Elk Pinned to tree by avelanche.

[mallardsx2]

Interesting if you haven't seen it.

https://imgur.com/r/natureismetal/14UUCyd

 

[Alaskabound2016]

Wow! That is crazy!

 

[mntnguide]

That was taken a couple weeks ago by a friend I grew up with in Idaho. He was just out hiking and came across it. Pretty wild

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[tdcour]

That’s pretty crazy right there!

 

[JimP]

It was Sasquatch that did it.

 

[kidoggy]

so was it an avalanche or just a winter kill and the snow was that deep when it died???
I "suspect" the latter. hard to say but my guess is she simply fell (maybe slipped on icy snow)got tangled around the tree and couldn't get up. then snow melted leaving her suspended in tree


and why is she so happy?????probly was glad to end the suffering of a long winter.

pretty cool though.

 

[JimP]

It couldn't of been much of a avalanche since a lot of the ground cover is still around the area. Where I live the avalanches take everything out all the way to the bottom, all that grows in them is small bushy plants.

 

[highplainsdrifter]

Nature can be cruel. We took this picture last spring while setting out bear baits.

 

[Catahoula12]

Crazy things happen.

 

[MountainHigh]

Crazy that is so weird.

 

[SGM]

Elk in a tree,that's a new one, however, sad to say but I've seen way to many deer and elk dead in fences.

 

[Ikeepitcold]

I bet this happens often. Nature can be a mother.