Animal encounters/sightings

[DFBrews]

I worked for the forest service in the creede area we where marking new beetle kill zones. I was walking up this ridge about ready to crest it and i spooked a herd of elk that where bedded down there was probably 20 or so cows they exploded off the ground all around me scared the crap out of me. and than in the same area a couple days later i walk thru a bunch of willows right next to a mama moose and her calf. she looked at me put back her ears i backed away slowly just waiting for her to charge. never had a an encounter with a predator though.

[hollohas]

and than in the same area a couple days later i walk thru a bunch of willows right next to a mama moose and her calf. she looked at me put back her ears i backed away slowly just waiting for her to charge.

I think a mama moose is about the LAST thing I would want to run into...scary.

[aahorn]

someone better have a sasquatch story..

[Uberjager]

This happened like a few months ago. I was driving westbound on 285, and I passed C470 and was like 300 feet from the Morrison exit. It was late at night, and I saw what I immediately thought was a dog jump out in the road in front of. I looked closer, and it was a mountain lion! It darted across the road, effortlessly leaped over the median, and it "vanished into the night". I was somewhat close to hitting it, but it had to be running at least 20 mph.

[rondog]

My elk encounter in Estes Park a couple years ago. Made my ass pucker tighter. I just stood quietly with my vid camera on the tripod, and stayed on the opposite side of the guardrail. When he crossed over, so did I, very carefully.



Grandson took this with his phone, you can just see me and my tripod on the far right edge. Too damn close! But when I went up to the road with my camera, they were all over on the other side. By the time I got setup, they had come over and all around me. So, I just stood still.