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Elk missing from Great Smoky Mountains National Park shows up in Greenville County
WYFF 4Updated: 12:20 PM EDT Sep 18, 2020
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GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. —
If you have seen an elk hanging out in Greenville County, you are not alone.

An elk from a herd at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, has crossed over from North Carolina to South Carolina, according to Greg Lucas with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

"The harness is a GPS radio collar. It’s been with us for about two weeks. It’s hanging out in the Greenville Watershed, but it keeps popping up in various places," Lucas said.

Lucas said the elk herd is a partnership between the National Park Service and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

"They are not going to intervene unless the elk gets in an urban situation and endangers people and/or itself," Lucas said. "We are hoping it will go back to North Carolina! SCDNR is not currently trying to establish an elk population. We once had elk in South Carolina, but they disappeared many years ago, probably in the 1800s, due to overhunting and habitat destruction."

This is not the first time an elk has been spotted in our area.

One was spotted in Liberty and Norris in 2016.

Watch the story above.

And another off White Horse Road in Berea the same year