Talk about getting yourself stuck between a rock and a hard place… this tourist was trapped between a charging elk, a tree and tasers.
There’s a whole lot going on in this video out of Estes Park, Colorado, and it’s all because one man got way too close to a mama elk and her newborn calf. If you’ve ever wondered how people get themselves into these types of predicaments, invading the space of a mother animal (whether it be intentional or unintentional) out in the wild is often the explanation.
In case you didn’t know, the Estes Park area is famous for its elk population. It’s estimated that over 280,000 elk live in Colorado, which is enough to give the state the honor of housing the largest concentrated population of elk in the world. Believe it or not, that many elk bring in tourists from all over the planet, particularly to the Estes Park area…