McDaniel says bison ‘just kept coming’ after singling him out
Carl McDaniel, 65, said the bison that attacked him earlier this month at Yellowstone National Park appeared calm until it singled him out, and he described the animal’s speed as far exceeding what he expected.
“He wasn’t showing aggression or anything like that until it picked a target. That target happened to be me,” McDaniel said in a video posted to Instagram on Saturday from his bed at Bozeman Health Deaconess Medical Center in southern Montana.
McDaniel suffered multiple bone fractures in the July 10 encounter at the Bridge Bay Campground near Yellowstone Lake. He had been on an after-dinner walk with his grandson when the bull bison charged.
“The bison did not connect with McDaniel’s grandson, who was not hurt,” the Associated Press reported.
“They move faster than you could ever imagine. He just kept coming,” McDaniel said.
Bison can reach speeds of up to 35 mph (56 kph), faster than the men’s world record in the 100‑meter dash. They stand up to 6 feet (2 meters) tall and are North America’s largest land animal.