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Red deer stag approaches hiker in the Scottish Highlands \u2013 Credit: Roaming Thistle \/ SWNS<\/p>\n Red deer stag approaches hiker in the Scottish Highlands \u2013 Credit: Roaming Thistle \/ SWNS<\/p>\n
A new video from the Scottish Highlands shows a wild stag walking right up to a hiker, getting so close that his breath fogged up the stunned man\u2019s camera lens.<\/p>\n
The \u2018magical\u2019 moment was captured by Craig who journeys around Scotland in a motorhome and documents his travels as the Roaming Thistle<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n A week ago Saturday, Craig was walking in Glencoe with his camera when he saw a male red deer, the iconic symbol of Scotland\u2019s untamed landscapes, and moved in slowly to shoot a video.<\/p>\n \u201cI expected nothing more than a quiet moment observing wildlife,\u201d said Craig, who bought the motorhome to explore Scotland and create memories with his family.<\/p>\n \u201cThe stag calmly approached, completely unbothered, and gently brushed up against the camera lens.<\/p>\n \u201cAs he breathed on it, the lens briefly steamed up, which somehow made the moment feel even more magical before he quietly moved on again.\u201d<\/p>\n The traveler said he felt a mix of disbelief and privilege after the interaction.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEncounters like that are incredibly rare, and it felt genuinely special to witness such calm, natural behavior from a wild animal.\u201d<\/p>\n CHECK OUT THESE ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS: Known as the Highland stag, the male red deer (Cervus elaphus scoticus) is Britain\u2019s largest land mammal, renowned for their massive branching antlers that can span 45 inches (more than a meter).<\/p>\n \u201cIt was one of those moments that stays with you, not because it was dramatic, but because it was quiet, intimate, and entirely on the stag\u2019s terms.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is proof that the most majestic residents of the Highlands are also the most curious!\u201d<\/p>\n SHARE THE MAJESTIC MOMENT With Animal Lovers on Social Media\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red deer stag approaches hiker in the Scottish Highlands \u2013 Credit: Roaming Thistle \/ SWNS A new video…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[264,1902,15046,61,60,266,82,9036,41349,22774,1577,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-300224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-beauty","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-photography","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-surprise","17":"tag-top-videos","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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