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Bison ruins woman's selfie at Yellowstone in fifth run-in of the season Bison ruins woman's selfie at Yellowstone in fifth run-in of the season
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Related: Yellowstone rangers tell tourists: if you mess with the bison, you get the hornsRelated: Yellowstone rangers tell tourists: if you mess with the bison, you get the horns
Yellowstone National Park officials are warning tourists to keep their distance after a bison flipped a woman into the air as she posed for a selfie with the massive beast.Yellowstone National Park officials are warning tourists to keep their distance after a bison flipped a woman into the air as she posed for a selfie with the massive beast.
The dangerous encounter was the fifth run-in this year between park-goers and buffalo at the park, which prohibits people from getting within 25 yards of bison.The dangerous encounter was the fifth run-in this year between park-goers and buffalo at the park, which prohibits people from getting within 25 yards of bison.
Park officials say the 43-year-old Mississippi woman turned her back on the animal Tuesday evening to get a photo with it on a trail near Old Faithful. She and her daughter were about six yards away when it came at them.Park officials say the 43-year-old Mississippi woman turned her back on the animal Tuesday evening to get a photo with it on a trail near Old Faithful. She and her daughter were about six yards away when it came at them.
They tried to run, but the bison caught the woman and tossed her with its head, park officials say.They tried to run, but the bison caught the woman and tossed her with its head, park officials say.
The woman’s family drove her to a nearby clinic where she was treated and released.The woman’s family drove her to a nearby clinic where she was treated and released.
“The (woman) said they knew they were doing something wrong but thought it was OK because other people were nearby,” park spokeswoman Amy Bartlett said. “People are getting way too close.”
In separate incidents earlier this year, bison gored a 68-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl and tossed an off-trail teenager and an Australian tourist into the air.
Five bison encounters resulting in injuries is unusual during a tourist season, Bartlett said.
“We typically have one or two per year,” she said.
One factor that could be contributing to added encounters is increased attendance at the park this year, Bartlett said.
The park had more than 780,000 recreational visits in June, a 17% increase over June 2014 and 12% more than the previous record set in June 2010. July and August are the busiest months of the year for tourists.
Yellowstone prohibits people from getting within 25 yards (23 meters) of bison and within 100 yards (91 meters) of bears and wolves.