Kuala Lampur, July 15 -- A 65-year-old tourist who was tossed about 2.4 metres into the air by a Yellowstone bison has survived the frightening encounter.

Now the 900kg bull gets to live too.

Yellowstone National Park officials said the bison involved in the July 10 incident at Bridge Bay Campground near Yellowstone Lake will not be euthanised and will face no management action, US news outlets reported.

Carl Isom-McDaniel, from Kendall, Washington, was visiting the campground with his 13-year-old grandson when the bull suddenly charged after they stopped to take a photo.

"When I was on the ground, unable to move, he was right on top of me," Isom-McDaniel told CNN.

"He could have stomped on me. He could have gored me... and he did no...