Stressed bull elk attacks pesky tourist in Colorado

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[{"selector":"#anim-e2447e3e-adb5-44cd-86a6-5b348156709d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c1414341-75e1-4f28-8bb3-bbe0cc65584b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(117.32027%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6b5217c1-8e33-45c5-b9b3-dff0bd275914 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] A stressed bull elk with large antlers was seen charging toward a man photographing the animal in Colorado.

[{"selector":"#anim-294044cb-a5c3-482f-9e15-5175a2ff034b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9ff6b3e6-4015-4c86-9bd0-14ca25374e29","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(116.99347%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The event unfolded on September 24 during elk rutting season in Estes Park. Megan Foster recorded a video showing the elk walking toward a group of tourists before setting sights on a man who, she said, had been making a noise to get a response from the animal. Megan Foster via Storyful

“We were trying to get away from him, because we knew he was going to make one of them mad enough to hurt someone."

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“What you don’t see in the video is six other bulls that (the bull elk) was also trying to keep away from his herd. He was very stressed; he was drooling and peeing everywhere, trying to mark his territory.”

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