https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/leaping-elk-crashes-low-flying-research-helicopter-in-utah/ar-BBJ5QG5?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=SL5IDHPjust when you though you've heard it all:
SALT LAKE CITY — An elk leaped into a research helicopter that was trying to capture it and brought down the helicopter in a collision that also killed the elk, authorities said Tuesday.
The elk jumped into the chopper's tail rotor as the aircraft flew about 10 feet (3 meters) above ground in a mountainous part of eastern Utah, with its crew trying to drop a net on the elk, said Jared Rigby of the Wasatch County Sheriff's Office.
The two people on board weren't seriously hurt, but the elk died of its injuries Monday afternoon.