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CADES COVE, Tenn. (SBG) - This man in Cades Cove, Tennessee did not keep his distance to a mama bear and her cubs and could have been seriously injured.
That was tough to watch, considering I went through the same thing but I doubt very much "my" bison had that much of a head of steam behind him. That girl and I were both lucky bisons don't have horns like a bull! We would be dead ducks possibly. I can't believe those were supposedly her parents running away. According to my Mother, after the bison rammed me, Daddy charged the bison and punched it right between the eyes. Moved it away from me I guess.
That "farm" must have had people running and screaming because the bison was now loose. It was not behind the chicken wire. Lol, talk about laid back back in the '50s and up in NH. Chicken wire.
So many people have so little respect for nature, walking around there like it's a cow in a pasture.
About 25 years ago, we visited the Wichita Wildlife preserve near Lawton OK with my then five-year-old daughter. They have bison walking around freely there as well.
So we spent a bit of time in the small museum there, and when we walked out, a bison was standing immediately next to my pickup's driver's door on the dirt parking lot. 'E was 'uge! The top of his hump stood above the roof of my pickup truck.
He just stood there a moment. Then he threw himself to the ground and wallowed around, taking a dirt bath. He threw himself down with such force that the truck shook. After wallowing a moment, he got back on his feet...then threw himself back down and wallowed some more.
My daughter looked up at me and said, "Papa, what are we going to do?"
Just when I thought the human race couldn't get any dumber, along comes this incident.
Poor kid, raised by imbeciles. I'm glad she's OK. I'm also glad that the buffalo is still alive, that nobody demanded its destruction because of someone's stupidity in allowing a 9 year old to get close to it.
Yes, I was afraid they would put the buffalo down. Happens too often the animal is executed for a humans stupidity.
I wonder if the two adults in the video shown running are the girls parents?
Isn't there are film floating around of a guy who recently tried to play hide and seek with a bear? Same result. Stupid human beings. Thankfully the blame was put where it belongs and the animals were left to go on their way.
My son is a bull rider. His buddies and he have a "practice" bull that edges the 1 ton mark pretty easily. Interesting thing about this huge animal is that he's actually a pretty friendly critter. Except when someone's on his back. He will twist turn and spin like crazy but as soon as the rider is off he just mellows right out.
I've actually seen him just mosey up to a thrown rider, gently rub his head on him and then turn his butt to be scratched. Damndest thing I've ever seen. Toddlers can waller all over him and he just loves every second. But when it's time to go to work coming out of the chute he's not quite as pleasant. He loves being paid attention to especially the itchy spots but he's not so easy with a rider on him.
However, if someone gets hurt when he tosses them it's like he actually feels bad about it. He will stand over an injured rider and you'd swear you see tears in his eyes. Like he's saying "I TOLD you not to do that!" The clowns would be out of a job if all bulls were like Ol' George. That's what they call him.
But he's still a huge and powerful animal. He's a bucking bull. Bovines like cattle and bison are just not to be taken lightly. Even a big lovey lug like George can hurt you and not even be meaning to. As somebody said earlier if this buffalo bull had actually been meaning to hurt, this little girl would have been a pile of goo on the ground. I mean...come on folks. Yellowstone isn't exactly a petting zoo.
About 25 years ago, we visited the Wichita Wildlife preserve near Lawton OK with my then five-year-old daughter. They have bison walking around freely there as well.
So we spent a bit of time in the small museum there, and when we walked out, a bison was standing immediately next to my pickup's driver's door on the dirt parking lot. 'E was 'uge! The top of his hump stood above the roof of my pickup truck.
He just stood there a moment. Then he threw himself to the ground and wallowed around, taking a dirt bath. He threw himself down with such force that the truck shook. After wallowing a moment, he got back on his feet...then threw himself back down and wallowed some more.
My daughter looked up at me and said, "Papa, what are we going to do?"
I think we need a required test for entry to parks with wildlife-
You see a bear cub at the side of the road. He appears to be lost and hungry. Do you
A) Put the cub in your vehicle and take it back to the ranger station?
B) Feed the cub and try to comfort it?
C) Realize this is a prime opportunity for a selfie and grab your camera?
D) Leave the poor cub all alone and notify the park officials at the next opportunity?
E) Look around to see if you can find it's mother?
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