, oh my god” as the girl flips sideways in the air.
The bison is then seen staring on another crowd nearby.
“Everyone was screaming and running while little kids were crying,” Dayton told the New York Post. “When the bison finally left many people went to the family to see if they could do anything to help the girl.”
Park officials said that the group of some 50 people “[caused] the bison to charge,” but it didn’t specify why it did so.
“Because it was agitated by all the people and noise, it just kind of attacked,” Dayton claimed. “After that, everyone was screaming. There were a bunch of kids crying.”
The girl was treated at a nearby park clinic before she was released.
The incident is still under investigation, the Post reported. No citations were given.
Man Gored in Utah
Last month, a 30-year-old college student was gored and trampled by a bison while he was out on a trail run at Antelope Island State Park in Utah on June 1.Kyler Bourgeous encountered a pair of bison after he reached the top of a blind hill while running on the Frary Peak Trail. Bourgeous immediately turned to avoid the animals but one of them came charging forward and gored the 30-year-old in the hip and shoulder, sending the young man flying into the air and down the hill.
But the bison did not stop there. it then kicked and trampled Bourgeous, cracking his rib and cutting his head during the attack, before the bison finally stopped.
“If he had not turned just one inch this way or that way, it would have gone through his heart and lungs and lower internal organs and there’s no way he would have survived,” Bonnie added.
Bourgeous said when the attack stopped he called at some nearby hikers for help.
