Olde Hornet
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How long will it take before someone kills this beautiful animal or touch it and cause it to be put down?
An incredibly rare white bison calf has been photographed in Yellowstone National Park, exciting Native American tribes who view its arrival as a religious prophecy heralding major change.
It was spotted in the Lamar Valley area of the park, making it the first white bison to be born from the last wild herd in the US, according to modern records.
Other white bison births in recent decades occurred in captivity and from parents that contained domestic cow DNA - making the wild spotting more religiously significant for tribes.
Montana photographer Erin Braaten spotted the young buffalo in the Lamar Valley area of Yellowstone on 4 June while visiting the park with three of her eight children.
While stuck in traffic caused by a slow-moving bison herd, she spotted the young calf across a river, nearly 100 metres (330ft) away, and initially mistook it for a coyote because of its sandy light colour.
"There were so many different thoughts and emotions," Mrs Braaten, who grew up hearing about the sacred white bison calf, told the BBC. "It was crazy.
"It was so amazing. I thought I'd have a better chance of capturing Bigfoot than a white bison calf," she adds.
The birth of a white buffalo is a sacred event for many Native tribes of the Great Plains, including the Lakota people, who believe that it relates to a time around 2,000 years ago when food was scarce and the bison were rarely seen.
An incredibly rare white bison calf has been photographed in Yellowstone National Park, exciting Native American tribes who view its arrival as a religious prophecy heralding major change.
It was spotted in the Lamar Valley area of the park, making it the first white bison to be born from the last wild herd in the US, according to modern records.
Other white bison births in recent decades occurred in captivity and from parents that contained domestic cow DNA - making the wild spotting more religiously significant for tribes.
Montana photographer Erin Braaten spotted the young buffalo in the Lamar Valley area of Yellowstone on 4 June while visiting the park with three of her eight children.
While stuck in traffic caused by a slow-moving bison herd, she spotted the young calf across a river, nearly 100 metres (330ft) away, and initially mistook it for a coyote because of its sandy light colour.
"There were so many different thoughts and emotions," Mrs Braaten, who grew up hearing about the sacred white bison calf, told the BBC. "It was crazy.
"It was so amazing. I thought I'd have a better chance of capturing Bigfoot than a white bison calf," she adds.
The birth of a white buffalo is a sacred event for many Native tribes of the Great Plains, including the Lakota people, who believe that it relates to a time around 2,000 years ago when food was scarce and the bison were rarely seen.
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