- Kodaikanal residents screamed as bison flicked its long horns aggressively
- Dozens fled town square as beast barged into woman and she tumbled into mud
- Indian bison, also known as guar, are the world’s largest species of wild cattle
This is the shocking moment a woman was mauled by a bison that rampaged through a tourist spot in India.
In a short clip, residents of the hill town of Kodaikanal screamed as the dangerous bison, known also as a guar, flicked its long horns at them.
Dozens of people who had been relaxing in the town square in the state of Tamil Nadu, southern India, scattered as the beast became more aggressive.
Residents of the hill town of Kodaikanal screamed as the dangerous bison, known also as a guar, flicked its long horns at them before targeting a woman in a green dress (pictured)
Several onlookers tried to intimidate the mighty bison – which would have weighed between 2,200 and 3,300 pounds (1.1 to 1.65 tons) – by shouting at it.
But it targeted a woman wearing a green dress and red headscarf.
She tried to run away but it barged into her and she tumbled to the ground.
Dozens of people who had been relaxing in the town square in the state of Tamil Nadu, southern India, scattered as the beast became more aggressive
Several onlookers tried to intimidate the mighty bison – which would have weighed between 2,200 and 3,300 pounds (1.1 to 1.65 tons) – by shouting at it – but it targeted a woman (pictured)
It then rammed into her for a second time as she lay helplessly in the mud. The severity of the woman’s injuries is unknown.
The bison then left its victim in a heap on the ground and darted across the square to an opening in a fence and escaped into a wooded area.
The guar is the world’s largest species of wild cattle and is one of the largest living land mammals after hippos, elephants and rhinos, according to the WWF.
The bison barged into the woman and she tumbled to the ground. It then left its victim and darted across the square to an opening in a fence and escaped into a wooded area