{"id":15889,"date":"2026-07-24T23:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=15889"},"modified":"2026-07-24T23:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:44:12","slug":"a-yellowstone-bison-just-attacked-an-suv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=15889","title":{"rendered":"A Yellowstone Bison Just Attacked an SUV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"justify-start\">\n<nav class=\"align-left col-span-full mb-base\" data-pom-e2e-test-id=\"breadcrumbs\"\/>\n<p>Video and eyewitness accounts reveal what triggered a Yellowstone bull to attack a vehicle during the opening weeks of the annual bison rut.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Published July 24, 2026 05:29PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Traffic came to a standstill earlier this week in crowded Yellowstone National Park as a bison attacked a vehicle whose driver tried to sneak their way through a maze of cars. On July 20, video footage shows a bull bison weaving through bumper-to-bumper traffic. As one car inched forward, the animal charged, popping the tire with its horn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bison was just meandering from side to side on the road. All of the cars are stopped, and he\u2019s minding his own business,\u201d Troy Isdahl, who was visiting the park from North Dakota, told <em>Outside<\/em>. When the bison turned off the roadway, the car ahead of Isdahl\u2019s moved forward, then slammed on its brakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess the bison took offense to that,\u201d Troy said.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, the animal lowered its head and rammed the vehicle\u2019s front passenger-side tire. Isdahl\u2019s wife, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" rel=\"noopener\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tonya_names\">Tonya Names<\/a>, captured the encounter on video from behind the vehicle in her passenger seat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could hear the <em>pfft<\/em> and just see the tire go down,\u201d Names told <em>Outside<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>With roughly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yell\/learn\/nature\/bison.htm\">5,000 bison<\/a>\u2014and even more tourists\u2014in the park, the incident illustrates one of the most important safety lessons in Yellowstone: even seemingly calm animals can respond quickly if they feel threatened. Earlier this month, a bison attacked a 65-year-old man and then tossed him eight feet in the air. In June, a 12-year-old was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yell\/learn\/news\/26014.htm\">injured near Mud Volcano<\/a> and transferred to a nearby hospital to treat injuries.<\/p>\n<p>According to witnesses, the attacking bull was on the road in the park\u2019s centrally located Hayden Valley, an area where large numbers of bison congregate in late summer as mating season begins. During this time, mature bulls compete for mates and defend their personal space more aggressively than at other times of the year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"fp-remove\" style=\"border:none;overflow-y:hidden;background-color:white;min-width:320px;max-width:420px;width:100%;height:420px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaiagps.com\/public\/JCJiaZtpGNqXsGcAdEsAfKFT\/?embed=True\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Isdahl said there were two bulls in the area when the event occurred, with the second a little further off the road. But he didn\u2019t think the animal was seeking confrontation. From his perspective, the bull reacted after the driver got too close to its head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just doing bison things. It could have gotten worse,\u201d he said. Isdahl and his wife continued driving after the encounter to help clear traffic. They also knew that it was safer to keep their distance from the animal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew a ranger would come by,\u201d Isdahl said. \u201cBut no one\u2019s going to get out with a bison meandering around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/exploration-survival\/yellowstone-bison-pops-car-tire-video\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video and eyewitness accounts reveal what triggered a Yellowstone bull to attack a vehicle during the opening weeks of the annual bison rut.&#13; Published July 24, 2026 05:29PM Traffic came to a standstill earlier this week in crowded Yellowstone National Park as a bison attacked a vehicle whose driver tried to sneak their way through<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wild-living"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}