Bison injures woman as she poses for selfie
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. --Yellowstone National Park officials are warning tourists to keep their distance after a bison flipped a woman into the air as she posed for a selfie with the massive beast.
The dangerous encounter was the fifth run-in between park-goers and buffalo at the park this year.
Park officials say the 43-year-old Mississippi woman turned her back on the animal Tuesday evening to get a photo with it on a trail near Old Faithful.
She and her daughter were about six yards away when it came at them.
They tried to run, but the bison caught the woman and tossed her with its head.
The woman's family drove her to a nearby clinic where she was treated and released.
Yellowstone prohibits people from getting within 25 yards of bison.