In the part of my misspent youth spent in rural Oregon, I once went out into the woods with my then boyfriend, got stoned, and tripped over an elk.
It screamed, we screamed, the elk ran one way, we ran the other, but I tell you true, it was like the whole damn mountain ran away.
It screamed, we screamed, the elk ran one way, we ran the other, but I tell you true, it was like the whole damn mountain ran away.
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But then we have the animal we call Elk - also known as Wapiti - which have no equivalent in Europe.
They can top out at 1100lbs on the regular, and 1300lb/600kg individuals have been seen.
They can top out at 1100lbs on the regular, and 1300lb/600kg individuals have been seen.
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Mutually assured survival!
I am happier knowing they exist, even if I'll never see one.
Like many moments in my youth, it was many years later that I looked back and went “Oh…oh, that could have gone BAD.”
Another is "do not give them names," which seems like some deep magic issues.
good advice, there
*except Cape buffalo who honestly don’t care as long as they take you with them
And then there's dairy bulls.
I have no idea what the cow did. Or what my friend did. I sprinted back to the fence and superman flew right the fuck over the barbed wire and into the woods before I so much as had a thought in my head. Friend survived too lol
(Until they stop being chill, that is.)
And that same thought crossed my mind much later. 😆
It went badly for me once, as it was a rattlesnake that was snoozing. Other times nbd.
Most of them stay in the mountains, but some just wander into town.
Big dudes.
At least they're using bear-proof trash cans these days, though I've seen the occasional bear hoping someone didn't.
Yes indeed, the earth moved.
I wrote about it here:
https://issuu.com/weberjournal/docs/spring_2014_book_for_web
We were in a VWT3 and that thing was SO much bigger than the bus.
Either way, what we saw in North Carolina was a moose. Not a wapiti. And it was enormous!
Big babby. Big HUNGY babby. Seriously, the kid horfed down two liters like it was nothin'.
"I don't know, man, I was just taking a nap, and two humans almost stepped on me!"
"Did they have guns?"
"I DIDN'T STICK AROUND TO FIND OUT, HAROLD!"