Posted on 03/24/2009 7:37:20 AM PDT by mdittmar
Don't get a moose mad -- that's what one family learned after trying to scare a moose away from their home near Prince George, B. C.
The family was using an air horn to scare the animal when the moose charged the home's front door.
The family took a video of the incident, which shows the moose tramping around in the snow outside the house before running at the door, which the owners slam shut at the last moment.
Conservation officers say the moose was probably upset by the family's barking dog and the air horn.
No one was hurt and conservation officers say anyone encountering a wandering moose should just leave the animal alone and give it plenty of space. (CKPG)
In an upcoming follow-up report ... “Family charged with upsetting moose after upset moose charges family.”
If Sarah was there, that family would have meat for a year
A Moose once bit my sister.
Uh, oh. That family will be in court for the next 10 years, defending their actions in the face of every crackpot, animal rights whack-job in Canada.
“..a wandering moose should just leave the animal alone and give it plenty of space.”
Sage advice.
I døn't suppøse they had any cheese or sisters handi...after all, møøse bytes can be nasti...
Møøse bites can be pretty nastie.
Conservation officers say the moose was probably upset by the family's barking dog and the air horn.Well, to be fair to the Moose, that would get me upset too.
Yep, but luckily it was small Moose.
Plus it was my sister's fault anyway - she called him an Elk.
Moose Lodges complain about harassment! Elks not happy either.
Moose pass the cheese.
They can be nastie.
I know Ann Elk from college.
I bet her parents are fun at parties ;-)
Møøse bites can be pretty nastie.
Yeah, wellll, moose poo is not exactly chocolate pudding either.
Conservation officers say the moose was probably upset by the family’s barking dog and the air horn.....
Bullwinkle needs a timeout!
LOL.
BTW, WHERE’S THE VIDEO?
I didn’t find a link.
And if you find one in your yard, the Canadian government will buy your house for fair market value so you can...what?
I’ve had moose. It ain’t that good. I’d say, hold out a bit longer, and try enraging an elk.
That is a better deal than you would get in the US.
EPA would declare your house a Protected Moose Habitat Zone and kick you out in the street with only the shirt on your back.
Of the moose charging the family home?
LOL!
And put you in jail.
I like cheese.
Plenty of people hunt swamp donkeys up there... we’re talking rural BC, not super liberal assbag Toronto or Vancouver...
Oh, f'Petessake. Never goose a loose moose - there's no excuse. It's abuse. Call a truce and use a noose to induce the moose to vamoose.
Don't start me on my deer in the beer problem...
[cough, cough] Ahem...
When were you last in Canada, young man?
How much? And why didn’t the moose use his Debit Card?
Only 4 posts! Excellent. Good to see we're on the ball today.
Moose ping.
Never bring an air horn to a Moose fight!
I was just getting ready to do just that!
Great minds think alike. (!!!!!!!!!)
LOL!!
Always a good idea not to irritate a beast both a lot bigger and a lot dumber than yourself.
My old boss once thought it would be entertaining to feed a big bull moose off his porch (about 4 feet above the ground)
He thought it was cool how the moose would eat any vegetable he had out of refrigerator.
Then he run out of stuff.
And the moose got mad; put his antlers down; and tore off all the railing on his porch.
What an ingrate!
He even ate the raw potatoes.
My boss admitted it was a really dumb idea to feed the moose; more obvious in hindsight.
We also learned it was really, really bad for the moose. During the winter their digestive system would get really messed up with that stuff. By that time of year they are mostly eating wood.
We had a tour guide up there describe it as every year God gives the moose a box of cereal to eat throughout the year. During the winter, they eat the box.
What a glorious spring day it was, that February 23rd, in Fort Greeley, Alaska.
There was just a couple of feet of snow on the ground, and it was warm - at least zero, which was a large improvement from the night before.
Our patrol was in a good mood, and we were enjoying our training exercise - a movement to contact on snowshoes, in the crisp air. It was one of those days when it was just fun to be outside.
Around 1300, we encountered a linear obstacle - a road, carved through the artic forest. In keeping with our training, we followed procedure - we put out LPOP’s about 100 meter to each side, on our side of the road, and the LT took the center, with the radio.
Slowly, quietly, we sent two-man teams accross the road, to establish LPOP’s on the other side, and provide security.
It was quiet, in keeping with our BN motto - “Land soft, Kill quiet!” Paratroopers have a demented sense of humor, I guess.
In the middle of this silent, well-performed drill, a full-grown Alaskan male moose wandered out of the woods, and lay down to sun itself in the center of the road, about 10 feet from the LT and the ratello.
Flashing hand signals at each other, we all settled in to wait, to see what would come next. We were out to cross a road, not cross a moose.
The animal never heard a sound out of us - we just watched, and waited.
After a half hour or so, we heard a car approaching - a VW rabbit, chuffing up the same forest road.
It got within about 20 feet of the moose, and stopped. No way around - the moose spanned the road, absorbing all the sun and heat of the road surface, and seemed fast asleep.
The guy in the VW seemed to think things over a bit, while we watched, in absolute silence. I imagine he did not know, that in addition to the moose on the road, he was surrounded by a platoon of paratroopers, making silent bets on what would come next.
After a while, VW guy seemed to loose patiance. He tootled his horn, hoping to scare the 2000 pound moose, I guess. The dollar figures in the patrol bets shot up, and the platoon daddy started taking payday notes. His job was to make sure that all bets were paid in cash, come next payday.
The moose didn’t like the tootle. He woke up, shook his head, and made one of the slobbery rasberrys, as a horse or moose will do, when annoyed.
The VW guy crept on the moose, and tootled a little louder - a longer blast, from maybe 15 feet.
The bets got higher.
The moose looked even more annoyed, and started staring at the VW, making bellowing noises, and snorting. I think he was annoyed about having his nap in the sun inturrupted.
At this point, I gues VW guy felt his manhood was challenged - he pulled that little car up within five feet of that 2000 pound moose, and LEANED on the horn. A good, solid, two-minute blast.
And the moose stood up, stared at the car, huffed, and did a dance on the hood. By the time the moose got done, the front end of the car had collapse, the hood looked like saran wrap wrapped around the engine, the windshield was broken out, and VW guy had wet his pants.
Then the moose wandered off.
Great story!
Respect the moose.
I think I have told it before, but it gets better every time...
;)
Thanks - old war stories never die...
Not a big surprise in reaction.
I (unfortunately) saw a video of a moose tap-dancing on an elderly gentleman who wasn't patient enough to wait for the moose to leave.
Moose should always be given a wide berth.
Granted, I've also petted one on the nose; but then I'm not always wise.
Ouch. Next installment, moose and cub run through paratrooper security formation at about 3 AM, scare the heck out of twent paratroopers. How fast can you climb a tree, toting a machine gun? LOL.
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