A Phoenix woman's fiancé is talking about 'most difficult thing I've witnessed' after she was struck and thrown up into the air by a bison at Yellowstone National Park while on vacation.
was seriously hurt after she was gored by a bison on the morning of July 17 at Yellowstone National Park.on the north shore of Lake Yellowstone when they encountered two bison. wrote on FacebookThe woman was airlifted to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center after receiving significant injuries to her chest and abdomen.Officials say this is the first reported incident involving a bison since June 28, 2022.
As he and Amber were on path down to the lake, Chris, an avid outdoorsman, noticed a bison about 50–60 yards away that turned its attention on Amber."He scratched at the ground and I started screaming and yelling and trying to distract him, and he charged at Amber hitting her square in the abdomen. I looked over my shoulder, and she was 8–10 feet in the air and landed right on her back," Chris said.Amber was left with 7 fractured vertebrae and two partially collapsed lungs.
As Chris waits by his fiancee's side on their ill-fated vacation, he has some advice for anyone visiting a national park this summer.
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