Yellowstone bison attack – tourist hurled 8 feet in the air

A bull bison, reportedly weighing 2,000lb (900kg), sprinted towards an elderly man, ramming him with his head and knocking him into the air in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The attack happened at Bridge Bay Campground, south of Fishing Bridge, and was captured on video by professional photographer Mike MacLeod.

But Mike MacLeod, a professional photographer from nearby Bozeman, Montana, gave a vivid account of it to Wyoming’s Cowboy State Daily newspaper.

A man has been seriously injured after he was attacked by a Bison at Yellowstone National Park, Cowboy State Daily reported.