Elderly Woman Gored By Bison In Yellowstone National Park
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A bison lifted the 83-year-old about a foot off the ground with its horns, the National Park Service said.
An elderly woman was seriously injured after she was gored by a bison last week at Yellowstone National Park.
The unidentified 83-year-old from Greenville, South Carolina, was near the Storm Point Trail at Yellowstone Lake in Wyoming on June 1 when she encountered the wild bison, the National Park Service said in a statement.
Park officials said the bison was defending its space when it “came within a few feet of the woman and lifted her about a foot off the ground with its horns.”
The woman sustained “serious injuries” and was taken to a nearby medical clinic, and then flown by helicopter to a hospital across the state line in Idaho, according to park officials.
Bison have injured more people in Yellowstone than any other animal, according to the NPS.