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"How incredibly unsafe" – tourist leads tiny child right up to snoozing bull elk in Colorado

The little girl could have been attacked if she had startled the sleeping animal awake

Advnture · Apr 24, 2024

Check out the elk hanging around this Colorado golf course

It's not uncommon to see elk wandering around in Estes Park, Colorado, this time of year.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 16, 2023

Thoughtless tourists mob beautiful bull elk at Estes Park

The elk are one of the town's main attractions, but visitors are asked to keep a safe and respectful distance

Advnture · Aug 3, 2023

Elk with mesh fencing entangled in antlers is tranquilized in Estes Park and freed of foul fencing

ESTES PARK, Colo. — A bull elk with mesh fencing entangled in his antlers was tranquilized near a busy traffic intersection in Estes Park, where police and wildlife officers freed the beast of his burden.

The Denver Post · Sep 21, 2022

The elk are abundant in Estes Park, and they’ll be stopping onlookers in their tracks

Mark Igel doesn’t check the calendar to know when to expect the annual influx of amorous elk and the first September cold snap in Estes Park. Both events always seem to coincide with the beginning of the Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival, which began Friday and runs through Sunday.

The Denver Post · Sep 14, 2022