<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.fark.com/goto/12087836/people.com/pets/colorado-cat-meets-elk-in-colorado-video/%3Futm_source%3Dfark%26utm_medium%3Dwebsite" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Colorado cat craves cuddles on Caturday</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">.</span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Courtesy of <i>People</i> at:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://people.com/pets/colorado-cat-meets-elk-in-colorado-video/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">https://people.com/pets/colorado-cat-meets-elk-in-colorado-video/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">————————————————-</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="intro article-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: Lora, serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><div class="headline-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; align-items: center; display: flex; justify-content: space-between;"><h1 class="headline heading-content elementFont__display" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 48px; line-height: 52px; font-family: Basel, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px;">Cat and Elk Meet Face-to-Face at Colorado Window and Try to Cuddle Through Glass</h1><div id="karma-lazy-sponsorLogo" class="sponsor-logo" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"></div></div></div><div class="margin-16-bottom elementFont__dek elementFont__dek--linkWithin" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; font-family: Limerick, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Charlie the cat regularly watches wild animals walk through his Estes Park, Colorado backyard, but seems to enjoy the elk most of all</div></div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Colorado cats can make some real wild friends. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On Jan. 24, Andrew Derek Flockhart of Estes Park, Colorado, spotted his cat Charlie partaking in one of his favorite hobbies: communing with local elk. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"We live in a magical place where elk, deer, and other wildlife roam freely through the town," Flockhart <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/now/cat-elk-come-face-face-200111326.html" target="_blank" title="(opens new window)"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); text-decoration: none;">told Storyful</span></a>. "Our cat, Charlie, loves to watch them from our windows and has become very fond of the elk, who sometimes come up to have a look inside our house."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The cat dad decided to film his feline's recent visit with the wild animals for all pet lovers to enjoy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">In the clip, Charlie, a white cat with dark markings, is sitting inside staring out a window directly at a chestnut-colored elk, who is outside centimeters from the glass.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Even though a windowpane separates the furry pair, Charlie still attempts to cuddle with the elk by rubbing his head and body against the glass near the wild animal's face.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21pt; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">At one point in the video, Charlie appears to try to initiate a game of patty cake with the elk. The pet repeatedly drags his paws against the window from the inside, but the elk doesn't respond to the invitation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">Eventually, Charlie separates from his hoofed friend at the end of the clip and walks to another window. The new view reveals that there isn't just one elk in the cat's backyard, but at least five large creatures.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">———————-</span></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;">Photo . . .</p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_012922.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_012922.jpg</a></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;">————————————————-</p></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>“Caturday”</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by Linus Petit</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3</a></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span dir="ltr">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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