Crazy Woman At Yellowstone Walks Up To a Bison And Starts Petting It

Source - She was dramatically emoting or gesturing the bull, whom was standing at that point. She had been mimicking gestures- arms bowed and moving/bobbing back and forth to simulate something/one big/fat and then dipping her knees to mimic him when he laid down.

It approached her and I thought at that point she was going to get rammed. But instead, he laid down. She then began to try to pose next to it for the photos/video her male friend was taking, then tried to touch and pet him several times.

I was more involved with scanning the scene for others who may be able to stop her that were over there (we were far) or a ranger, also frozen from shock but wanting to get out of the truck. Finally I decided to hit record but still more worried about what I was witnessing to get a good video.

After a few attempts to pet -yes she does make contact- she walks away to her friend. They then walk away toward the visitor center and we drive to the other side of the lodge where we see a ranger walking toward and engaging them. After a short conversation, they walk away from the ranger.

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Two points to make here:

1) This woman is clearly some sort of Bison Whisperer. That thing walked up to her and instead of eating her, it laid down. What kind of special voodoo powers is this woman working with? That bison should have swallowed her whole. But instead she pet it while her boyfriend filmed the whole thing. She’s like real-life Brick from Anchorman.

2) Such a crazy world when you think about these people who were filming what could have been a disgusting, bloody death. They were narrating what could have been a woman  mauled by a bison. They were even cracking jokes about her dying. Woulda been pretty awkward when the bison bit her head off 2 seconds later. I don’t know if you should film it or drive away so you don’t have to witness shit like that in real life. Not even sure there’s a right answer, I just know I never want to be in a situation where I have to decide if I want to watch a woman potentially get eaten alive by a wild animal.