Branch cracking Elk?

Happy Christmas Day to you all!
It’s has been a lovely day here in Högfors with a clear blue sky and about -9°c all day. I have walked around Högfors taking some pictures. I will take some more tomorrow and then I’ll give you all a picture post of the whole thing.

Today, as yesterday, has been all about one thing: eating and that’s really al that there has been.

This morning I took a nice morning stroll with the Boo in the dense, and large, Forest (there really is nothing but forest up here). As we walked along a small, snowed up, trail Bosse stopped to chew on a stick. As he did I looked into the forest and thought about all the wild animals living there. Up here there’s Wolf, Bear, Lynx and more. Deep into my thoughts I, from behind me, heard the noise of a tree branch cracking (no twig; this was a loud sound, and very near my back). I slowly turned around, the Boo turner around a bit quicker, and we both stared into the woods. I saw nothing. We walked away very slowly and the Boo cautiously looked into the woods all the time. I think that there was something there and it was most likely an Elk. I’ll look harder tomorrow.