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By MEAD GRUVER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bison that appear to be grazing peacefully are able to accelerate into a terrifying pace, making them among the most dangerous animals in Yellowstone, where one of the giant bovines recently charged at and tossed a grandfather.<\/p>\n

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Carl McDaniel, 65, suffered multiple bone fractures in the July 10 attack at the national park but lived to tell the tale, as seen in a video he recorded a few days later from his bed at Bozeman Health Deaconess Medical Center in southern Montana.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wasn\u2019t showing aggression or anything like that until it picked a target. That target happened to be me,\u201d McDaniel said in the video posted on social media on Saturday.<\/p>\n

McDaniel was on a after-dinner stroll with his grandson when the attack happened at Bridge Bay Campground, not far from Yellowstone Lake.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey move faster than you could ever imagine. He just kept coming,\u201d he said. The bison did not connect with McDaniel\u2019s grandson, who was not hurt.<\/p>\n

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Bison can run up to 35 mph, faster than the men\u2019s world record in the 100-meter dash. They stand up to 6 feet tall, weigh up to 2,000 pounds, and are North America\u2019s biggest land animal.<\/p>\n

Yellowstone records on average a couple of bison attacks every year. At least two people were attacked in the park in 2025.<\/p>\n

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Bozeman Health emergency department Dr. Eric Lowe said in the video that McDaniel suffered fractures in multiple places. McDaniel said the hardest part wasn\u2019t the creature\u2019s horns.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t get bruises from him launching me in air,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was the landing that became the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

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