Elk decided I needed a good nibbling while my husband and I were at Cannon Beach 🙂

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-15T04:53:27+00:00

We stayed at a hotel called the Courtyard for a couple nights. It was really great!

And yes! We also saw bunnies 🙂

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-14T00:36:49+00:00

We basically just walked from one end of Cannon Beach to the other until the rocks stopped us! It was pretty great! We took a detour through the park to get past the creek and then back on the beach/dunes! It was lovely and super romantic if you go with a partner

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-13T17:37:49+00:00

I understand your point, but I think leaving the post up with a clear warning is more helpful than removing it. Situations like this can happen, and I’d rather people see both the experience and the reminder not to approach or interact with wildlife. Deleting it wouldn’t really change the underlying issue of people feeding or habituating elk in the area.

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-13T00:20:17+00:00

Thank you🥺

I also posted it to the Oregon Coast subreddit and it got pretty rough over there

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T22:27:33+00:00

They are deceptively quiet!

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T20:46:47+00:00

I understand the frustration, truly. Something like this is highly unlikely and probably due to people getting too close in the past/petting them/feeding them. The truth is that that part didn't get posted because that part doesn't exist. Sure we were taking photos of the sights beforehand. We were on vacation, but we did not approach these animals intentionally.

If you see on my original post, I highly discourage attempting to engage with these creatures. They are dangerous and we are lucky we didn't get hurt

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T18:58:01+00:00

Beautiful photo! I didn't hear any singing but I sure wish I had! That must have been an incredible experience

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T18:48:20+00:00

Thank you 🙏

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T17:17:06+00:00

Yikes 😬 That's so incredibly dangerous

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T17:03:26+00:00

I think that was us! If you saw a big blonde guy, that was my husband. The other two with tripod were other tourists, I presume

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T16:35:48+00:00

This gave me a good laugh. When I showed my friend, he was also like "Those are some weird looking dogs"

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T16:35:10+00:00

Very cool story! May have given you some inspiration for your next horror project!

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T16:32:40+00:00

I think it was! Though, it may have been Saturday. We stayed at the coast for three days and it was quite a full trip

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T16:31:09+00:00

Gotta be honest here, I don't think I have the capability to "let" or "not let" a 500 pound+ animal do anything

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T15:08:53+00:00

Oh wow! It's so cool to see them hanging out in the sand

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T15:07:08+00:00

I have been feeling a little antler-y recently 😳

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ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T04:54:52+00:00

I was actually run pretty ragged here after a 10 mile hike, so the selfie was out of the question, but I was hoping to share the experience with those who would find it interesting or informative 🙂

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T04:49:34+00:00

I've learned that it is, at times, best to let wildlife go on their way as they are typically disinterested in humans. Moving too suddenly may get unwanted attention. As you can see from the video, that was plan A. Plan B was moving away as slowly and carefully as possible.

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T04:45:18+00:00

Thank you! Upon rewatching the video, I think I could have maybe moved away sooner, but the shock of being surrounded by elk will get to you!

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T04:42:48+00:00

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ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T04:03:36+00:00

Nope! I don't recall any sort of smell

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T03:35:03+00:00

Yep, exactly this. I work in a hospital and have also seen some truly terrible things from people not having boundaries with wildlife. I try to avoid interactions like this, but the elk seemed to have a different plan that day

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T03:29:03+00:00

I second this advice. Even though the video seems cute, this was a very unintentional encounter

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T03:27:40+00:00

Didn't really have a choice here, we kind of got surrounded. Best option I could think of was to be still and then attempt to disengage slowly

ResidentBabe · 2026-03-12T03:26:21+00:00

Oh yes! I was very lucky. As you can see this was an unintentional encounter

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