Coming back from date night on Wednesday, we came across a HUGE Elk on a corner of Ellerslie....it was HUGE!!!! We weren't sure if it was from a wild herd or from the Elk farm along that road, so we drove down to the farm but no one was home, so we drove back up to the Elk to scare it away from Ellerslie which is a road where cars do quite high speeds....
When we got back, a whole herd of Elk raced out of the trees and jumped the fence and ran into the road!!! So we kind of scared them off of Ellerslie and onto a side road...they then went across the road and jumped into the field on the other side and took off away from Ellerslie....one of the Elk stumbled coming over the fence and fell...so we made sure she was ok before we headed home and as we drove we could see them all walking across the field....
Whether they are a wild herd free to roam (they were tagged) or an escaped herd from the local Elk farm, they were at least safe for another evening and away from the busy road - they really were huge Elk so if a car hit one of those at 100km an hour then it would be a very nasty accident fort all involved :(
Beautiful animals!! I've heard on the radio a few times that a herd of Elk was on the move in that area and in our area.....but it was amazing to see them running free away from the Rockies!
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