Sorry, 2.3% of a football field, or 25 hamburgers

There was a car blasting it's horn to get a reaction from the bison which is why it got pissed, I heard, when it couldn't get the car it decided to go for the nearest other people.

Bison are extremely territorial, and have awful eyesight. People forget that they’re literally bulls. The same bulls that famously charge and gore people for being too close to their bullpen. The same bulls that have entire arenas designed for a trained person to fight them. People will see a bull amongst a herd of cattle, and recognize that he will fuck their shit up just for being too near the herd. They’ll respect the animal, because they know he’s going to be territorial.

But apparently all of that goes out the window when people are around bison. Bison are territorial towards basically anything even remotely as tall as they are. And they have awful eyesight, so they tend to interpret people as territorial threats. They’re also the size of a fucking sedan, and can easily outrun a person in a short sprint.

The dude in this video only lasted as long as he did because he wisely used the trees as cover. He used the bison’s size against it, by hiding between the trees where the bison couldn’t easily charge directly at him. But he was stuck in the smaller saplings, while the bison was able to just charge straight through them. His best bet likely would have been to stick near the larger trees, where he could at least keep using them as cover.

Did you see the way they looked at the bison?!

It was.

Bison*

Not when you're 60

Especially while taking a (dirt) bath

I feel like there is an M. Bison joke here somewhere, but I can't put it together.

Apparently a broken leg, but otherwise fine. A group of people scared off the bison before if could do further damage to him.

Probably a bit angry that that guy was there, but he'll be fine after eating some grass.

I used to live in Alaska and people do the same around bears and moose. I think they have a feeling of “Animals won’t hurt me, I’m on vacation!”

Normally I'd agree with you, but did you watch the video? The guy was over 100 feet away (probably farther, it's hard to tell) and walking further away when the bison charged him down.

There's more to this story

Recommendation is 25m distance. He was 100m. Honking truck spooked the bison. One of those rare times it wasn't an idiot. Poor bison.

It’s rutting season for Bison. They get very territorial in the summer

There's more to this story. I believe the old guy was protecting his grandson or something like that. Someone in one of the vehicles was blowing their horn that agitated the bison. The tourists were actually a safe distance away up until the bison got irritated

Have you met people? People are the worst. I'd do that to people too if I were a bison.

Ask for consent first!!