A man was badly injured when he was gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park after failing to retreat as the animal advanced toward him.
Robert L. Dea, of St. Newbury, Massachusetts, suffered a broken collarbone, shoulder blade, several ribs, and a groin injury when he was tossed nearly 10 feet in the air and pinned to the ground. He was flown to a hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho and is expected to recover.
The incident happened near the Norris campground when Dea allowed the bull bison to approach within a few feet of where he was sitting and refused to move away. He did not taunt the animal.
It is not uncommon for visitors to be gored or trampled by bison, as there are approximately 3,900 of the animals spread across the park.