This is truly a must see….
An agitated bison inside Yellowstone did not appreciate a man pointing his camera at him, and eventually charged right at him, chasing him around a tree a few times before launching him in the air like a ragdoll.
Watch here:
Bison Knocks a man close to 10 feet high at Yellowstone national park pic.twitter.com/KGY4r9vdRJ
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) July 12, 2026
But even funnier than the raw video are the reactions people posted online.
This guy pointed out this is the exact same way Wile E Coyote used to fall off the cliff when he was chasing the Road Runner and once you see it you can’t unsee it:
This how Wile E Coyote used to fall off the cliff when he was trying to catch The Road Runner https://t.co/v3jq3ZBllw pic.twitter.com/FTca3PHoZV
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) July 12, 2026
But my absolute favorite was this guy who put Yakety Sax music underneath it and it’s absolutely PERFECT!
I’m dying!
Needed audio https://t.co/LcVjihKJSy pic.twitter.com/YlzfVKekwJ
— Magills (@magills_) July 12, 2026
Braxton called it the Mona Lisa of tourist photos….
While others say “Put it in the Louvre!”
Put it in the Louvre https://t.co/oYXmg3RyE4 pic.twitter.com/XMaf4MpXPy
— Robb Allen (@ItsRobbAllen) July 12, 2026
Here’s more on what led up to it from the NYP:
Massive bull bison tosses Yellowstone tourist into the air like a ragdoll in shocking attack https://t.co/5ps1gQmkWL pic.twitter.com/6ufejG1dTH
— New York Post (@nypost) July 12, 2026
From the NY Post:
The tourist was walking with his grandson when the powerful herbivore attacked.
Video shows the man running around a copse of pines to try to escape the bull, which was giving itself a dust bath moments earlier.
The bison suddenly charged the two tourists, and then viciously head-butted the older bearded man — catapulting him into the air.
“I was just trying to get some dramatic footage of that bison having a fit. It’s changed my idea of what to expect from these guys at this time of year, because I would not have predicted that happening,” Montana-based photographer Mike MacLeod, who took the pictures, told Cowboy State Daily.
“He [the bison] started walking through the campground. He was coming up to this group of kids, who were taking pictures on their cellphones from a good distance away, and then the buffalo charged these kids,” MacLeod said.
The photographer stepped in to try to scare off the animal.
ADVERTISEMENT“I had to get the bison’s attention. I was really afraid he was going to gore the guy on the ground, so I stopped videotaping and ran at the bison, yelled loud, and was trying to be as big and intimidating as possible,” MacLeod said.
When the bison was gone, MacLeod and others rushed to help the victim.
The man was in a lot of pain, particularly in his hips and the leg he landed on, but MacLeod and others couldn’t see any external injuries.
“One guy held his hand. Another guy pulled security on the outside to make sure that the bison didn’t come back. A gal in a car was on the phone with 911, and another gal did a blood sweep, but we couldn’t find any blood,” MacLeod said.
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In the video a young boy can be seen playing outside when all of the sudden a black bear begins charging into the area where the child is playing which resulted in the family husky to step in and charge the bear.
Watch the wild moment here:
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