.:DEAF IRL:.

[Photo ID: 4 sets of screenshots, first three are tweets and the last one is of a previous tumblr post’s tags. The first screenshot is a retweet from the New York Times by Josh Billinson.

New York Post @nypost Yellowstone visitor flung into the air by bison identified as grandfather who immediately laughed it off trib.al/Q86kGoH {images of a white old man, with balding white hair and a long white beard wearing a t-shirt, blue jeans and suspenders holding onto a toddler with their face blurred and a big hat. Next to that is another image of the old man and another person at a far distance away from an American Bison, and another image of the bison with the old man flung into the air like a rag doll.} Josh Billinson @jbillinson I just know he’s gonna send all his friends and family the funniest Christmas card this year

hubba Hubba @hubbaH… Replying to @jbillinson Someone had the same idea in the comments :crying emoji: {the image of the old man flung into the air with the bison has been edited to look like a yellowed Christmas card with a holly border and Season’s Greetings from Yellowstone! at the bottom. The dust cloud kicked up by the bison is shown on the image. Snow has been edited onto the bison and the trees.}

Argobot The Headless… … Replying to @jbillinson “Merry Christmas” “Grandpa got run over by a Bison.” {The image of the old man flung into the air and the bison is zoomed out, showing more of the dust kicked up by the bison, and the image’s coloring was edited to have more dramatic darker colors with some yellow.}

#context for this: he didn’t actually walk away #he broke his leg in four places and got knocked out #but his first question when he woke up was “is my grandson okay?” #because before the bison charged (some teenagers had been provoking it earlier) #he and his grandson were taking videos and photos of it from a fair distance #they did not engage with the bison inappropriately #< prev tags are important!! #also saw someone else’s reblog mention that he did get the bison’s attention as it was charging at them so it wouldn’t go for his grandson #mans actually a hero for that I’m glad he survived with minimal harm for the hit he took #also they were hundreds of feet away taking pictures so they were being respectful of the animals #fuck the people who antagonized it and put him and his grandkid in danger like that #yellowstone #bison