What The Elk Are You Doing?!

My family is driving through Yellowstone National Park, known for its geysers and wildlife. As usual, it’s a bit of a traffic jam, but moving okay. We notice that everyone is pulling over to the side, which is commonly done to see the wildlife and take pictures. Sure enough, there is an elk in velvet – that means they have antlers but it’s not rutting season, so the antlers are covered in fuzz. Male elk are pretty chill until rutting season, so it’s just browsing on the side of the road.

We all go out and take pictures and suddenly my big brother, about sixteen, runs forward and yells at one of the other tourists.

They are about to try to put their toddler on the back of a wild elk!

They backed off so all’s well that ends well, but really… wild animals, people!