Hero grandpa ferociously attacked by bison in viral video reveals the split-second decision that ‘saved grandson’s life’

A Washington state grandfather was recently launched roughly eight feet in the air by a charging bison at Yellowstone National Park. The man survived the terrifying ordeal and is now telling his harrowing story from a hospital bed after suffering a brutal injury.

Carl Isom-McDaniel, 65, was walking with his 13-year-old grandson just after dinner on July 10 at Bridge Bay Campground near Yellowstone Lake in Wyoming. The pair stopped to take photos of a bull bison resting near a campsite.

‘He just kept coming, and he was more aggressive.’

Mike MacLeod is a professional photographer who witnessed the attack and captured it on video.

MacLeod told NewsNation’s Jesse Weber that the bison charged at a couple and some boys before the animal appeared to settle down,