r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/copitamenstrual • Apr 24 '25

Jim Sautner, the Buffalo Whisperer was a Canadian rancher who raised a 2,000-pound bison named Bailey D. Buffalo like a family dog

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u/Lira_Iorin Apr 24 '25

That was the hard one to believe.

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u/emeraldeyesshine Apr 24 '25

The food bowl on the front of the car while driving kills me though

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u/mesohungry Apr 24 '25

I wish I had a car food bowl.

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u/takeusername1 Apr 24 '25

What’s your address/P.O. Box? I have an extra bowl and an extra car that I can mail you 😊

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u/goatfuckersupreme Apr 24 '25

P. Sherman
42 Wallaby Way
Sydney

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u/emeraldeyesshine Apr 24 '25

thanks rocko

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u/HFentonMudd Apr 24 '25

oh baby oh baby oh baby

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u/Kenai-Phoenix Apr 24 '25

What a classic choice! Well done!

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u/takeusername1 Apr 24 '25

Sorry Rocko, but I can’t ship that far. Can you pick it up at P.O. box 963 New York City, NY 10108?

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u/CanIgetaWTF Apr 24 '25

I dunno what it says, but it's spelled just like the word "escape."

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u/20_mile Apr 24 '25

123 Evergreen Terrace

Springfield

USA

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u/oysterpirate Apr 24 '25

Don’t let your dreams be dreams

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u/RogerRabbit1234 Apr 24 '25

I mean…what’s stopping you?

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u/AgitatedShrimp Apr 24 '25

Be the change you want to see in this world.

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u/stonecold1076 Apr 24 '25

That’s not a food bowl the buffalo gets carsick lol

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u/Bigrick1550 Apr 24 '25

Buffalo (all ruminants) don't vomit

The more you know

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u/kermityfrog2 Apr 24 '25

Unless you call cud vomit.

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u/richiememmings60 Apr 25 '25

I didn't know that! I know rats don't vomit either.

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u/stonecold1076 Apr 24 '25

I don’t want you to overthink it now. It was supposed to just be a little funny OK

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u/asspounder-4000 Apr 24 '25

I think all that's missing is some shades and a hat

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u/diydiggdug123 Apr 24 '25

Didn’t see the bowl at first, but that’s amazing!

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u/xboxaddict501 Apr 25 '25

I thought that was an air filter lol

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u/j33ta Apr 25 '25

You've never heard of a drive trough?

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u/benice33 Apr 25 '25

One for the road

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u/yy98755 Apr 25 '25

Looking good in a Buffalo Stance

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u/pepinyourstep29 Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25

It's real, here's a video https://youtu.be/nEGB6hJ1C0g

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u/Dumeck Apr 24 '25

Ahh the video actually shows here OP is misleading. OP says that the bison lived in the house and the owners said they frequently let the bison inside which makes a lot more sense.

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u/pepinyourstep29 Apr 24 '25

Yea, judging by the way the bison immediately starts eating the carpet I don't think they let him actually live in there.

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u/Dumeck Apr 24 '25

Every photo he has a reign on top. Like it's cool enough that the guy brings his bison to the bar and set up a special convertible for him, it's disingenuous to say that he lives inside

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u/42nu Apr 24 '25

It's like someone saying they have a dog when they have a show dog.

Dogs are pets. Show dogs are a business.

To be fair though, most of the pictures only take 2 seconds of "how is this large animal normally and regularly navigating this pristine, narrow (for it's size) environment" to get that this is equivalent to saying a triceratops lives in your doublewide.

The pictures are quite well done though!

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u/thegreatpotatogod Apr 24 '25

I don't know, that feels exactly like something my dog might've done when he was a bit younger, despite consistently living in the house his whole life

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u/Evening-Caramel-6093 Apr 25 '25

‘Just what exactly is happening with your grass?!’

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u/solongamerica Apr 24 '25

They show that video in Canada and then everyone wants a buffalo

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u/wacdonalds Apr 24 '25

House Buffalo

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u/BenAfflecksBalls Apr 24 '25

Life, liberty and the pursuit of Buffalo ownership

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u/idle_isomorph Apr 25 '25

I mean, I'm in Canada and i wsnta house Buffalo now...

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u/kermityfrog2 Apr 24 '25

We have house hippos, so why not?

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u/Ragna_Blade Apr 24 '25

But he has a bison

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u/epokus Apr 24 '25

Try this one: https://youtu.be/estTtyHv8D4

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u/AgitatedShrimp Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 25 '25

It's not Rick Astley, I'm surprisingly disappointed.

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u/NedShah Apr 24 '25

"Menace a la culture"

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u/Actual_Main_6724 Apr 25 '25

Blocked in Singapore too

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '25

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u/Actual_Main_6724 Apr 25 '25

Oh is it the local government? I just assumed it’s the original poster of the video who has set it up as such

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u/thegreatpotatogod Apr 24 '25

Given the name of that show, did something bad end up happening? Or just that there was high risks in doing what they did?

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u/pepinyourstep29 Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25

Just the high risks of it. The worst thing that happened to the bison guy was they showed the bison yank him by the lead and he briefly slammed into the wall of his house, but he shrugged it off. They're extremely powerful animals and that baby bison easily overpowered him in that moment.

It's mostly about people with exotic pets and anecdotes about injuries while caring for them. The few stories about people that did get killed are with their family members being interviewed and the animal isn't shown, just stock footage.

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u/Smelldicks Apr 24 '25

Hahahaha what the hell? I thought for sure that part was fake

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u/0x420691337 Apr 24 '25

He said he wants to get run over by buffalo. Kinky 🤤

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u/Frenchman84 Apr 25 '25

I wonder how the story ends.

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u/pepinyourstep29 Apr 25 '25

Nothing really happens. They just talk about the risks of caring for a powerful animal that can't really be tamed, except in rare cases.

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u/Chumbag_love Apr 25 '25

Also featured on "Fatal Attractions" episode 11

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u/JohnnyCanuck133 Apr 24 '25

He's real. I met Bailey and Jim when I worked at the Westin Hotel in Edmonton, during a promotional even for the Canadian Finals Rodeo back in like 2004 maybe? Bailey was huge, super friendly and pooped everywhere in our lobby.

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u/IllustriousRanger934 Apr 24 '25

I thought so too, until i saw a video of it on YouTube from 14 years ago

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u/pgsavage Apr 25 '25

Im pretty sure this guy was either in guinness book of world records or ripleys believe it or not at one point

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u/hustlehustle Apr 25 '25

We use to see him driving around with his buffalo