There’s a certain assumed risk that you accept when you drive your car around in areas that are populated with wild animals. Most of the national parks throughout the United States would be good examples. And another would be Estes Park, Colorado (which is immediately adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park).
In case you didn’t know, Estes Park is considered to be the “Elk Capital of the World.” 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.
The family in this video below – which was posted a couple of years ago but recently posted again by Tourons of National Parks – got the full Estes Park experience as they got way too close to a rutting elk. The driver of the vehicle, presumably named Jack (you’ll see why that’s safe to presume in a second), drove the car right up next to bull elk that seemed to be a little ticked off. If this video was taken during rutting season, that’s all the explanation that’s necessary…