Hiker Gored by Bison

Filed in archive Hiking on September 6, 2007

According to a MSNBC article, a hiker was gored by a bison after the animal decided "it didn't like him standing close". Jardrec Anangos was charged by a Southern Californian bison on Santa Catalina Island. He's alive and well, but is recovering from a fractured pelvic bone and a sore back. Talk about being lucky.

"All I can say is I'm happy to be alive," he said.

Anangos, 24, of Cerritos, said he and two friends had backpacked into the island's Little Harbor to go snorkeling but saw a herd of about 15 bison blocking the path to the beach.

Anangos said he was about 20 feet away when he caught the eye of one animal.

The bison "didn't like me standing that close and charged me," he said.

He ran but "there was no real chance of me escaping," he said. "They're way faster than humans."

He was gored from behind in the upper thigh and lifted.

"I was pretty much on top of his head," he said.

The herd then moved away. Some nearby campers administered first aid until paramedics airlifted Anangos to the hospital.