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Alaska hiker recovering after bison attack in North Dakota
Updated 4:27 pm, Tuesday, July 11, 2017
WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — An Alaska man is recovering after being attacked by a bison while hiking in western North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Park official Eileen Andes said the 65-year-old hiker encountered the large animal on a trail after taking photos of a sunset. He tried to walk around the bison but didn't provide a wide enough berth, the Minot Daily News(http://bit.ly/2sL5SAA ) reported.
The bison apparently threw the man into a bush, knocking him unconscious, Andes said. When the man regained consciousness, he was bleeding from a leg laceration but made his way to the trailhead. When he saw more bison, he climbed several feet up a butte.
"The guy kept yelling, 'help, help, and help,'" said Christopher Velazquez, one of three airmen from Minor Airforce Base who were camping nearby and heard the man's faint calls.
More:
http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Alaska-hiker-recovering-after-bison-attack-in-11280598.php
North Dakota Bison.
