Driving just west of Denver on I-70 eastbound in my friend's Dodge. We see 4 elk on the hwy. He slams the brakes, other do too. 3 elk make it across, a grey Civic takes the legs out from under the other. A Subaru rear ends the Civic. And the elk goes flying behind them.
We pull over to help. Amazingly no one is hurt. Apparently not the elk either, it gets up and starts wandering towards the hwy again. My wife runs over there yelling and waving her arms, we follow suit. The elk turns around and lays down in the grass. We await the cops, let them know it was the animal and no driver was at fault and fill out a police report.
The elk gets back up and starts heading toward the hwy again. Cop gets his handgun out, walks up there and puts 2 in its head. We fill out the rest of the paperwork. I look up, see the elk again. "Uhhh...officer that elk is back up!" It's bleeding bad through the mouth but it is again walking back towards I-70. Cop goes to his trunk grabs a shot gun and hands it to the other other cop.
He says "why do I have to do the weird shit?!"
1st cop "You're the new guy."
2nd cop walks up there, maybe 30 feet. Looks at the 1st cop then at the elk and walks up within 15 feet.
1st cop says to us "You folks might want to look away."
Me "No way man, I wanna see this!"
12 gauge slug to the side of the elk's head. 2nd cop looks down at 1st cop again, then walks right up and puts a 2nd round in the elk's head again. Double tap.
We pull over to help. Amazingly no one is hurt. Apparently not the elk either, it gets up and starts wandering towards the hwy again. My wife runs over there yelling and waving her arms, we follow suit. The elk turns around and lays down in the grass. We await the cops, let them know it was the animal and no driver was at fault and fill out a police report.
The elk gets back up and starts heading toward the hwy again. Cop gets his handgun out, walks up there and puts 2 in its head. We fill out the rest of the paperwork. I look up, see the elk again. "Uhhh...officer that elk is back up!" It's bleeding bad through the mouth but it is again walking back towards I-70. Cop goes to his trunk grabs a shot gun and hands it to the other other cop.
He says "why do I have to do the weird shit?!"
1st cop "You're the new guy."
2nd cop walks up there, maybe 30 feet. Looks at the 1st cop then at the elk and walks up within 15 feet.
1st cop says to us "You folks might want to look away."
Me "No way man, I wanna see this!"
12 gauge slug to the side of the elk's head. 2nd cop looks down at 1st cop again, then walks right up and puts a 2nd round in the elk's head again. Double tap.
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