4 Comments

1. Fun Facts about other things to be concerned about in Yellowstone:

   2 Yellowstone Workers Fired After Watering Geyser
   Associated Press | May 14, 2009

   Two seasonal Yellowstone National Park concession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them urinating into the Old Faithful geyser. The geyser was not erupting at the time.

   Woman Injured By Yellowstone Bison
   Yellowstone News | ‎6‎/‎26‎/‎2009

   A 50-year -old woman from Spain was butted and tossed in the air by a bull bison at Canyon in Yellowstone National Park Wednesday morning.

   At approximately 11:25 a.m., the woman and her husband were using a pay phone in the Canyon lodging area with their backs to the road. According to witnesses, two bull bison walked down the road, passing within 20 feet of the couple. One of the bison left the road, walked up behind the woman and butted her into the air. The couple, who were facing away from the road, did not see the bison.

   Bison Attacks California Tourist at Yellowstone National Park
   KIFI | July 22, 2009

   For the second time this year a tourist at Yellowstone National Park has been attacked by a bison. a 55-year-old man from Norco, California, was taking pictures of a bull bison that was wandering in the Bridge Bay Campgrounds. The two were about 10 feet apart when the bison charged. a bull bison can stand six feet tall, weigh up to 2,000 pounds and run up to 30 miles an hour. During the next several weeks they are more dangerous than usual because it’s their mating season.

   Obama Taking Family to Yellowstone, Grand Canyon
   Reuters Blogs | August 7, 2009 | Steve Holland

   Hiker Killed by Bear Near Yellowstone East Gate
   Gazette | June 18, 2010 | Ruffin Prevost

   Vice President Joe Biden Will Visit Yellowstone National Park on Monday
   Bozeman Daily Chronicle | Jul 23, 2010 | Daniel Person

   Bear Kills Man, Injures Two Near Yellowstone Park
   Reuters | 07/28/2010

   Grizzly Bear Deaths Near Yellowstone Rise in 2010
   AP | 12/31/10 | Matthew Brown

   Yellowstone’s Supervolcano – Worse Than We Thought
   Watts Up With That? | April 12, 2011 | Anthony Watts

   [.. and, two years later:]

   Yellowstone Supervolcano “Even More Colossal” Than Thought
   BBC | 12-10-2013 | Rebecca Morelle

   Yellowstone Wyoming Earthquake: Magnitude 3.3 Hits Yellowstone National Park
   Batangas Today | May 9, 2011 | Jena Isle

   Wyoming Officials: Too Damn Many Bears in Yellowstone Area
   Yellowstone Insider | 5-31-11

   Grizzly Bear Kills Hiker in Yellowstone National Park
   ABC News | 7-6-11

   Yellowstone Park Officials Kill Grizzly Bear That Charged Man
   Sun Times | August 2, 2011

   Michigan Man Killed By Grizzly In Yellowstone
   npr.org | 29 August, 2011 | AP

   Bison Gores Man In Yellowstone Park, Throws Him 10 Feet In Air
   CBS Seattle/AP | June 26, 2012

   Armed Guards Kick Senior Citizens Out of Yellowstone Park [During Budget Showdown]
   Breitbart | 10-8-13 | Elizabeth Shields

   Guns Banned in Yellowstone Park Restrooms for “National Security” Reasons
   Gun Watch | 4 November, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

   Girl, 16, Gored by Bison in Yellowstone Park
   Fox News | 5/17/15

   Second Yellowstone Visitor Injured in Bison Encounter
   CNN | 6/3/2015

   Reply to this comment

2. Love that header, Harvey, but I have been told that buffalo in Buffalo never actually buffalo other buffalo. That’s a myth spread by buffalphobes.

   Reply to this comment

3. But do buffalo ever omaha? I’m sure some Omaha buffalo sometimes, but that’s not the same.

   (And is anyone else getting directed to Educational Gardens every time they click on a link?)

   Reply to this comment

4. (Rats! I can’t make the mysterious webpage re-appear.)

   Reply to this comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.