CUSTER STATE PARK, S.D. – Officials at Custer State Park are again warning visitors not to approach buffalo after a woman was attacked by one on Wednesday.
Custer State Park Superintendent Matt Snyder says that the woman had to be transported to the hospital via Black Hills Life Flight after being knocked unconscious.
The incident occurred at around 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 12 near mile marker 40.
The victim, a 54-year-old Iowa woman, escaped serious injury during the incident while not actually being gored by the animal’s horn.
According to Snyder, the woman was a passenger of a motorcycle who had got off to approach and take pictures of a bison calf when another bison charged her from behind.
The animal caught the woman on her belt and jeans with its horn and ran with her being tossed around on its head. The woman was saved when her pants came off and she fell to the ground unconscious.
