Bison tosses man 8 feet in the air at Yellowstone, video shows
A 65-year-old man was thrown 8 feet into the air by bison who charged at him in Yellowstone National Park, video shows.
Updated on: July 13, 2026 / 8:47 AM EDT / CBS News
A man was seriously injured after being tossed eight feet into the air by a bull bison in Yellowstone National Park, video shows.
The animal, clearly agitated, appeared to target the man in footage captured Friday at one of the park's campgrounds. The animal charged toward the visitor, chased him back and forth through a patch of trees, and, ultimately, struck the man with its horns, launching and flipping him over.
The man, 65, suffered serious injuries in the incident and was taken by the park's emergency responders to a nearby hospital, officials said. Yellowstone has not identified the man publicly. Before the incident, he was seen on video standing beside his grandchild, about 100 yards or so from where the bison was initially lying on the ground, snapping pictures with his phone.
Video of the subsequent encounter, in which the bison stands up and runs over to the man, was filmed by Mike MacLeod, a professional photographer who happened to be at the campground. MacLeod told "CBS Mornings" that he eventually helped chase the bison away after it had knocked the grandfather over.
"I charged the bison, yelling and screaming and kind of been trying to put my camera up in the air," said MacLeod. "And a bunch of other men joined me, and we successfully hazed the bison off of the, the victim."