A nine-year-old girl was lucky to escape without serious injuries after being thrown several feet in the air by a bison at Yellowstone National Park. The incident took place in 2009, but has re-entered headlines this week after a video was featured on Instagram account TouronsOfNationalParks, which calls out careless behavior at sites of natural beauty around the world.
The incident took place at the Upper Geyser Basin in the southwest of the park, which is home to Yellowstone's most famous geyser, Old Faithful. The video was recorded by 18-year-old Hailey Dayton, who told NBC News that she had seen people running downhill towards the bison, and even petting it.
