Escaped buffalo gores woman A Rail Road Flat woman who was gored by a buffalo was in a Modesto hospital Thursday, fighting infections in her legs and awaiting word on whether she will need skin grafts to recover. "My legs are mutilated," said Tracy Whalen, 38. The buffalo belongs to Dale Buller, a millionaire gun collector and buffalo rancher who owns most of the acreage in central Rail Road Flat. Whalen, who lives in a house across Mountain Ranch Road from the buffalo pasture, said at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, she saw a buffalo in her yard. It was the third time in the past week that one had escaped and crossed onto her property. She said she attempted to lure it away from her yard by throwing fruit from her apple tree - normally an attractive treat to a buffalo - toward the street. "He just turned on me and that is really all I remember," Whalen said....