{"id":485966,"date":"2026-02-19T19:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485966\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T19:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:31:08","slug":"bison-charges-insanely-stupid-tourist-in-yellowstone-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485966\/","title":{"rendered":"Bison Charges Insanely Stupid Tourist In Yellowstone: WATCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tourists seem to regularly cause problems with wild animals.<\/p>\n<p>PublishedFebruary 19, 2026 4:00 AM EST\u2022UpdatedFebruary 18, 2026 11:42 PM EST<\/p>\n<p>FacebookTwitterEmailCopy Link<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Ladies and gentlemen, we have more footage proving tourists in national parks might be the dumbest humans on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/earth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">planet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">OutKick readers aren&#8217;t strangers to seeing footage of absolute morons attempting to interact with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wild animals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">That&#8217;s my polite way of putting it because this is a family site. I&#8217;ll keep the R-rated version for the guy&#8217;s group chat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">That chat now includes some absolutely absurd footage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gettyimages-2167485825-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Bison (Credit: Getty Images Creatives)\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">A tourist in Yellowstone National Park behaved in shockingly dumb fashion with a massive bison. (Credit: Getty Images Creatives)<\/p>\n<p>Bison charges idiotic tourist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The popular Instagram page @touronsofnationalparks recently shared a video that needs to be seen to actually believe is real.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The viral Instagram post shows a tourist getting as close as possible to a massive bison. As you&#8217;d expect, the bison didn&#8217;t like that all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Not one bit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The huge animal charged the tourist. Fortunately for the man, he was spared a horrific fate that ended in the hospital or a grave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Check out the footage below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Let&#8217;s go ahead and take a look at the comments section on Instagram to see what people are saying:<\/p>\n<p>Finally, someone thinking wildlife is disnified gets a lesson! Yes, finallyHe&#8217;s lucky it was only a tap!\ud83d\ude4c Team BISON!!!There should be an intelligence test to get into these parks.Ughhh I wanted to see blood and or a tkoTeam bison FTWHe\u2019s fortunate that the buffalo \ud83e\uddac just wanted to play.I want to see some aerial flight and bruises. \ud83d\ude42Good job. Shoulda&#8217; hit him harderThe videos are better when the Buffalo gets a hold of the non-intelligent person<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I think it&#8217;s safe to say people weren&#8217;t impressed at all, and I don&#8217;t blame them. How many videos do we need to see before people knock this BS off?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Wild animals don&#8217;t want to be your friend. They want to be left alone in their own space, and when threatened, they will react in violent fashion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">That&#8217;s how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/animal-thunderdome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">animal kingdom<\/a> works.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/gettyimages-1396658265-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Bison (Credit: Getty Images Creatives)\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">A tourist tested a bison in Yellowstone National Park, and it nearly ended in disaster. (Credit: Getty Images Creatives)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Make smarter decisions, folks. It&#8217;s really not that difficult. Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com if you agree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tourists seem to regularly cause problems with wild animals. 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