{"id":234576,"date":"2026-01-15T12:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/234576\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:14:10","slug":"tourist-humiliated-by-elk-in-viral-video-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/234576\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist Humiliated By Elk In Viral Video: WATCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tourists continue to prove they have no idea how to handle wild animals.<\/p>\n<p>PublishedJanuary 14, 2026 10:40 AM EST\u2022UpdatedJanuary 14, 2026 10:20 AM EST<\/p>\n<p>FacebookTwitterEmailCopy Link<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Who wants to see some more footage of tourists behaving like idiots?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">You know you do because, as we regularly cover here at OutKick, there are few things in life more entertaining than watching morons interact with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wild<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/animal-thunderdome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">animals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">As I always say, it&#8217;s not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/disney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Disney<\/a> movie. Wild animals don&#8217;t want to be your friend, and they can get incredibly aggressive if they feel threatened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Yet, that&#8217;s a message that clearly hasn&#8217;t been learned by some.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gettyimages-1039975078-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Wild animals can become aggressive if they feel threatened. (Credit: Getty Images Creatives)<\/p>\n<p>Tourist gets embarrassed by elk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The popular Facebook page Colorado Adventures shared a video of a pair of tourists getting way too close to a small group of elk, including some young ones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The female elk wasn&#8217;t having it, and as soon as she approached the man filming, he immediately ate the dirt and tumbled down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">He wasn&#8217;t even touched and still managed to fold like a cheap tent! Give the video a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">These videos will never get old. Seriously, what is wrong with people? What is wrong with tourists? Stay at least 25 yards back from wild animals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The year is 2025. How do people still not understand this? At least it was a female elk here, and not a bison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The man might have gone for a violent and unpleasant ride if it&#8217;d been the latter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gettyimages-1396658265-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Bison (Credit: Getty Images Creatives)\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Tourists continue to prove they&#8217;re absolute idiots when it comes to wild animals. (Credit: Getty Images Creatives)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Pretty simple and straightforward. At least it makes for fun content. Let me know what you think at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tourists continue to prove they have no idea how to handle wild animals. 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