I know you know this site’s cite but I can’t resist:
Which, in the classic internet hall-of-mirrors effect, is cited thereupon
FWIW, I originally saw it as a headline in my Google News feed. When later asked for a cite, I googled for “woman dead buffalo” and disregarded the articles about a car crash in Buffalo a few days ago.
I saw something very similar in Cades Cove less than 5 years ago. Young bear up a tree on the side of the road. People less than 100 feet away taking pictures. I wondered at the time if there would be a mauling. (Just to be safe I didn’t tell any bald heads to go up.)
“I could stand in the middle of Lamar Valley and gore somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?”
Where’s our Like" button?
Reading this thread I’m reminded of Roger Miller’s sage advice, warning people that they can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd.
Tourists do win. That’s the problem, or at least part of it. Everyone who comes home with a selfie with an animal will likely embolden another to try it too.
Search = selfie with bison. Darwin Award runners up.
Witnesses say she said: “I feel happy! I think I’ll go for a walk!”
The Idiots of Yellowstone would make a good History Channel show. When we were there a few years ago, two dumbasses had gone over the railing at Old Faithful a few months before and shot selfies in front of it. Not a rare occurrence, our guide told us - every year at least once or twice people go over the fence at various hotspots to appreciate nature even more closely.
Nitpick - wild beef ≠ bison. In no way should bison be confused with beef.
Thread title should be changed. 
I beg to differ. Bison are just as much beef as cattle are.
Bison are bovines. And beef is the flesh of an adult domestic bovine (such as a steer or cow) used as food.
No change to thread title is necessary.
Got that right. Bison meat is incredibly lean. If you’re going to fry a bison burger, better grease the pan first.
ETA: Don’t confuse Bison meat with meat from cattle, per @TriPolar.
Agree bison is not wild beef. But as humor it works.
I’m reminded of the classic Tom Lehrer tune In Old Mexico which has the immortal stanza
If a domestic bull can be “pot roast”, a bison can be “wild beef”
I doubt you’ll find a single restaurant in North America that serves both bison and beef cattle that doesn’t distinguish between the two as beef & bison on their menu.
I don’t disagree with that. I’m just saying the thread title is valid.
Besides, beef of any sort rarely is described as ‘wild.’ Having seen the story elsewhere I twigged what it meant before I opened the thread.
Also, rule of funny.
it is the other meaning of “beef” – you know, the one that is like “grouse”
When asked “Where’s the beef?” She replied “About 10 feet below me.”