‘The man turned and flipped his hand at us, basically brushing us off.’<\/p>\n
The photographer elaborated in the video’s caption, urging others to take the incident as a warning.<\/p>\n
‘Most of the time when you’re asked not to do something in Yellowstone, it’s for a good reason,’ Argyle wrote.<\/p>\n
‘Please be mindful if someone asks you not to do something. It’s usually for your own good.’<\/p>\n
‘Those animals are accustomed to people, but that doesn’t negate their wild tendencies,’ he continued. ‘In their wild conditions, Yellowstone’s wildlife will react differently than an animal in the zoo.’<\/p>\n
Argyle, who frequents the park to watch and photograph its animals, told Cowboy State Daily that she believes visitors are losing respect for Yellowstone’s inhabitants.<\/p>\n
‘I tell people not to get too close to animals all the time, and I get yelled at. Foul words are yelled at me all the time,’ she explained.<\/p>\n
‘I believe people don’t realize the true consequences of their actions, but I definitely think they’re doing things and not caring about what could happen.’<\/p>\n
Argyle’s sentiment appears to be true, with multiple instances of bison goring people at Yellowstone in recent history.<\/p>\n
In May, a bison charged into a 47-year-old man from Florida, who came within 10 feet of the animal near Yellowstone Lake and Old Faithful.<\/p>\n
He was treated on-site by park emergency personnel and did not require hospitalization, the NPS said.<\/p>\n
In 2024, an 83-year-old woman was lifted off the ground by a bison’s horns near the Storm Point Trail.<\/p>\n A year earlier, a 47-year-old woman sustained serious chest and abdominal injuries after being gored near Lake Village.<\/p>\n A 25-year-old woman died in 2022 after a bison gored her at the park and threw her 10 feet into the air. Just weeks later, a 1,800-pound bison gored a 34-year-old man who rescued a little boy in the beast’s path.<\/p>\n On average, there are only one to two bison-inflicted injuries reported at Yellowstone each year. Bison are responsible for more injuries at the park than any other animal.<\/p>\n From 2000 to 2015, 25 visitors were harmed in a bison encounter. Only two people have died from run-ins with a bison in Yellowstone since 1972.<\/p>\n Park officials constantly stress the importance of maintaining a safe distance – 25 yards from large animals like bison – to protect visitors.<\/p>\n