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Bison Tossing Man in Yellowstone Video, also known as Man Gets Tossed by Bison, Bison Throws Man in Yellowstone or Bison Attacks Old Man in Yellowstone, is a viral video of a bull bison (or buffalo) charging at an elderly tourist in Yellowstone National Park, hitting and launching him high into the air during the attack. The video appeared online in mid-July 2026 and quickly received widespread media coverage, sparking discourse, memes and other reactions on the internet as it spread.

The clip, and others, of the animal rampaging through campgrounds in Bridge Bay in Yellowstone was recorded by Facebook user Mike MacLeod. The old man in the video who was attacked was later identified as Carl Isom-McDaniel. According to reports, he suffered multiple broken bones but otherwise survived the encounter.

Origin

The animal attack took place on July 10th, 2026, at the campgrounds in Bridge Bay in Yellowstone National Park.

Just after midnight on July 11th, Facebook^[1] user and Yellowstone National Park professional photographer Mike MacLeod captured and posted the video that later went viral, among other clips of the bull bison rampaging through campsites. The initial post garnered over 626,000 views, 1,600 reactions and 30 comments in two days. In his post, MacLeod said:

This evening, we had just settled into a campsite at Bridge Bay in Yellowstone when this pissed-off bull bison ran through camp. Just a few minutes after this video, I shot footage of a grandfather and his grandson getting chased around a pine tree, and then the grandfather was flipped at least eight feet in the air. He did not get g-red, so the EMS folks think he will be okay.

Around 11 a.m. EST on July 11th, MacLeod then posted a still image taken from his video of the bison throwing the tourist into the air, receiving over 10,400 reactions and 3,300 shares in two days. In the post, he wrote:

Here’s a screen capture from the video we shot last night of an angry bull bison flipping a man in a Yellowstone campground. In Montana, we all want to pile on “tourons of Yellowstone,” and many times, that’s justified, but in this case, the video suggests otherwise. I will post the video later.

EDIT: We are in contact with the man’s grandson, who was also there when the bison attacked. The grandfather has some pretty significant injuries and is not out of the woods yet.

The full video recorded by MacLeod, which includes the moment with the man being launched into the air by the bison, was then acquired and published by the news outlet Cowboy State Daily^[3] in an article titled "Tourist Seriously Injured After Yellowstone Bison Launches Man 8 Feet In The Air" on July 11th.

The video was uploaded to the Cowboy State Daily YouTube channel shortly after, garnering over 893,500 views, 3,000 likes and 980 comments in two days.

Late on July 11th, 2026, MacLeod published an additional video to his Facebook^[4] of the bison wreaking havoc on the campgrounds at Bridge Bay just before the older guy was attacked, receiving over 1,100 reactions, 400 shares and 20 comments in two days.

Spread

The video of the bison attack at Yellowstone National Park rapidly went viral as it spread online and was reposted in mid-July 2026, also spawning memes and jokes.

On July 11th, 2026, the X / Twitter^[5] account Mollyploofkins reposted the video snippet with the animal charging and hitting the man, garnering over 53.3 million views, 56,000 likes and 2,800 replies in two days.

A tourist was seriously injured Friday evening after being thrown 8 feet into the air by a bull bison in Yellowstone National Park. Professional photographer Mike Macleod filmed the incident and said the bison was "angry, agitated and charging anything and everything." (No audio) pic.twitter.com/ELmHQjvxFj

— Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) July 12, 2026

On July 12th, Twitter^[6] user magills_ reposted the clip and edited it to be sped up and include the song "Yakety Sax" (also known as the "Benny Hill Theme"), receiving over 4.4 million views, 15,000 likes and 160 replies in a day.

Needed audio https://t.co/LcVjihKJSy pic.twitter.com/YlzfVKekwJ

— Magills (@magills_) July 12, 2026

That same day, Twitter^[7] user Lizzs_Lockeroom quote-tweeted a post about the attack with the clip of NBC Montana reporter Deion Broxton in March 2020 packing up his camera and fleeing in his car after a herd of bison began walking toward him, which included the caption, "Whenever I see or read about bison this clip pops up in my head." The tweet garnered over 4.7 million views, 57,000 likes and 180 replies in a day.

Whenever I see or read about bison this clip pops up in my head…..pic.twitter.com/LmFeVA8aHi https://t.co/386KQbJzZW

— Strictly 4 My X’ers (@Lizzs_Lockeroom) July 12, 2026

Also on July 12th, the video was reposted to the subreddit /r/interestingasfuck,^[8] receiving over 69,000 upvotes and 5,400 comments in a day.

On July 13th, 2026, Twitter^[9] user Travis Chapman (Travispaints) shared a painting of the man being flipped by the bison, garnering nearly 200,000 views, 11,000 likes and 180 replies in six hours. He also shared it to the /r/Paintings^[10] subreddit that day, garnering over 300 upvotes and 50 comments in the same timeframe.

Various Examples

@househusband_daily Bison are unpredictable. Remember when going to Yellowstone that while 25 yards away is the recommended minimum distance, you have to stay vigilant, because they can do anything. #fyp #bison #yellowstone #yellowstonenationalpark ♬ original sound – jamss$ – [jaype]

@chris.holcombe90 You don't want to miss this… the bison certainly didn't. 😎 #bison #yellowstone #yellowstonenationalpark #fafo #fyp ♬ Farmland Groove – Miles Holt

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