Tourists try to ride wild elk taking over Oregon beach

Tourists try to ride wild elk taking over Oregon beach

It can take some time to adjust to new neighbors. For tourists and residents of Oregon's small coastal town of Cannon Beach, acclimating to beach-loving elk is proving to be a challenge. Cowboy State Daily reported on the influx of herds of elk to the town's beaches and some unwise human-elk interactions taking place. "We have a lot of visitors who just don't think that it (an elk) is a wild animal," James Paino, executive director of the local …