I can clearly see how rumors get started...
On a local Western WY facebook page there is someone looking for help identifying some guys involved in a fight over an elk in the backcountry...
Apparently a few guys were butchering an elk, a few other guys came up on em and accused them of stealing it, and beat them to the point that they eventually ended up in the ER...
Not much for details beyond the one side of the story that was posted, so who knows what's true, but apparently it's getting crazy(er) out there...