Bull Elk vs. Horse

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[@JustConfused3520]

Gotta love how Santa just records this while he let's his reindeer do shit...

[@jaquescoetzer3633]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dongadson1099]

I let out an ugly laugh.

[@djSpinege]

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[@4exgold]

disappointed he called Prancer a son of a bitch though 😕

[@annbaptiste2308]

LOL

[@hammerheadxray8152]

That horse wasn't having any of that

[@stoked9004]

It was cornered, it would run away if it wasn't for the cage. This or get messed up badly or killed in one charge by the Elk.

[@stoked9004]

@Coyote Plays do you see the antlers? It's a young Bull Elk. They are wired to fight for territory and mates - the scars tell a story. He will charge a human, a horse and a moose if need be and they rarely yield. Beautiful animals.

[@gweiloxiu9862]

@@stoked9004 He will charge a horse a human and a moose and will rarely yield but a little old man tossing his floppy slipper at it broke the fighting spirit of the mighty beast! 😂😂😂

[@GardeninGrace]

She was just eating his hay like nothing was gonna On

[@mayoluck]

@@stoked9004 if that horse turns on him and kicks it, which that horse can spin and kick faster than that elk can charge then its lights out. Horse have killed alligators and large cats with ease. Edit: either way it be a good fight to see, specially if the horse was a mustang.

[@Fellow_Daoist]

Horse: Who are you? Elk: I'm you, but hornier.

[@lordbluebaron2270]

No lol

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

Horse: 👁️👄👁️ Elk: 😏

[@aff77141]

That horse was like "don't make me pull up on you with my friend bro" 😂 while the elk stands so elegant and tall. Feisty and magnificent animals on both ends! I also love how when he throws the second flip flop the elk looks to it and then at him like "Was that supposed to do something?" and then trots off all "Terrible service, I'm going home to write about this on my blog."

[@lawrencemorris2261]

I remember watching a fuller video of this somewhere else. If I remember the elk was horny and confused and mistook the white horse for a possible mate, as it was "tasting" the white horse earlier. Then the brown horse showed up and that's why they are standing off.

[@peanutjellyman]

Gives a good size comparison next to a horse, geez they're big

[@MrLordromanian]

@@liondynamics8878 moose are not WAY bigger... I hunt both. They are bigger but not by a ton. huge bull moose can be 1600 pound, huge bull elk can be 1300 pounds.

[@warriormaiden9829]

@@MrLordromanian Bull elk get to 5 feet tall at the shoulder, max. Bull moose can get up to *7 ft* at the shoulder. Dunno about you, but I'd classify a 2 ft height difference as 'way bigger'.

[@carlericvonkleistiii2188]

The first time I saw elk was driving down the highway at night in Texas during a cross country trip. I was trying so hard not to fall asleep. Then I saw these guys grazing in the median and by the side of the road, and I realized that if I hit one of them crossing the interstate, it was all over for me, my passengers, and the car. I woke up pretty quickly.

[@warriormaiden9829]

@@carlericvonkleistiii2188 Lol, talk about a hell of a wake-up call! XD

[@peanutjellyman]

@@carlericvonkleistiii2188 yeah we don't get anything that big in UK

[@Billy-bn1rp]

Alternative title: reindeer catches santa cheating with horse Edit: I know it's an elk not a reindeer. It's a joke, I'm not stupid.

[@NateSean]

Rudolph finds Santa at the Horse House

[@zacbenally9678]

HA!

[@nehemiahwestercamp3542]

it's an elk not a reindeer

[@demonflowerchild]

😂😂😂

[@Will_Russell]

@@redux467 it’s called a joke, ever heard of it snowflake

[@gailmaria2502]

Love that the horses stood their ground and did not let the Elk steal their food. Great post, thanks

[@mungbean345]

That horse had nerves of steel! What a sassy beast to keep telling the elk, "No way!"

[@Kat-mu8wq]

I mean its an Arabian.. they're job originally entailed carrying men over the desert sands. Theyre extremely strong and sturdy.

[@wizzzardmonk4105]

Elk " Small bipedal one , did you just throw a fkin flip flop at me ? "

[@h3llnite]

WiZzZarD MonK hahaha ikn. The look the elk gave him 👀👀👀

[@susanrenee6092]

“CHONKLA!”

[@TheCucuyo9779]

human: * throws another one. * Elk: understandable. Have a nice day.

[@thseaweed6334]

🤣🤣

[@rjw4149]

Looks like a young bull, judging by the marks on his side i imagine he recently got bullied out of the herd by a bigger bull

[@danielleking262]

Good point

[@rock2946]

Looks like he was trying to get easy food as well from the horses

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Maybe he be with the horses then He's kind of an ass

[@hyunjinssoul2354]

Wait, so you're saying this is only a TEENAGER? Geez i've never seen an elk before because we don't have one in our country so I'm really surprised of how big they are. I've always thought they were like, 2x bigger than a regular deer.

[@tonyweaver2353]

Hes a good 7 point hes old for sure. Young bucks dont have that many antlers.

[@dawnmichelle4403]

All three of those animals are gorgeous! Grandpa's hilarious, throwing his shoes 🤣

[@ronlawrence5021]

Tough to overestimate how powerful, graceful, and athletic a bull elk is. Up where I live, lots of people have 5' fences around their property. But if an elk wants in, that 5' fence won't even slow them down. They'll clear it without even scraping their belly. You can buy a fence extender that bumps your fence up to 8' if you really want to keep them out. So far, I've never seen one clear an 8' fence.

[@andriosz]

Even decent sized dog can go over 5 foot fence.

[@ronlawrence5021]

@@andriosz I've never seen a dog clear a 5' fence without touching it. And I've never seen a thousand pound dog.

[@andriosz]

@@ronlawrence5021 Horses can do it and they are smaller then elk.

[@amykins9870]

When I was 10 yrs old riding on the back of my grandfather's snowmobile one afternoon. We had been messing around having fun on the snowmobile which was the newest and fastest. We came the into the second meadow over the crest of the edge of what we called the gravel pit, it looked just like it sounds. We can up over the edge and before we could comprehend what happened an elk had jumped up over us on the snowmobile. It was snowing heavily so I think we came across the meadow and suddenly we were right there and he jumped so we didn't crash into him. He was huge and easily cleared us is all I can remember.

[@attackofthejackolanterns8765]

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[@bravoyab9634]

Wow I’ve never realized the true size of an elk. It’s a horse with antlers

[@HubertofLiege]

Taste better, too

[@frankjohnson6342]

I saw a National Geographic special that was trying to locate a pack of wolves that they knew were in the area, as they were relocating they were walking down a gravel road and out pops this bull moose. The N.G. Photographers had never seen a moose before and now they were all of about 50 feet away from a very large bull with big antlers. They starred at each other for about 10 seconds and the moose slowly walked away but stayed on the road. The N.G. guy later said that he did not realize that moose were THAT big, he said it looked like a giant horse on steroids with antlers on it. I guess the big mature bulls are around 1500-1800 lbs, as a point of reference the bull Elk is around 700-1000lbs a big moose is about 7’ tall at the shoulder an elk about 4 1/2’. The horse might want share some of what was in that mesh bag if that was a moose.

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

Yep a moose will make a clydesdale look like a pansy.

[@svtirefire]

Small horse though

[@HubertofLiege]

@@svtirefire those are the tastiest

[@Smokkedandslammed]

Horse is like: "That's a weird lookin horse..." Elk is like: "That's a weird looking elk..."

[@jxristop]

Both: but not as weird as that one horse/elk throwing shoes at me

[@redz9112]

What a beautiful, graceful and majestic animal.. & that raspberry colored shirt only enhances his breathtaking features!

[@Hana1LuLu]

Either it’s “you’re lucky this fence is between us, bish!!” or “heh heh can’t do NOTHING to me while I’m in here. Stupid elk. Nanananna!!” From that horse lol

[@Cha-Khia]

Probably a bit of both. A kick from a horse can do serious damage, but those antlers aren't anything to scoff at either. I'd say it'd go to the horses, on account of the fact that there are two horses in the video, but in a 1 on 1 it could go either way.

[@RawkL0bster]

I love how the horse starts to aggressively eat the hay, just to dab on the elk.

[@barrycohen311]

"Flexing"

[@sfudge]

I have some relatives I've seen do the same thing

[@stillstymied]

Haha the horse never pinned his ears or froze or anything so he wasn't really stressed. He was more like hey forest bro, I don't want to play cod right now I'm eating and the elk tried to steal a fry but then said cool cool

[@someonesomewhere9115]

@@stillstymied He did briefly at 1:10 and 1:12, and this whole video was them fighting. The horse seemed to fight because he didn’t want his food stolen.

[@barrycohen311]

@White Raptor News Interesting...Thanks.

[@brendaw.7597]

The elk was attempting to intimidate the horse to give up his food, but the horse wasn’t having any of it. The horse knows he can give as good as he gets...l love it!

[@patmost9982]

That elk would impale that horse in an instant without the barrier separating them.

[@georgewashingtonballs5603]

@@patmost9982 will those antlers break or will it pierce and break ribs? Curious there arent any moose or elk where i live

[@cade_p6146]

Lol this is funny. You act like the elk doesn’t have 15 horns coming out of its head that would impale the horse. Y’all think it’s funny and y’all are saying “ get him girl” to the horse but an elk would do terrible things if it wasn’t for the fence.

[@00DRGNFLY00]

The elk was playin I go hunt them every weekend on the season’s

[@00DRGNFLY00]

If it wanted the food the elk would have hit it

[@pirobot668beta]

Me and two co-workers got surrounded by about 30 Roosevelt Elk in the fog! We were going home after work, and the parking-lot was in nearly white-out conditions. Freezing fog and all that. Before we could find the truck, we hear the clattering of hooves all around us! For about 3 minutes, Elk in every direction. We held still, they held still, then they just sort of wandered off. Elk poop everywhere the next morning.

[@Cherbear609]

Wow/ quite a memorable experience! Cheers🍻

[@f.mazz.459]

I love how the horse tries to bluff the elk with his little two step charges lol

[@alessiaayoub1652]

The way he watched the shoe fall 😂😂

[@alessiaayoub1652]

And then looks up like fr dude? What's that thing supposed to do

[@anabanana7617]

1:40 😂

[@DomoniqueMusiclover]

Haha

[@KongLee_21]

Is...is that it.....

[@kaymann4800]

The comment I've been looking for 🤣

[@colbyjohnson3793]

Santa: throws shoe Elk: "what is this trash?"

[@raizaintilian]

Lol the snorting/grumbles is hilarious, the horse is like DONT YOU TOUCH MY HAY! THIS IS MY FOOD!!

[@audreymuzingo933]

DANG, I knew Arab horses aren't very big, but that elk is a friggin MONSTER. Gorgeous and healthy too, probably the king of his forest.

[@edk412]

Whoa the horses aren’t backing down either. They’re like “fine come at me mate”.

[@timjones6662]

Horses take shit from noone

[@Highley1958]

Until they get a faceful of antler.

[@synysterlegato1185]

@@Highley1958 if they get the strike in time. You'll notice that horse watching for the charge motion and turning to kick. Horses can knock out full grown bulls mid charge if the horse is old enough.

[@user-qe7xh2xp9x]

its not like they have a choice, they're in a tiny pen lol

[@edk412]

@@user-qe7xh2xp9x well they could’ve cowered on the other end. All I’m saying is I observed that the horses were engaging and seemed in afraid which I think is cool.

[@coldblue32E]

The elk when it looked at the flip flop: "Santa, you done lost your jolly mind"

[@overlordwarlordtheomnilord9473]

Santa whos side you on!?

[@Mistadontplay0000]

😂😂😂😂

[@harrismiller1948]

That man has no sole ! 😄

[@azariah_kyras]

@@harrismiller1948 amazing

[@thepirate5955]

The elk is such a majestic and magnificent creature. Thanks for sharing.

[@aldotorres1983]

I love the way the elk turns to look at the guy a few seconds after throwing his croc, as if he was saying "Dude, seriously?"

[@beanvale827]

The elk looked genuinely offended when the person threw the shoe

[@jasminkrieger8228]

Elk in snowy regions were like horses used totravel feed by humans etc ... it was about the food and attention affection humans give

[@cutesassy3719]

Probably thinking buddy you need new shoes ask the real santa

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

Arab elk confirmed?

[@joemixon834]

Elk in Austin Powers voice: A Shoe???? Honestly who throws a shoe, you fight like a woman.

[@matthewdunham1689]

Right? Oh please a sandle? Really?

[@mats7492]

That shoe throw was a fantastic move.. If you can’t beat them, confuse them - Sun Tsu

[@lpg12338]

LOL! 🤣

[@rimacalid6557]

I remembered Bush

[@vinnieg6161]

actually sounds like something he could have said lmao

[@edbon3774]

one should not read that with mouth full of liquid...almost spit on my screen

[@oaxacachaka]

The elk was like "oh the humans and horses are together, I'm outta here".

[@anyascelticcreations]

I was honestly really proud of the old man for going out to protect his horses. Probably not past the tree. But from there I think he was pretty safe-ish.

[@lucienArindelDomingo]

Whoever filmed this needs a raise

[@eliesh3833]

1:40 Elk be like: "A shoe? Really?"

[@angelfrom666]

😂😂😂

[@pearllcj]

I saw that too. Had me cracking up 😆

[@yuniw5023]

It worked tho

[@eliesh3833]

@@yuniw5023 Human used SHOE. *It's super effective!*

[@hardtake.e39]

I laughed my ass off 🤣

[@crisptomato9495]

Santa over there is looking around like, “ah shit Blitzen got out again”.

[@graceamerican3558]

🤣🤣

[@g.a.d6988]

Blitz with the Shitz

[@nithinp122]

Beautiful and brave horses . Elk is strong and confident as well. Happy that no one is hurt including that grandfather

[@CAYNE247]

That Bull Elk looks majestic af.

[@thewhitesilence6327]

You may have to be an elk hunter to notice, but that bull elk had a third antler. Just a little one between his right eye and the base of his right antler. Having a third antler is extremely rare. The elk is at least a 3 1/2 year old for those that are wondering.

[@jamescricketson9464]

You want his head on a wall do ya?

[@HaloDude557]

@@jamescricketson9464 you some kind of treehugger?

[@jamescricketson9464]

@@HaloDude557 you a commie?

[@HaloDude557]

@@jamescricketson9464 no sir

[@jamescricketson9464]

@@HaloDude557 hi 5 👋🏻

[@hollylednum8677]

1:40 when they throw the shoe and the elk looks at it like “what was the plan there chief?”

[@SarahSakura]

😂👏🤣 got me laughing out loud for real

[@bossfan49]

Lady: I'll gasp repeatedly and then you throw the least dangerous thing you can find. That oughtta do it!

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

@@bossfan49 Elk, staring at them with exasperation; you know I have a head chock full of knives, right?

[@leagueleaders]

You made my day spit coffee out my nose reading this one lol. What was the plan chief lmao

[@tomorrowhowever7488]

Reminds me of George W. !

[@albino5301]

The absolute adorable attempts at scaring him away are priceless. cus those were some of the most limp throws I’ve ever seen, grab something with some wait or stop letting your daughter be the thrower

[@Larsgman]

Lmao at the sandal throw at 1:25. Would’ve laughed so hard if it bopped him in the face

[@radar0412]

That Horse wasn't backing down, but you know that Bull Elk is an experienced Brawler.

[@ginogreen7048]

Yeah that elk wouldn't really hurt that horse if it had the chance, I had no idea elk were so big, this one is pretty much the same size as the horse

[@jimmyrustler9980]

Technically, it couldn't because it's caged in.

[@filingcabinet8715]

The elk is most likely young and was bullied out of the herd by the older elk, and probably doesnt know what a human is.

[@M3rVsT4H]

@Skeeter G-19 Soo... You've never seen a horse fight huh.

[@jakovhrga5619]

@Skeeter G-19 horse wins m8

[@chriskelly9361]

Horses "Cool hat you tool." Elk "It's popular in Europe, OK?!"

[@mamaeli8101]

Best comment here! 😆

[@billyin4c514]

Lol!

[@herrsphinx2120]

Stole this one from Chael Sonnen trash talking McGregor. About his pants: "They are European style!"

[@henrylivingstone2971]

I like the old guy saying “I’d like to have a rock and get him to leave!” 😂😂😂

[@SlowDay1651]

Lmao the elks face when they throw the flip flops towards him.

[@helensandham8781]

The way that elk looked at the shoes being thrown at him.... 😂

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

"Did you just FUCKIN' litter, in my own living room!?"

[@gtpflug2987]

For sure, that was such a human reaction from the elk. "Cmon...a shoe? Wtf?!"

[@westernbody]

It reminds of Austin Powers 'who uses a shoe?'

[@jaymac7203]

👁👄👁 lol

[@Cherbear609]

That’s called baffling them with bull shit, lol. Good move!

[@dexhodder]

This guy: I wish I had a rock or shoe to throw to scare him off, he just won’t leave Every elk hunter: if I can just sneak within 100 yds for a clean shot

[@teresastone8418]

I know that would’ve been an easy shot . Meat for a year

[@ramoncampbell1170]

I’d like to have a bullet!

[@parkercoyle1086]

@@casterbaiter287 wow another idiot who doesn’t know what they’re talking about

[@NateSean]

A well thrown knife could do the trick.

[@tuckerorman3623]

@@casterbaiter287 Then go out to public land in archery season and shoot an elk from 100 yards then.

[@jaymac7203]

When he threw the flipflop at it and it just looked at him lool 😭😭😂😂😂

[@Rodwill18]

Human:We’re watching you , you little sh*t Elk: Decapitates horse

[@ROMANEMPIRE69]

Lol! That elk wanted some of that hay. The horse is like no way. 😜

[@Elysia63]

You even made a rhyme _right there_ too!

[@cpf383]

You don’t say!

[@jaimewright7099]

I thought the horse said nayyyy

[@pwprochazka]

That elk was not interested in the hay. clearly it's rutting season and he wanted to brawl. It's in his blood in September. If you look at the elk's left side facing the obnoxious lady filming, you can see he's been on the receiving end of another elk's antlers.

[@cpf383]

@@pwprochazka Could’ve been a jackalope attack.

[@bumblebeedancer8511]

I was walking in a Provincial park in Saskatchewan Canada with my dog to go to the lake when we came face to face with a cow elk. We froze and my dog started barking aggressively standing it’s ground. She’s a black lab, very timid and I never ever saw her snarl and bark like that. She’d cower at a chihuahua. The elk trotted quickly towards us with its head down pawing the ground. I hid behind a tree the size of the one in this video. The elk circled the tree and we circled it to try keep some distance. It pawed the ground and flared its nostrils at me. Luckily my dog was on leash. I kept her behind my knees on a short leash to protect her from the elk’s long legs. I had a chuck-it thrower I hit the tree with and I yelled to make noise hoping to scare it away. It cornered us for 45 minutes. It would charge the tree. I was in boggy slop and had to hold onto the tree to circle it or I would have lost my footing. It wasn’t until I lowered my head that it charged the tree one last time and then walked away. Horribly scary incident. I got back to the camper soaking wet from the rain, white as a ghost and my dog and I were shaking. I was crying as the adrenalin I felt was over whelming. I was close enough to the elk I could have booped it’s nose! The thing was massive and incredibly beautiful. To this day if my dog is asleep and I startle her she jumps up and snarls and barks until she realizes it’s me. I didn't have my phone to get it on video - I mean there was little reception and I was going to the lake! It was fight or fight mode. An incredible and lucky experience. The Park Conservation Officer I reported it to said they had started calving that week and it probably had its young nearby it was protecting. The ek are a huge problem in the park. I think about that event frequently wondering the outcome if I didn’t just circle the tree waiting for it to back down. I am lucky and it awe of its beauty, strength and size.

[@hellosweetheart3350]

Awesome story! Glad your alright & blessings to you both, dogs are vicious when necessary. I had an english pointer that busted out of my camper middle of winter and followed me to the river without me knowing until a mountain lion came face to face with me. I looked over to my right and there was my dog!! Barking, pointing, and the cat lifted his huge paw and reared up and jetted! I don't know how my dog got out but all the heat was gone from the camper because the door was open and I didn't fish that day because I was shaking like you and hugging my dog for his protective nature.

[@colabama]

I'm so glad you're OK,you and your doggie.

[@snugbug5067]

WOW ! my muscles would have been jello after 46 mins of a standoff like that !!

[@laurenkifer9145]

I had a bull walk right up to and past me in Yellowstone when I was twelve it was so amazing he didn’t even acknowledge my presence like I was a peasant meanwhile my mom next to me was shitting herself and dragging me away by my arm it hurt she had to do that a lot that vacation I chased a grizzly bear tried to befriend a coyote got stabbed by a tree and bled everywhere I think there’s a reason they haven’t wanted to go back now that I think of it

[@laurenkifer9145]

@@hellosweetheart3350 meanwhile my coonhound is terrified of turtles.....

[@corneillececil9437]

He must have been mighty hungry to have stood his ground so long.

[@lisadenman9486]

The elk looked to be hungry...In reality all it wanted was some food...and the horse was like no way that's my food..lol

[@kevinstruke1031]

Yeah.

[@sjbock]

The elk was in rut. The little bay horse was probably a stallion which is why he and the elk were challenging each other. The larger calm, grey horse who was paying no attention to them was probably a mare.

[@kevinstruke1031]

@@sjbock If that Elk was in rut things would have been much more intense. He looked to be the typical Alberta/Montana suberb Elk.

[@kari8187]

Elk: gimme a bite Horse: how’s about no Horse: im eat it in front of you now

[@Deej496]

Cant believe how calm the horse remained, still trying to eat, while being harnessed. You can tell he/she has alot of trail miles logged! 🐎

[@radicalxg8282]

The Elk wanted what the horse was having and the horse didnt want to share any shit, horse: better eat this shit quick"

[@jjano2320]

Pretty intelligent animal. Knew the elk couldn't get to it.

[@dshepherd107]

@Mike Studmuffin Is it? Doesn’t look like a mustang in the face or jaw to me, but I’m no expert. It does look small like a mustang.

[@TheCatnipCinema]

@@dshepherd107 It's an Arabian. They have small dipped faces. They're one of the smaller horse breeds but incredibly strong.

[@daniels7717]

I Like Horse meat

[@kaylaspangle9148]

Stunning Arabian! I use to have a mare that was 18yrs old and looked stunning like her. I. Currently have a gelding and he is just as beautiful!

[@dadsgarage420]

The power of the Chancla! When he reached for the second one 😂

[@mariahsmith5647]

If he would of used those antlers, that would of been one expensive vet bill

[@BIGmlems]

True, assuming the horse doesnt kick his face in first, It is possible.

[@residentantagonist5352]

@@BIGmlems so... Never raised horses, huh?

[@N_manMETA11]

An elk won't use its antlers to attack other animals, it will lock horns and wrestle other bull elk for dominance (the same way a white tail, caribou, red deer and moose do) and aside from that, it's a factor in whether a female is willing to mate. If that horse wasn't there, the elk probably still would have "won" that fight, it's bigger, way more muscular, and they're very sturdy animals. They can shake off grizzly bears, wolves and coyotes. Horse would get knocked over once or twice and have probably given up. Elk have evolved to fight, a horse hasn't, although it's way faster than an elk.

[@zanicuhz2219]

That’s what I was thinking

[@Yoshikarter1]

@@N_manMETA11 Even an 800-pound "lighter breed" horse outweighs a 700-pound bull elk. A horse kicks with a force of 2,000 PSI, a blow like that to the head can kill a tiger. That bear that got "shaken off" by an elk was a younger grizzly, still a relatively inexperienced hunter. Look up the footage of a wild stallion attacking an alligator if you seriously think a horse can't fight.

[@Emanonerewhon]

Such a beautiful animal. There’s always something mythical about elk, and horses too! Glad this encounter didn’t resort to blows.

[@TheCatnipCinema]

Who knows what their life's like when the camera's off. 😕

[@Alexa-hs5bd]

@@TheCatnipCinema they look like hippies in the woods, probably really fun people.

[@midnaphai]

@@TheCatnipCinema Those horses are well fed, have perfectly clean shiny fur and good muscle build so you can be 100% sure they are taken exemplary care of. Also the Arabian horse breed is expensive af so they for sure not gonna let anything scratch these gems. The elk on the other hand can be glad nobody had a gun.

[@ChrisAndCats]

Yet this guy wants to throw rocks at it. It's just hungry and sees food.

[@YouKnowN0thing]

Mythic indeed. A little human boy got lost in the woods, in the Winter. He found a tree with wide, thick branches that acted like an umbrella to protect him from the falling snow, but the cold of the blizzard was going to kill him. The next day, rescue searchers found him, and to their shock, he was alive. He survived the night of freeing temperatures.. When they asked how,..he said 2 Elk showed up to his tree, and both of them laid around the boy, keeping him warm. Naturally they thought he was just hypothermic, and confused. ..Til they seen the spot he bedded down for the night,..and they saw the spot where the 2 giant elk also escaped the blizzard, under the same tree, and huddled around the boy. Of all the trees they could've chosen,..one without a human under it,..they still chose his tree, and laid next to him. SO they really are a mythic creature.

[@dejiadeleye5697]

Elk: What are the two walkers doing to you? Horses: What are you talking about? We love it here

[@bonnieavelar2179]

I love horses and the deer 🦌 family ❤

[@_Cato_]

I'm a rural southern boy and I took a trip to Washington state when I was 18, and went up to Mount Rainier with my then-girlfriend. We went deep into the woods and stumbled upon a bull elk watching over a doe and some calves. It was probably the most intimidating thing I've ever experienced. I'm over 6ft tall but this thing towered over me and just stared us down as we slowly, quietly walked backwards until it was out of sight. Man should never forget that he is just a small part of nature.

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

As a Washington state native, I’m glad you got to experience this. One of my favorite things about living up here (Issaquah) is that nature is RIGHT there. It’s awesome. Have a good one, mate.

[@justtrollinalong977]

Had the pleasure of going to Paradise on top of Mt Rainier while stationed at JBLM. After trekking around I was headed back to my car at nightfall and I remember a bull deer or elk or I dunno - not a hunter, just knew it was BIG - just standing there on the trail letting a few other people walk by and take pictures like it was Bambi's dad there specifically for the photo op. It was crazy amazing to see and so I share your sentiments.

[@joeschmidl3837]

I live in northern California, along the coast...can always find herds of momma elks and their calves feeding at the end of the ocean high tide mark and edge of the Redwoods.Its incredible, up to 30 in a herd.Females are about half the size of a mature bull

[@bgifford1969]

Yeah but we cheat and have guns. But that was a beautiful and true as fuck story. We ain't shit without out weapons.

[@joeschmidl3837]

@@bgifford1969 why do Southerners continue to think they're the only people with guns? Just because y'all get rock hard over your gun fetish does not mean rest of the country is gun free....you 🤡

[@BlitzenXmasX]

Horse: my food buck off!!! Elk: bro I got antlers and not afraid to use em!!!

[@captainawesome4983]

😂🤣 hilarious

[@nimitz1739]

The horse was also given vibes that he wanted to turn around and give him a kick. Witch they will do easily when threatened. It would’ve been an interesting fight.

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

Horse probably has steel shoes on all four feet, which can add to the damage he/she could do. It's good there was a fence between them, which I think the horse recognized/realized and she/he could see the problem more calmly.

[@aarongonzalez4458]

@@debbys-abqnm4537 if they were to fight horse will win they have strong legs to kick elk are weak legs and antlers are useful but not against a horse

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

@@aarongonzalez4458 -- those are good observations and thus good arguments. Perhaps the horses, having watched humans more closely, also have developed good fighting strategies. Horses are no pushovers: I saw a brief video, somewhere here on YT, of a horse fighting of a mountain lion, who was probably quite surprised at losing that painful encounter.

[@Keaks_]

That headgear is pretty intimidating when he starts swinging it around like that.

[@dennis17116]

Looks like Santa clause is having a problem with his reindeer 🤣

[@drivechevys2673]

1:41 elk looks down and up like saying are you gonna pick that up? 😂

[@montieluckett7036]

Metal spoon and a cooking pot would have solved that right smartly. Horse sure didn't want to give up any of that hay though, did it?

[@alovelydeadfish]

Or a shovel and a rock

[@montieluckett7036]

@@alovelydeadfish I dunno, that's a lot of sharp points on the one end to be whacking with a shovel on the other end of. But, guess it'd be better than a house shoe.

[@vivientakacs5599]

Seeing as there is probably no other food source it's not a shocker

[@alovelydeadfish]

@@montieluckett7036 I mean banging the rock with the shovel to make noise and scare it away, works on moose so probably work on an elk.

[@montieluckett7036]

@@alovelydeadfish Only thing I ever done with a shovel was dig a hole or whack something, or someone, with it. In my twilight years I have tried to steer shy of either one if'n I could help it. That's what God made the young'ns for, in my estimation.

[@CSDM15]

Santa clau just comes out like BLITZEN WHATS GOING ON HERE?!

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

Horses completely unfazed like SO WHAT YOU SAYIN, G?

[@erikgilson1687]

Holy crap that guys beard was the best animal out of all of them

[@Intokyky6969]

Underrated 🤣

[@Mautiks]

Your mom

[@damienthomas8541]

Bro I’m dead 😭💀💀

[@b_uppy]

When I first noticed him I thought 'another female', then I saw him turn. Whooops! It's not like I was paying close attention to the people, lol...

[@arbiterskiss6692]

That's why all animals subject themselves to people, they see the beards men grow, women's hair, and bow in admiration.

[@aremedyproject9569]

Gorgeous horse! The elk too.

[@hellosweetheart3350]

Your extremely beautiful ❤️

[@mihakabercic4457]

@@hellosweetheart3350 thanks

[@JonathanVachon777]

Yah the brown one looks pretty amazing

[@mrjolieguy8673]

The elk was giving a look to the ones filming like, “ … yo this ain’t got nothing to do with you guys! My problem is with no antler shmuck!” 😆😄 This was definitely a interesting moment captured … Who knows how bad it would have been if no one was around to intervene 😳👌

[@pinchebruha405]

That elk had to have been starving to hangout for that long….this makes me sad

[@ladyguerlain3707]

Same!! 🥺

[@joesmoe6947]

Well don’t they just eat grass? Doubt he had a very hard time finding some if he looked around. Sad thing is he got driven out of the herd.

[@Ideo7Z]

Meanwhile at another part of the forest, Thranduil is like "has anyone seen my ride? I've got that 5 armies thing to go to..."

[@Rep0007]

Oh I was thinking BUCK-aroo banzai.

[@limes998]

lmao the way the elk looked at that shoe "did you just throw a shoe at me?"

[@walterbrownstone8017]

Living in a trailer and keeping horses. That's the life!

[@audreymuzingo933]

The horse just keeps trolling the elk by getting big hanging wads of delicious hay and eating it in front of him.

[@Cha-Khia]

You might say he was being an ass.

[@dagger_wrist]

It's crazy how they look kinda similar, but in reality, the elk, being an artiodactyl, is more closely related to a fucking blue whale or dolphin, than a perisoodactyl like a horse.

[@calebmarek]

Oh yeah, for sure

[@ddelv583]

Wow! Who knew??? YOU, apparently! 😂

[@pharoahcaraboo9610]

who would win, standing on 1 finger or standing on 2 fingers? sometimes i forget whales used to be weird horses.

[@dagger_wrist]

@@shogunate2022 no seriously, look it up. this was already settled by evolutionary scientists a long time ago.

[@pharoahcaraboo9610]

@@shogunate2022 isnt it more miraculous, then, that if He created life, that we as humans lived and strove and achieved so much considering how long-lived the earth is? we survived mass extinction after extinction, plagues, creatures so much bigger and dangerous than our little mammalian ancestors, survived *ourselves*, and now... we're here! crawled out of the same primordial ooze, for millions scraped by, slowly changing into what would become the first ever human being... and we're alive and have so much to prove for ourselves. also, dude, play stupid games earn stupid prizes don't come in here like 'no ACTUALLY' and then get angry that people would disagree with you... or, maybe you're just bored and really wanna argue and don't actually want to listen or learn anything about our beatiful and ancient planet. thats sad! ):

[@reallywow6755]

This proof that Elk are not afraid of Sasquatch.

[@svtirefire]

Lol

[@richkreyche7064]

@Pronghorn Antelope I think by the Sasquatch, they meant, the man with the white beard

[@Toomuchbullshitt]

@@richkreyche7064 Santa Claus

[@177SCmaro]

lol, they're both flexing on each other like, "Don't hold be back, bro."

[@shameekisreal5185]

Those Horses Stood Their Ground 💙💙

[@Maverick20132]

Put horses in a corral outside, attract an elk . New hunting logic .

[@mlolvera91]

He may have been more attracted to the hay! Lol

[@TasmanianWolves]

@@mlolvera91 That's what I thought. He was trying to take the horse's FOOD.

[@seasaltz6538]

They're probably out camping, a lot of camp sites have corrals for horses, and who's to say that these horses are just having outside time. Idk about you but I don't know an elks schedule of when they decide to wander onto a camp site, do you??.

[@KuninKat]

That's horrible hunting logic the horses would never trust you and you would scare them shitless

[@daisymay6505]

Kunin people used to go to war on horseback, you can desensitize them to loud sounds

[@HawkinaBox]

That's a beautiful elk

[@foolslayer9416]

And beautiful horses

[@HawkinaBox]

@MacKenzie DONALD XD

[@dog3790]

@MacKenzie DONALD Welll.. no, they’re not nuisances. I do agree with that its okay to eat them.

[@dog3790]

@MacKenzie DONALD and im glad you mentioned killing it for meat. There are too mamy trophy hunters out there and its.. wrong

[@Rhacman]

"I'd like to have a rock..." Bull Elk: You have selected "lay to waste" mode.

[@Pack.Leader]

Beautiful encounter. Nice video! Where was this? Were you camping or is this a permanent residence?

[@pamelasmith8330]

That brown horse is gorgeous!!

[@antonioshair4849]

I love how he looks down at the shoe like “What, you expect this to do anything?”

[@veng3r663]

Maybe give it CORVID..? *shrugs *

[@Mr.Byrnes]

It did. It distracted the elk long enough for him to be able to throw a second shoe at him

[@nueanon]

I love how the elk stopped being agressive at some point n just started vibin

[@nueanon]

He just wanyed some food man dkfjs

[@dongadson1099]

Horse: "Bruh, this ain't it. Just leave." Elk: "...Just give me the food and I won't have to headbutt you, fool." Horse: "Run them hands then!" Horse #2: "Worldstar!!!"

[@galacticcactus5530]

“You’re gorgeous, but you’re being an a$$ right now” What a perfect description of nature. Lol

[@cannamink]

Once Santa walked out, I couldn’t stop laughing 😂

[@sallywatkinslanoza5405]

I know Right?! I know it's an elk, not a reindeer, but Still! ROFL! That man has a Beautiful, Full, and White Beard!

[@Razgriz0111]

My grandfather had an elk farm before he passed, he use to always carry a stick that was as long as he was tall, and was about 6ft. If an elk ever displayed agression towards him, he'd just hold the stick over his head. Making him taller than the elk. It went away every time. Not saying it would work here, with it being a wild elk, but, if it does it's a good bit of knowledge to have

[@tanekarnes5260]

Great, once in a lifetime video. I miss having horses.

[@LC-1748]

I love that Bob was having none of this nonsense. He was like "I'm gonna teach this Elk a thing or two."

[@jonathanallard2128]

Because Bob knows how much $$$ it would cost to fix or lose his horse.

[@T_P_W_ThachoZenjuan]

Oh those horses are so beautiful.

[@stephie5150]

Damn that wildlife acting wild, huh? Beautiful horses and elk.

[@LordRain1031]

That horse was like "to hell with you, this is MY food! And you can't have any!" 😁😆

[@honorboundfate9521]

0:27 that mane is magnificent (I’m not talking about the horses)

[@chiprobber7891]

DO YOU MEAN THE MAN? 😭

[@honorboundfate9521]

@@chiprobber7891 no mane like a lions mane.

[@kyle18934]

@@honorboundfate9521 like that mans luscious head of hair he has???

[@honorboundfate9521]

@@kyle18934 yeeeessss! Such glory is achieved by few of our number.

[@kyle18934]

@@honorboundfate9521 he was truly blessed. His hair is the envy of many hair models. He is the embodiment of luscious hair

[@timothybrinson97]

Bob: Throws sandal Elk: "Understandable, have a great day"

[@sofiehornqvist889]

This is how they communicate, feel each other out and TALK. They do not have LANGUAGES, but they still TALK. The people's overreactions to these natural interractions is just complicating things by inferring confusing sh*t into every-day wildlife communications. English is not my first language so I aplogise in advance for misspellings or using the wrong words for whatever word I meant to write.

[@echofoxtrot2.051]

That man's beard is as epic as the size of the rack on that elk!!! Horse, probably: "Hay is for horses...no touchee"