# @co_gazette on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C8IIPknNh16
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69786643-co-gazette-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-06-12T19:15:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Colorado Springs Gazette (@co_gazette) — https://gondola.cc/co_gazette

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Estes Park saw an “unprecedented” number of elk attacks that within a cluster of days sent three people — two of them children — to the hospital.

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife said aggressive behavior from elk is quite common during calving season. But their geographical proximity, the nature of the attacks and the fact that they happened in such brief successions made them “unprecedented,” a wildlife officer said.

The first attack occurred in the afternoon of May 30, when an eight-year-old girl was riding her bike in Estes Park and a female elk, who was about 60 yards away, charged at and stomped on her multiple times.

The girl sustained injuries that sent her to the hospital.

Less than a week later, on June 3, an elk attacked an even younger child, a four-year-old boy playing near Stanley Park. There were two elk hidden nearby, and one of them charged at the boy and stomped on him multiple times. He, too, went to the hospital.

Then on Friday, a woman walking her dog attempted to run behind a tree when an elk from about 20 yards away began charging at her. The elk stomped and kicked her several times. The woman sought medical treatment.

“Our thoughts are with the individuals after these very frightening experiences,” said Kate Miller, a spokesperson for Estes Park.

More on the attacks at the link in the @co_gazette bio

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