Fury as Canadian tour bus scares off Bison jam in Yellowstone after dozens of ... trends now
A Canadian bus driver has been branded an 'imbecile' after driving through a herd of protected bison blocking a road in Yellowstone National Park.
Photos of the 27-ton vehicle edging the animals off the mountain road were posted to the Facebook Group YNP: Invasion of the Idiots by park user Rhea Circale after she spotted the maneuver on Sunday.
She said she would report the driver of the British Colombia-based Blue Star Coachlines for spooking the 2,000-pound animals as they meandered in front of a row of backed-up cars in America's first national park.
'We were all waiting for bison and this imbecile went on the wrong side of the road and forced the herd off the road,' she wrote.
'One of the bison jumped to get out of his way. Unfortunately I did not get the passenger vehicle that did the same thing.'
The Canadian was stuck behind a line of cars waiting patiently for the herd to leave the road
Seconds later the driver had had enough, pulling out and driving through the animals as they scattered ahead of the 27-ton vehicle
The move sparked a fierce debate after it was posted to the Facebook group Yellowstone National Park: Invasion of The Idiots
The Facebook group which has more than 300,000 members documents the foolish and dangerous behavior exhibited by some of the 4.5 million visitors to the park each year.
But the post sparked a furious debate over who has right-of-way when the animals stray onto the road.
The park's website offers no guidance and some suggested they had even seen park rangers shove their way through dawdling herds.
'Driving through buffalo (sic) is no different than driving through a herd of cattle being moved on a highway,' claimed Stacy Bragg.
'Take the path of least resistance, and they will move out of the way. This does not cause distress or harm to the buffalo or cattle.'
'When I worked in Grand Teton NP, the bear jams and buffalo jams were considered a huge public safety issue as it doesn't take much of a backup to put the entire park into gridlock especially during peak season,' wrote Bentley Hugh Fortner.
'Emergency vehicles get stuck in this same traffic. So do the rangers trying to play wack a mole with keeping the tourons from doing something stupid like putting a toddler on a bison for the perfect social media post.'
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