IMHO Daleel scans the net and picks up anything possible to claim as something AQ caused - PSCH-OPS deluxe. It is possible they are monkeying with explosives trying to cause a massive eruption at Yellowstone and we are investigating this possibility. Way too much going on in that part of the country for it to be coincidental.
The part that bothers me about the elk deaths is the paralysis and the apparent inability for cause to be determined. If it had been humans killed in Rawlins instead of elk, and one month had elapsed and we still didn't know what killed that many people, imagine the outrage. It's clearly taking too long.