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Clark was left gored and wounded and said she waited in the bush for nearly an hour before she was airlifted to a hospital where she stayed for six days. She said thankfully she’ll be okay.

“It could have been my spine. It could have been my organs. And it was literally just the skin on my back that he just gored up and put a pretty good, pretty big hole in me,” said Clark.

The video of Clark’s encounter has since garnered over 2.1 million views on TikTok, and sparked new debate about nature etiquette, especially around wildlife.

“She needs to keep at least 75 feet, and I would say 100 feet, away from a mighty powerful creature like a bison,” said Jeff Corwin, a wildlife expert and the host of “Wildlife Nation.”

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Annually, over 47,000 people are injured and approximately eight people die in the United States after being attacked or bitten by wildlife, according to a 2019 study conducted by the Department of Wildland Resources and Utah State University.

Experts fear that social media is leading people to put themselves at risk and approach dangerous animals for the perfect shot.

“This is what happens to people throughout the United States is we've often lost our natural fears and have become overly confident,” said Corwin. “Especially when TikTok is a part of the conversation.”

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