We CANNOT believe what we are hearing on the news! Maybe this lady didn't see it how we did... either way it is NOT what happened. This lady, Marchelle Elmer according to KUTV 2 News, is saying that a car passed her at a high rate of speed and forced the animals off the cliff to their death. BLEH! This upsets me a lot. To make it all worse, someone said they spoke to the driver and he acted like he didn't even care! Seriously? If anyone knows us or our families, they know that hunting, fishing, camping, and enjoying nature and wildlife is a big part of our lives. We love to drive up in the mountains to look at the animals. We love to go on drives when my family from Las Vegas comes up, to show them the beautiful scenery that we are so lucky to have so close to our home. We would never ever do anything to scare the wildlife, let alone practically push them off a cliff. We are not cruel people.

Also, we are noticing that people are finding our blog via google searches for 'elk forced off cliff in Provo'. We hope that you are the lady who reported this to the news. We want you to know that you are not the only one who has a side in this story. You were not in the car with us. Your exaggeration on the news has made us feel terrible. Maybe that's what you were hoping for... It saddens me to see that people like you thought we were deliberately trying to kill the elk. P.S. Our Land Rover is blue not black.

As for whoever told the news that the driver of the SUV acted like he didn't care, I apologize for the misunderstanding. We told the officer exactly what we were trying to do, which was make them run down the road instead of jumping. If that seems like we didn't care then maybe we are cruel people. I do, however, see how it may have come across like he didn't care. He was at work when we was called and asked about it! He works construction and it is kind of hard to talk and work at the same time! Also, he is not supposed to be on his phone at work. Maybe he was trying to hurry before he got caught... ever think about that? Just for the record, he does care.

This whole situation has upset me greatly.

For those of you who would like to see the story on KUTV 2 News:
http://www.kutv.com/content/news/topnews/story/Several-Elk-forced-to-Leap-to-Their-Death/o8KqDCAZF0WcXyRrvZD1HQ.cspx

And when you do watch it, notice that in her picture we are not the car in fron of her! That is a different BLACK SUV. Not a BLUE Land Rover!