{"id":41157,"date":"2026-07-13T05:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=41157"},"modified":"2026-07-13T05:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:15:12","slug":"durch-die-luft-geworfen-tourist-von-wuetendem-bison-in-yellowstone-schwer-verletzt-fotograf-rettet-ihn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/durch-die-luft-geworfen-tourist-von-wuetendem-bison-in-yellowstone-schwer-verletzt-fotograf-rettet-ihn\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrown Through the Air: Tourist Seriously Injured by Enraged Bison in Yellowstone - Photographer Saves His Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man was seriously injured Friday evening in Yellowstone National Park after an enraged bull bison hurled him approximately 8 feet through the air. The incident occurred at the Bridge Bay Campground south of Fishing Bridge and was captured on video by professional photographer Mike MacLeod of Bozeman, Montana. MacLeod, who says he previously worked as a war photographer for the U.S. Army, admitted that he had simply wanted to capture dramatic footage of an agitated bison. That statement deserves attention because it reveals an attitude that has long become a defining feature of tourism in America's national parks: treating proximity to danger as raw material for compelling images, while the rule requiring visitors to remain at least 100 yards away from wild bison is reduced to little more than a suggestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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His wife spotted the bull first as it entered the campground. The bison initially approached a group of children who were photographing it from what appeared to be a safe distance with their cell phones and briefly charged toward them before they all escaped unharmed. The animal then rolled in a dust wallow and appeared to calm down for a short time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At precisely that moment, the man who would later be injured and his grandson approached, unaware of the earlier encounter. They remained at the distance that even the National Park Service considers safe, approximately 100 yards, and stopped to take photographs while the bison lay quietly in the dust. When the animal stood up, the pair moved behind a cluster of trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n