Published by admin on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 11:33am
A woman was hospitalized following an encounter with a buffalo near Wildlife Loop Road last Thursday morning.
At 11:21 a.m. a call came to Custer County Dispatch reporting a 19-year-old Colorado woman had been hit by a buffalo, had an injured leg and could not walk.
Custer State Park reported on its page that while hiking with a companion, and a dog the group came over a hill on a ungroomed trail and surprised a small herd of bull bison. One of the bulls charged the dog and hit the female visitor.