This bull elk is such a brat!

[graywarrior]

[pscot]

1. Horny

[Kali]

2. going to be really dangerous in another year or two

somebody may have had it as a calf and played with it before releasing and now it is starting to show aggression. Not good for humans or wildlife.

[frogmarch]

3. Wow!

That made me nervous!

I'm glad the photographer wasn't injured!

[Baitball Blogger]

4. He was just playing.

[nolabear]

5. LOL! He's lucky he didn't mark him.

I had visions of his head up on that youngster's wall.

What fun! If he'd really wanted to hurt him, he could have easily with those front hooves. They're deadly.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. that was scary fun. I liked the ending with him standing there like he owns that park.

which, in a way, I guess, he does

[graywarrior]

7. Yeah!

[rug]

8. I kept thinking of Taxi Driver.

[lastlib]

9. I know the photographer was trying to protect his face from the antlers.....

...but an elk is going to interpret that lowering the head as an invitation to fight. That guy is lucky the critter didn't hurl itself at him full tilt and crack his skull.

[sakabatou]

10. "Goddamn paparazzi!"

[Boudica the Lyoness]

11. This man lacks common sense

I would have taken my hat off and smacked the elk across the nose. Those hooves and antlers, if landed in the right place, are dangerous.

[HarveyDarkey]

12. That man is incredibly stupid

I wish we could see what led up to that though.

[graywarrior]

13. When I lived in northern NH, I'd see parents dragging their kids

across the road to pat the moosey. Dumb as fucks.

[LiberalEsto]

14. Translation: Elk to English

Give me that hat or I will spear you like a cube of cheese on an hors d'oeuvre tray.

[woo me with science]

15. Maybe the elk was trying to help

by telling the guy to stop sitting in the street when cars are coming.

(pretty scary stuff)

[Boudica the Lyoness]

16. This mans stupidity and the other peoples

who have been 'taming' him, has cost this elk his life. As I said above I would have smacked him.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2508996/Photographer-heartbroken-elk-headbutted-euthanized-national-park.html

[graywarrior]

17. That sucks so bad!

[Duppers]

18. was just going to post an article about this too

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20131116/NEWS/311160024/Smokies-YouTube-elk-euthanized?nclick_check=1

Yes, this really sucks.

[In_The_Wind]

19. That truly is a sad ending for a beautiful animal.

[struggle4progress]

20. A Ranger in the Smokies once told me he'd encountered a tourist smearing her children with honey

in hopes that she could encourage a nearby bear to lick them and so get a nice heirloom photo: killjoy Mr Ranger intervened to prevent further development of this project

In a nearby campground, on another visit, I found a young father calmly watching his tiny child toddle towards a deer that was only a few arms-lengths away -- but the at least the father quickly retrieved the child when I pointed out deer can inflict real damage with their hooves

[graywarrior]

21. Unbelievable, but I've seen it happen in NH & ME