Grandfather thrown 8ft by Yellowstone bison, breaks femur

A grandfather recovering from a bison attack at Yellowstone National Park has described the terrifying moment the animal launched him eight feet into the air, crediting his own actions with protecting his grandson. Carl Isom-McDaniel, 65, sustained a broken femur in four places during the July 10 incident at the Bridge Bay Campground near Yellowstone Lake.

In a video from his hospital bed at Bozeman Health Deaconess Medical Center in Montana, Isom-McDaniel recounted the attack, which occurred during an after-dinner walk with his grandson. He said the bison initially appeared calm. "We saw the bison and he was down. He wasn't showing aggression or anything like that until it picked a target. That target happened to be me," he stated. He prioritized his grandson's safety, directing him to run to safety before trying to evade the charging animal himself. "They move faster than you could ever imagine," Isom-McDaniel said. "He just kept coming, and he was more aggressive. As soon as he got off that tree, he launched me in the air."

The impact of the landing caused the severe injury. "I didn't get bruises from him launching me in the air. It was the landing that became the problem,"...