Posted on 05/21/2024 5:19:32 AM PDT by V_TWIN
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A 70-year-old Alaska man who was attempting to take photos of two newborn moose calves was attacked and killed by their mother, authorities said Monday.
The man killed Sunday was identified as Dale Chorman of Homer, said Austin McDaniel, a spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Public Safety.
The female moose had recently given birth to the calves in Homer.
“As they were walking through the brush looking for the moose, that’s when the cow moose attacked Dale,” McDaniel said.
The attack happened as the two were running away, he said. The second man, who has not been publicly identified, was uninjured.
That person did not witness the attack, so authorities cannot say if the moose killed Chorman by kicking or stomping him, or a combination.
Medics pronounced Chorman dead at the scene. The cow moose left the area, Alaska State Troopers said in an online post.
In 1995, a moose stomped a 71-year-old man to death when he was trying to enter a building on the campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage. Witnesses said students had been throwing snowballs and harassing the moose and its calf for hours, and the animals were agitated when the man tried to walk past them.
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Today Darwin award goes to…
The stupidity is strong on those guys.
[have picked up a big branch]
WIFE: Honey, why are you putting on running shoes for our hike in the woods?
HUSBAND: So I can run from the grizzlies or mountain lions, if we encounter any of them. You just keep your hiking boots on.
WIFE: You can’t outrun a grizzly or mountain lion when they charge at you.
HUSBAND: All I have to outrun is YOU, dear...
I was about 200 feet from my home when I saw a baby moose in the middle of the road, no sight of mom but I resisted the temptation of getting out of my truck and taking a picture. As I pulled in my driveway I saw the mom pop out the brush in my mirror.This was in Connecticut.
But did he get the photo? That's what I want to know.
No, you can carry, but where I lived and the trails were only a mile and a half from University of Alaska campus. So close to town, the highway and paved roads, if there was a bear in the area there would of been reports. I had been skiing/walking on that trail for years & seen plenty of moose. Always gave them the trail and space and that was the first and only one to give me a scare.
Didn’t the dead guy know about telephoto lenses?
Darwin contestant?
We’ll be in Homer in about a month. I’ll be sure to keep this story in mind.
Yeah he should have known at that age not to be stupid
PS - mama bears aren’t very friendly either so STF away from their cubs
“Did he get the pic?”
Not sure but if there was ever a good time to employ a camera mounted drone......that was it. 😏
I took a few more of this momma and twins, but I was in a car and we saw them on the main road and just pulled over to snap a few shots.
Oh, and I did not get out of the car.
Aliens ate my Buick.
The difference is pretty academic, to be honest. And one mudhole looks pretty much like another.
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