Woman gored by bison during Yellowstone trip gets engaged next to hospital bed
A bison attack derailed Chris Whitehill’s plans to propose to Amber Harris at Yellowstone National Park this week, but it didn’t wreck them entirely.
In a silver lining to the scary ordeal, the couple got engaged in the hospital July 17 after Harris was seriously injured when a bison gored her near Lake Yellowstone.
“I’ve replayed it so many times, it was such a freak accident,” Whitehill told NBC’s "TODAY" show.
Harris, 47, was enjoying morning coffee with Whitehill and her daughter, Rylee Eckbad, when they spotted a pair of bison. One that was about 50 yards away began dropping and rolling in the dirt before running toward them, Harris wrote on Facebook.
"We just kept moving away, moving away,” Whitehill said. "I told Amber, 'Do not run.'"
The bison, which can run three times as fast as a human, charged at Harris.
“He struck her head-on and she was airborne,” Whitehill told NBC affiliate KPNX of Phoenix. “I think she did one or two backflips in the air, and I was screaming and yelling trying to distract him. She landed pretty hard on her back.”
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