Elk Takes A Seat

In Colorado : Elk tangles with bar stool, is now wearing it

An elk that apparently tangled with a bar stool is now wearing the bar stool on its neck. Reports about the cow elk started coming into 7NEWS more than a week ago. Now residents in the area have taken photos of the elk wearing the bar stool.

Wildlife officers are aware of the elk's problem, but haven't been able to get close enough to tranquilize the elk and remove the extra headgear.

"It is not usual to have this happen to a cow elk," DOW officer Randy Hampton said. "With bull elk, we run to that situation commonly where they wiill get stuff tangled up in their antlers." In past years, elk have ended up with plastic lawn chairs and Christmas lights around their necks.