I had no idea how big a moose actually was until I saw one.
They are HUGE............................
“They are HUGE............................”
Yes they are. Dad, my brother and I went to Idaho hunting deer and came across a momma and her little one. The youngster was as big as the deer waste were hunting.
Some years back, we went white water rafting up in northern Maine.
They put us on a school bus, and took us upriver about 10-20 miles IIRC, so as we approached the jumping off point, there was an ENORMOUS bull moose standing right on the side of the road. The driver slowed down, and we thought he was just giving us all a good view until we saw a guy standing about 10 feet away from this moose.
It was one of the biggest four legged creatures I had ever seen, with a huge set of antlers, a dumb look on its face, chewing something as it regarded the guy.
We heard the bus driver hiss in a low voice at the guy with the camera “Get away from that moose, you dumb ass!”
Afterwards, he said “Did you see how bored, placid and stupid that moose looked, just chewing? They change from that dumb, placid animal to enraged, human stomping killer in a split second with no warning if the mood suits them. Especially during rutting season!”
He said besides people simply hitting them and getting killed when their car is demolished because it takes out the legs and the moose simply crushes the car, people are occasionally mauled and stomped to death by walking up to them to take pictures.