Idiotic Yellowstone tourist caught petting bison on video

[Demovictory9]

Weeks before an agitated bison charged a 9-year-old in Yellowstone National Park, a jackass visitor was filmed petting one of the massive beasts, disturbing video shows.

The man — seen in footage reaching over a fence to pet the animal on the head — was lambasted by park officials Wednesday for his “incredible lack of judgment and common sense.”


Watch bison launch young girl into the air at Yellowstone
The Cheyenne, Wyo., park said Wednesday they’re investigating the YouTube video posted July 8 to determine who the man was.

“Not only did he put himself and others at risk, he violated regulations designed to keep these animals wild,” park superintendent Cam Sholly said in a statement. “We expect better from our visitors.”

https://nypost.com/2019/08/08/idiotic-yellowstone-tourist-caught-petting-bison-on-video/

[CanonRay]

1. Moron

[backscatter712]

7. In the park, the rangers & staff call them tourons.

They also do things like wandering off the boardwalks around the boiling hot springs. Soup anyone?

[True Dough]

2. Well, he's got nothing on this guy...

[maxsolomon]

3. The bison isn't exhibiting situational awareness, either.

Don't walk that close to a thermal feature, buddy!

Yellowstone needs quotas. It's absurdly crowded now. IQ tests are a good place to start.

[lpbk2713]

4. Some people think they are the exception to the rule.

And then they find out how quick the animal's lunge is and how strong their bite is.

[msongs]

5. maybe keep bison farther away from people access areas. nt

[GemDigger]

9. In the park, bison have the right of way,

It's posted all over the place what not to do or where NOT to go. People are stupid. This man is not only lucky for himself but also that none of the other stupid people behind him got hurt because of his actions.

[A HERETIC I AM]

11. How?

Yellowstone is a HUGE park, and unless you want to run fences across what is and always had been open range, you aren't going to keep these animals from going wherever the hell they want to go. Not to mention, apparently Bison really don't give a shit about fences, so if you want to keep them on one side of a fence, it had bloody well be pretty stout.

Just arrest a few of these folks, slap them with 4 figure fines and publicize that, and it might (and I emphasize "might" ) mitigate these interactions.

But it should be noted that this sort of behavior on the part of both guests and animals is by no means new. I traveled through Yellowstone back in the 70's with my family and on the way out of the park there was a report of a guy getting gored as he stood next to a Bison getting his picture taken.

The animals TOLERATE humans being in their living room. The Humans need to act more like the guests they are, instead of the boorish dumbasses so many seem to be.

[eleny]

6. That fencing is so ridiculous it might as well not be there

The closest I'd ever want to get to a bison is to be crocheting with yarn spun from its wool.

[Retrograde]

12. The fencing is there to keep tourists out of the thermal areas

the bison wander around where they please - just as if they owned the place, which they do. I didn't actually see any bison in the thermal areas when I was there, but I did seem quite a few hoofprints.

[eleny]

13. There's a spot along Interstate 70 here near Denver, CO

It's called Buffalo Herd Overlook and it's fenced with tall, sturdy chain link. So the fencing in the video looks like false comfort.

Years ago, husband and I came upon a large, male bison up in The Badlands. We came to a stop to figure out how we'd drive around the big loner who was standing on the edge of the roadway. Someone pulled up behind us, got out of his car and was on his way past our truck with his camera as if he was approaching Bambi. My husband quick opened his window and stopped the guy. I remember leaning across my husband and begging the guy to go back to his car because I didn't want to see him get killed on my vacation. I know that sounds stupid. But it's what I blurted out and he went back to his car. Like my husband said, "There's a reason he's out her by himself". Wise words to take seriously in the time before cell phones.

[maxsolomon]

14. again, it's not there to protect idiot tourists from bison

it's there to keep idiot tourists off the thin crust that could collapse into a geothermal feature. some of the pools are 140, 180 degrees F.

the bison don't do anything if you give them a wide berth. don't touch them, don't get between them an their escape route.

[eleny]

16. Sturdy fencing is necessary because people are stupid

[maxsolomon]

17. It's sturdy enough for the purpose.

I've leaned on it, sat on it, and I'm 210 lbs. I've been pushed out of the way by giant-camera-lens wielding Chinese Tourists and backed into it, too.

Chain link would be an aesthetic disaster.

[eleny]

18. That fence was low enough for the man in the video to lean over and touch the bison

So the question isn't the sturdiness of the low fence. It isn't sturdy enough to keep the bison from smashing through it.

[Fullduplexxx]

8. We expect better from our visitors....lol ...

The faster the earth does away with the human infestation the better off it will be

[Joe941]

10. What an idiot.

Looks like something tRump would do. Remember him looking at the solar eclipse without eye protection?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Did he feed the bears later on?

[Volaris]

19. I'm not complaining. That's Darwin at work, right there lol