
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: ArialMS; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><div style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;" class=""><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: tahoma;" class=""><div class=""><font size="3" face="Calibri" class=""></font></div><div style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; display: inline;" class=""><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""></font></div></div><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica;" class=""><div id="AOLMsgPart_2_7eb767fc-e5a4-40c6-a2ff-82e71312a4f4" class=""><div class="aolReplacedBody" dir="ltr"><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div class=""> </div><br class=""><div style="" class=""><div class=""><blockquote class="" type="cite"><div class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Friendly Elk</b><br class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote><blockquote class="" type="cite"><div class=""><font size="3" face="Arial" class=""><div class=""><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479250421538_16037" class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922Section1"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479742578228_38756" class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span></font> </div><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476539537516_292382" style="border-width: medium 1.5pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; padding: 0in 11pt 0in 0in; min-height: 1px;" class=""><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476539537516_292381" class=""><h1 id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479742578228_38765" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479742578228_38764" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479742578228_38763" color="#494949" size="6" face="Helvetica" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479742578228_38762" style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);" class="">A Firefighter Is Battling A Wildfire When An Elk Walks Up Behind Him… But Watch What Happens!</span></font><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></b></h1></div><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476539537516_292389" class=""><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476539537516_292388" class=""><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476539537516_292387" class=""><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476539537516_292386" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479742578228_38768" class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; line-height: 18pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479742578228_38767" size="4" face="Helvetica" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479742578228_38766" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">All animals need a community — a group of fellow creatures to hunt with, travel with, and make life a little less lonely. For some wild animals, losing their birth family means they need to find their own community in other ways. In Kittitas County , in central Washington , locals knew about an elk who would wander onto nearby farms after being abandoned by her family. The elk was known to approach cows and goats, but her search of companionship hasn’t stopped with friends of the four-legged variety… as one group of first responders recently learned firsthand</span></font><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">!</span></font><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; line-height: 18pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><b class=""><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">One day, a group of hard-working firefighters responded to a blaze in the woods of Kittitas County , Washington .</span></font></b></strong><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;" class=""><img id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1025" alt="elk1" src="https://boredomfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/elk1-710x947.jpg" width="710" height="947" style="height: 9.864in; width: 7.395in;" class=""></span></font><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; line-height: 18pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><b class=""><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">While on a break at one of their command posts, they got a welcome surprise after a hard day’s work: a friendly elk walked up to say hello!</span></font></b></strong><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;" class=""><img id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1026" alt="elk3" src="https://boredomfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/elk3-710x951.jpg" width="710" height="951" style="height: 9.906in; width: 7.395in;" class=""></span></font><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; line-height: 18pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><b class=""><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">The elk, named Buttons, is a fixture in the community, and many locals have seen her hanging around their ranches and farms.</span></font></b></strong><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;" class=""><img id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1027" alt="elk2" src="https://boredomfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/elk2-575x1024.jpg" width="576" height="1024" style="height: 10.666in; width: 6in;" class=""></span></font><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; line-height: 18pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><b class=""><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">Buttons was abandoned by her family at a young age, so she started hanging around with groups of cows and goats on a nearby hillside.</span></font></b></strong><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;" class=""><img id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1028" alt="elk4" src="https://boredomfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/elk4-710x946.jpg" width="710" height="945" style="height: 9.854in; width: 7.395in;" class=""></span></font><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;" class=""> <span class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m1844243815326550177apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><strong class=""><b class=""><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">She’s been a part of the Kittitas County community ever since,</span></font></b></strong><span class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m1844243815326550177apple-converted-space"><b class=""><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: helvetica; font-weight: bold;" class=""> </span></font></b></span><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><b class=""><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">and she’s even become something of a local celebrity.</span></font></b></strong><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;" class=""><img id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1029" alt="elk6" src="https://boredomfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/elk6-710x941.jpg" width="710" height="941" style="height: 9.802in; width: 7.395in;" class=""></span></font><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; line-height: 18pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span></font> </div></div><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; line-height: 18pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span></font> </div></div><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span></font> </div><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; line-height: 18pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><b class=""><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">While most elk keep a safe distance from humans, Buttons has no hesitations about saying hi up close. Sometimes she even shows her affection in the form of a nuzzle or a sloppy kiss!</span></font></b></strong><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;" class=""><img id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1030" alt="elk5" src="https://boredomfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/elk5-710x953.jpg" width="710" height="953" style="height: 9.927in; width: 7.395in;" class=""></span></font><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; line-height: 18pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><b class=""><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">Several elk herds have come through the area, but Buttons seems to prefer hanging out with her new friends, animals and humans alike.</span></font></b></strong><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;" class=""><img id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1031" alt="elk7" src="https://boredomfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/elk7-710x945.jpg" width="710" height="945" style="height: 9.843in; width: 7.395in;" class=""></span></font><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; line-height: 18pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong class=""><b class=""><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">The firefighters reported that during her visit to their post, this sweet elk made sure to make the rounds and give kisses to every officer there.</span></font></b></strong><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478728319749_14965" class=""><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478728319749_14964" class=""><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478728319749_14963" class=""><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478728319749_14962" class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;" class=""><img id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922m_1844243815326550177m_627499492705333361yiv3352359237_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0000_i1032" alt="elk8" src="https://boredomfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/elk8-710x949.jpg" width="710" height="949" style="height: 9.885in; width: 7.395in;" class=""></span></font><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; line-height: 18pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">With so much love to go around, it’s safe to say that Buttons the elk will never be lonely again!</span></font><font class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></div></div></div></div></div><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478728319749_14971" class=""><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478728319749_14970" class=""><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478728319749_14969" class=""><div id="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478728319749_14968" class=""><div class="yiv8692693711m_-7549036451208626452yiv5910163922MsoNormal" align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center; line-height: 18pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><font size="5" face="Helvetica" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;" class="">Share this friendly elk with your friends who love animals!</span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></font></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></font></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>