In the 70s, King’s Dominion here in Virginia had a drive-thru lion country safari. I saw people get out of their car to take photos.. Wow!
Did you live near there when a male lion got out and ended up in the median of I-95?
I think it happened in the late 80s/early 90s.
I’ve sat in my stopped car more than a few times out west as a herd of buffalo passed by on both sides. Why anybody with a shred of intelligence would get out of their car and try to close to one of those immense beasts is beyond me.