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[On It]

Understanding the size of an elk or any animal one has never seen is difficult. I thought these photos might help everyone see just how large the elk are in comparison to vehicles.

This is a female elk crossing the street in front of an automobile.

This is a bull elk that is standing in front of a 4 wheel drive Chevy Tahoe. It is a tall vehicle that I need the running board enter.

[kze]

Oh my.  Just a teensy big bigger than a deer.  Lol.

[SandySparkles]

What a MAGNIFICENT creature!❤ She is definitely QUEEN of that road!😁 You are SO fortunate to be able to experience something as SPECIAL as this!❤ This spellbinding beauty COMMANDS attention in all her grandeur! To capture something as random as this, would be my thrill of that day!!😊💝🥰

THANK you SO much for caring to share this AMAZING photo with us!🤗

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

[Puggywuggy]

They are such beautiful animals. I remember seeing them grazing in a meadow and thinking they were the size of a horse. Thank you for sharing!

[SaveTheTurtles]

Holy cow, I mean ELK! They are huge!

[Kachina624]

@On It.  Here's a good perspective.  This fool was much too close.

[On It]

@Kachina624 I would say, "What is he thinking?" Clearly he isn't. I have never been out of the safety of a vehicle or away from a doorway when approached by elk. People don't realize they are unpredictable. That is why the pedestrians today walked across the street to avoid disturbing them.

[on the bay]

So Big!

[On It]

This is the closest I have ever been to an elk out in open air. I am on my front porch which is four feet above ground level. My front door is directly behind me. A mama elk with a calf can be protective.

Edited to add:  The mama and baby are four feet below me. Think how tall they would look in the photo if I had been on ground level. The perspective is off since I was pointing the camera downward.

[aubnwa01]

Many years ago, when I still lived in WA, I had gone to Crystal Mountain to go skiing.  As I was headed home in my little 1986 Subaru wagon on Hwy 410, the traffic all stopped on the road & as we all sat there, a herd of elk came ambling down the hill & across the road in between the cars.  One of them, walked right by my driver's side door & I found myself looking up at the undercarriage of a huge elk!  I hadn't realized how big they were!