caveat emptor...
Posted on 09/25/2011 1:58:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An elk drunk from eating fermented apples in southern Sweden ended its binge by making off with a family's swing set and hiding it in the woods. Hunter in hand-to-hoof battle with angry elk (12 Sep 11) Drunken elk rescued from Swede's apple tree (7 Sep 11) 'Leffe the moose man' promises elk intimacy (6 Sep 11) A homeowner from Storebro in northern Kalmar County arrived home on Wednesday night to find his garden littered with bits of apple and other signs that an elk had been partying in his back yard, the local Östran and Barometern newspapers reported.
The concerned homeowner also discovered that the children's swing set which normally sat in the yard was missing.
The man immediately called police, who contacted a local hunter to track down the inebriated elk who was thought to possibly be injured.
Drunken elk are common in Sweden during the autumn season when fermenting apples are plentiful, both on the ground and hanging from the branches of trees which many Swedes have in their yards.
While police and the hunter failed to meet up with the prank-playing elk, they did eventually find the family's swing set, propped up in a tree deep in the woods about 500 metres from their home.
I find it so, as well. *hug*
You can all look at my pictures.
http://s230.photobucket.com/albums/ee314/Cyshouse/September%202011%20vacation/
You have a beautiful family! :)
The beach is Topsail Island, NC. The historic house, interiors and exteriors, is Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington. The trees and outdoor art are at Airlie Gardens in Wrightsville Beach.
When I uploaded the pictures, I didn’t put captions, and now I can’t figure out how to add them.
Lovely place. Were you all exhausted by the time you returned home? :)
I was worn out from all the stairs - the rental house was on four levels! The kids were fine; they’d had plenty of lounging.
Those were some awesom photos! It looked like everyone was having fun.
Thanks for sharing them with us!!
You’re welcome. I’d sent them to my mother, but didn’t get them up here.
Back to the salt mines ...
I’m glad you sent the URL because I had forgotten my photobucket account. LOL!
At least it wasn’t an elk.
They whistle, that could get you into trouble with the ladies at times.
Did you know that the elk whistle was used as the Cry of the Wraiths in LOTR?
Yes.
And that makes it even creepier.
You want creepy, you should hear it at dawn at 8,000 feet with some whispy clouds in your line of sight.
Scared Igor half out of his shoes, and that was in the fall of 1980.
The first loon in this area in near tirty years landed in the creek just down the road from where we lived at the time.
Well, the loon pair did their early morning arble, and people who’d never heard one were mystified as to what this creature was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw1It3AlXmQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ENNzjy8QjU
We also had Whip-poor-wills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKQON8U4VTI <-—he’s just yawning, they’re dopey and sleepy by day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sukE9pGayRc <—this is what that dingy loooking brown bird does. All night. While eating moths. Right outside your window.
caveat emptor...
Not to worry. Darks will help you out.
and one thing i don't need, is Elk trouble...
Whistling elk, no less.
absolutely...
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