You just hadn’t had enough to drink yet.
I told my Catalina Buffalo story before, but mine was wandering by myself before breakfast in a thick opaque fog. Heard snuffling and, as the mist lifted, realized I was in the middle of maybe twenty big 'uns… brushing past me, snorting as if to say “Another human, ignore it.”
Someone here found info that they’ve been there a long time, since a herd was brought to the island to shoot a western.
The Thundering Herd, a silent movie released in 1925.
I’ve had bison wander into our campsite on Catalina before. Not something I want to repeat.
So not about Marshall University athletic teams?
Kind of like how law enforcement agencies tend to refer to any full size Jeep as a Cherokee, without specifying whether they’re looking for the classic boxy XJ, a Grand Cherokee, or the car-like monstrosity with the strange hood.
Is this stupid enough? Guy is suspected of causing his house to explode. Spent days before this telling his wife who had left him that he was going to kill himself, and records show that more gas was released into the house than could be explained by a leak. He had plumbing knowledge.
He ended up with burns over 75% of his body
My close bison encounter was camping in Yellowstone. I awoke to some snuffling sounds and a huge shadow on the wall of my tent. One tiny peek was enough to decide that going out was not a good idea. Having a creature the size of a VW Bug on the other side of that thin bit of nylon was intimidating to say the least.
If not friend, why fluffy?
In Yellowstone, the bison have the authority to do whatever the damned hell they want.
Can they rebroadcast NFL games with only implied oral consent?
That way lies anarchy.
Actually, they have that authority in most places. Same as bears.
Story
Stupid MFer drives up to the guys at Home Depot, the ones who stand around waiting for a random person to ask them to work, and they get in his car. He then robs them at gunpoint.
Because dayworkers are known for carrying large amounts of cash with them. After being told “We are standing on the sidewalk waiting for work, we have no cash.” he lets them out of the car. They call the cops, stupid MFer is found, he crashes his Mercedes and is arrested.
Fin.
I have to admire the perp in this case. His astounding stupidity is sufficient to grant him, at least, an Ignoble Prize in the category of Criminality (which probably doesnt exist… yet)
Just some petty, petty bullying by someone who should have known better, if it’s true. I wonder how her daughter feels about this
Wow! This almost exact scenario happened near me back in 1980. I was working as a contract draftsman out of a guy’s house. I pulled up in the driveway, and immediately smelled smoke. I spoke with the woman next door who was on her front porch, and she agreed she smelled smoke.
Suddenly, the house next to hers was engulfed in flames, and a man ran out of the house screaming and burned very badly. 911 was called, and fire engines and EMTs showed up quickly. We were in Texas also (like the linked story) and in the middle of a very dry summer with a moderate wind that day. People were on their roofs dousing them with water from garden hoses trying to keep them from catching fire. Nevertheless, several houses started burning from the flying embers of the original house,
It turned out that the man’s wife had left him, and he was trying to kill himself. He had hooked up a hose from the gas fireplace to his bedroom the night before, but the gas didn’t kill him in his sleep as he’d expected. Apparently he woke up and lit a cigarette, and BOOM!
And after all that… my boss wanted me to come inside and start work! Hell no, dude. I took the rest of the day off, Oh - they interviewed me on the news, too. That was kinda cool watching myself on the news that night. The guy lived, but I don’t remember many more details of how it turned out for him. I still remember how he looked all burned up, though. 
Do not pet the fluffy cows!
But friend-shaped!
I can’t find it now but there’s also a “How to Greet Wildlife” poster, which shows a figure waving at different animals. At the bottom is the figure running from bison.
Not all the cows are friendly, either. Do not pet strange cows!
(You can pet a cow who’s trying to eat your shirt buttons, however. But I wouldn’t get that close to a strange cow in the first place unless I knew how to judge its attitude as I approached.)