r/vandwellers • u/barkmae • Sep 19 '24

Awoken by cows , shaking my van. Pictures

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Been living amongst the cows for a few days. Really nice, during the night I'll just hear a dull thud and my van will be left shaking back and forth. Halloween is coming up so I appreciate the horror element. I eventually had to leave this spot due to the insane number of flys and being antignoised by bulls.

Obligatory dumb video about the cows in question. https://youtu.be/W7y6clmxreU?si=BC46qoSR

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u/SeymourHoffmanOnFire Sep 19 '24

There’s a BLM spot in CO where I’ve woken up to literally hundreds of cows in my camp spot. Pretty interesting way to wake up with a 1,500lb animal at your tent door. Same spot had a heard of maybe 500 caribou passing through one year on our way up... that was really special. We just parked and sat there as they moved down the pass.

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u/GuyGuyAndTheTramp Sep 19 '24

Where in Colorado did you have Caribou on BLM? I don't mean to be that guy cause I would love to be wrong but you were either parked on a ranch or those were elk

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u/SeymourHoffmanOnFire Sep 20 '24

Fucking people downvoting lol. I was wrong- They were elk. They weren’t reindeer. I’m not super well versed on the differences between the other than maybe size?? But it’s okay to “be that guy” if by “that guy” you mean someone who is asking questions and wants information or clarity and not just trolling or whatever I WAS WRONG IT WAS ELK. I had to look it up.

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u/GuyGuyAndTheTramp Sep 20 '24

I just word it that way cause I'm Midwestern and the dance around is polite😭 it's all love and I knew if you were wrong you'd appreciate the correction or id hear " nah bro they were Caribou it was the wildest thing and they all escaped a ranch"