As someone who didn't grow up in this country, the American buffalo always held a lot of mystery for me. Growing up in Africa, I read stories about the wild west and the massive buffalo herds. Witnessing one for the first time was truly exhilarating. They were just as colossal as I had imagined, and I was captivated by the way they locked eyes with me. That gaze seemed to convey you are just not worthy.