Yellowstone National Park is one of the few places in North America where you can see bears, bison and other wild animals thriving in their natural habitat. It’s also a spot where any and all of those animals can sneak up on you and ruin a photo op.

Wapiti resident Nancy Wiley Pichette was taking pictures in Yellowstone on Sept. 17 when she and bout 40 other photographers and spectators were sent scrambling. A bison strode up the steep hill and decided to crash their photo party.

“It happened really quickly,” Pichette said. “We usually see bison coming because they're so large, but this one was definitely a came-out-of-nowhere situation.”

Bear’s Bounty

Pichette was set up to watch a large male grizzly devour a bull elk it had dragged out of a muddy pond in an incredible exhibition

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