Officials say an Ohio woman was gored by a bison after getting within 10 feet of the animal in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
According to park officials, the 25-year-old woman sustained a puncture wound and other injuries after approaching a bison near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin.
Park emergency medical personnel arrived, and the woman was transported by ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, a press release revealed.
"This is the first reported incident in 2022 of a visitor threatening a bison (getting too close to the animal) and the bison responding to the threat by goring the individual," officials said in the release. "Bison have injured more people in Yellowstone than any other animal. They are unpredictable and can run three times faster than humans."
According to the news release, two other people were also within 25 feet of the same bison.
Visitors must stay at least 25 yards away from the animals, which are the largest mammals in North America, unpredictable, can reach speeds of 35 mph, and may jump several feet.
The park has an estimated 2,300 to 5,500 bison, and they have hurt more people than any other animal, according to the park.
When the tourist got within 10 feet of the bison, it impaled her and "tossed" her 10 feet in the air, according to the park.
The incident is being investigated.
In May 2021, a bear also attacked and injured a hiker in the park. A month before that, a bear fatally attacked a man just outside the park.
The 39-year-old man who was injured was hiking alone near Mammoth Hot Springs when he came across two grizzly bears. A bear attacked the hiker, injuring him.
The man's lower extremities were severely injured, yet he was able to hike out on his own. Yellowstone officials noted in a statement at the time that he was brought to Livingston Hospital by park ambulance.
The incident last year occurred just a few days after a video of a woman walking toward a grizzly bear in Yellowstone, which then charged her, surfaced. The NPS also launched an investigation at the time.
Yellowstone National Park reports an average of one bear attack each year. The most savage bear assaults in the park were in 2011 and 2015, when three humans were killed.
