{"id":479412,"date":"2026-03-16T23:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/479412\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T23:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:53:10","slug":"elk-charges-man-in-crazy-viral-video-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/479412\/","title":{"rendered":"Elk Charges Man In Crazy Viral Video: WATCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An adult male elk can easily weigh north of 700 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>PublishedMarch 16, 2026 4:00 AM EDT\u2022UpdatedMarch 15, 2026 11:53 PM EDT<\/p>\n<p>FacebookTwitterEmailCopy Link<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">An incredible video shows why you don&#8217;t want to mess with wild animals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">As OutKick readers know, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/outkick-outdoors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wild animals<\/a> don&#8217;t want to be your pets. In fact, I&#8217;d encourage people to keep a safe distance from wild animals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Nature isn&#8217;t a Disney movie. It can certainly be beautiful, but it can also be a house of horrors. That leads me to an insane video of an elk going viral.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gettyimages-1451630046-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Male elks can weigh more than 700 pounds. They&#8217;re massive animals. (Credit: Getty Images Creatives)<\/p>\n<p>Massive elk charges man in viral video.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Footage recently shared by The Untamed View shows exactly why you don&#8217;t want to upset a massive elk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The footage filmed in Estes Park, Colorado shows a giant elk charging a man the animal apparently felt was a bit too close.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Not great!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">You can check out the video below, and make sure to let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">And that, my friends, is the last kind of situation you want to find yourself in. You might think you&#8217;re tough. You might even be tough!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Good luck fighting a fully mature male elk and coming out the other side as the winner. That&#8217;s simply not going to happen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Generally speaking, elk aren&#8217;t an incredibly aggressive animal. Having said that, all wild animals can have a mean streak in them if they feel threatened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">That&#8217;s more or less what appears to have happened in this situation. Fortunately, nobody got hurt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gettyimages-1277545532-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Elk (Getty Images Creatives)\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">An incredible viral video shows an elk charging a man. (Getty Images Creatives)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Always keep your head on a swivel when dealing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">nature<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/animal-thunderdome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">animal thunderdome<\/a>, and make sure to let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An adult male elk can easily weigh north of 700 pounds. 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