A man is recovering from surgery after he was tossed into the air by a bison at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
The unidentified man was seen walking with his grandson when the bison charged at him and threw him up into the air after he attempted to run away from the massive animal on Friday.
"A 65-year-old man was injured by a bison on the evening of July 10 at Bridge Bay Campground near Lake Yellowstone," park officials told ABC News in a statement. "Park emergency medical personnel responded and transported him to a nearby hospital."
Campers first noticed the lone bison amid the tents as it began to run around the campsite, and shouted to warn others.
Mike MacLeod, a local park photographer who witnessed the attack and captured it on video, told ABC News he "really didn't think [the bison] was going to pick those two people of all the people who were even way closer."
The unidentified man was seen walking with his grandson when the bison charged at him and threw him up into the air after he attempted to run away from the massive animal on Friday.
"A 65-year-old man was injured by a bison on the evening of July 10 at Bridge Bay Campground near Lake Yellowstone," park officials told ABC News in a statement. "Park emergency medical personnel responded and transported him to a nearby hospital."
Campers first noticed the lone bison amid the tents as it began to run around the campsite, and shouted to warn others.
Mike MacLeod, a local park photographer who witnessed the attack and captured it on video, told ABC News he "really didn't think [the bison] was going to pick those two people of all the people who were even way closer."
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