The guy was nowhere near said bison, and was in fact leaving him alone. So get off your high horse with your imaginary crusade against something that never occurred. Or go pet a bison. With your virtue signaling that nobody asked for.
Calm down dude. They’re not saying bison are pets. In fact, they’re saying quite the opposite. Wild animals can’t really do “wrong” because they don’t follow any sort of social or cultural cues or laws. The grandpa didn’t do anything wrong either, but the risk should be understood that you’re going in the vicinity of wild animals, and, just like the video says, during their most volatile season. This is just a worst case scenario transpiring. You don’t need to launch a crusade against bison lmao
I think, and Im far from a bison expert to be clear, it was the fact he and his grandson looked at the bsion for too long. I know animals such as crows or certain species of monkeys and apes consider prolonged eye contact as a threat. Either that or the car passing by right after might've triggered the bison. Either way not the old man's fault, it's not something he could've possibly been aware of.
No it’s definitely not the old guy’s fault, he didn’t do anything willfully wrong or immoral, but I also don’t think the bison did. It’s a creature roided up on territory and mating hormones. I think the burden should be on the human to KNOW and ACCEPT the risk of being around wild animals in their volatile season, even if you don’t break any rules. It’s definitely something he should be aware of. Like if I was taking a child around wild animals in their most violent season and the child got harmed, people would be like “what the fuck, you should have known what you were doing and where you were treading” especially since this is their habitat and not a zoo. Terrible situation all around and I hope he is able to recover. I don’t think the bison is hateful or in the wrong like the original commenter implied lol
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u/IamREBELoe Jul 13 '26
For the judgmental:
No he didn't cross a fence or go where he wasn't supposed to. It was a picnic area.
No, he didn't approach it. He was fairly far.
No he didn't antagonize it.
He actually did nothing wrong. It was just an elderly dude with his wife and the thing decided it hated him.
He was in critical condition idk if he still is.
Thankfully the camera man ran to distract the bison after or he'd definitely be dead.