The moral of the story, perhaps, is “don’t act like a tourist.” Maybe another lesson here would be to charge tourists when they act stupid and get themselves injured or killed. These are wild animals, after all. After reviewing the evidence, wildlife officials are considering possible charges. He was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for his injuries. Despite their massive size, elk are remarkably fast. When he stood up, witnesses noticed he was bleeding. That 5-6 mph trot these tourists are doing to escape the bull elk would do absolutely nothing if he were to actually charge instead of the bluff charge he graciously performed as a warning. To his credit, the man did begin to back away, but the bull charged, striking the tourist. Witnesses described the bull as “very agitated” and said it was making aggressive moves towards the man, including lowering its antlers. We’re not sure about you, but we’re pretty sure lowered antlers is a no-brainer for “get the hell out of there.” The man was very blatantly in his space,” local resident Marci Bowden told TV news channel ABC 7. “The elk, he wasn’t doing anything wrong. According to reports, the group of visitors assembled on the other side of a fence to watch and take pictures of the majestic animal. So this guy in Estes Park, Colorado wanted a closer look at the elk, but instead of using his camera, he pulled the tourist stunt of going over and acting like the elk weren’t real at all. A group of tourists quite possibly had to change their pants after a Rocky Mountain National Park bull elk casually leaped over a fence right in front of them. In trying to get a close-up video, this guy got between a bull elk and his harem. LIVE: NY Times Finally Admits Ukraines Nazi Problem 582 watching. The man, whose name was not released, apparently decided it would be a good idea to interrupt a bull elk as he was enjoying the company of his harem, or group of female elk. One visitor to nearby Jackson, Wyoming got a rude awakening when the elk he was bothering acted like an elk and gored him. We’ve seen what happens when people get too close at Yellowstone National Park every year. Idyllic tourist towns are filled with stories of idiotic visitors who treat the wildlife as theme park attractions.
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