A tourist was seriously injured Friday evening after an agitated bull bison charged and launched him roughly eight feet into the air at Yellowstone National Park, in an encounter captured on video by a professional photographer camping nearby.

The incident occurred at the Bridge Bay Campground, located south of Fishing Bridge inside the park, according to Mike MacLeod, a professional photographer from Bozeman, Montana, who witnessed and recorded the attack. MacLeod said the victim, an older man, was walking with his young grandson when the bison, already visibly agitated, made the pair the target of its aggression.

A tourist was seriously injured after a bison tossed them about 8 feet into the air in Yellowstone National Park. The attack was captured on video by photographer Mike Macleod. pic.twitter.com/ZtGTb32Gee— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 12, 2026

A tourist was seriously injured after a bison tossed them about 8 feet into the air in Yellowstone National Park. The attack was captured on video by photographer Mike Macleod. pic.twitter.com/ZtGTb32Gee

MacLeod, who was camping at Bridge Bay when his wife first spotted the bull bison entering the area, said he grabbed his camera and began filming from what he believed was a safe distance. "I was just trying to get some dramatic footage of that bison having a fit," MacLeod told Cowboy State Daily. "It's changed my idea of what to expect from these guys at this time of year, because I would not have predicted that happening."

According to MacLeod's account, the bison initially charged a group of children who were photographing it from a distance on their cellphones, though the children were able to........

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