Posted on 07/23/2008 9:03:23 AM PDT by Ron Jeremy
Drunken elk meets sorry end after toddler attack
Published: 23 Jul 08 12:10 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/13222/
A drunken elk paid dearly after attacking a toddler playing in a sand pit at her home in Kungälv in western Sweden on Monday.
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Three-year-old Nova was playing in her backyard sandbox when a young elk calf attacked and bit her.
"It bit me on the arm," the terrified toddler said to the Aftonbladet newspaper.
The girl’s mother, Maria Schelin, was close by and reacted quickly to save her child from further danger.
"I suddenly heard a loud scream. I threw myself over the hedge, grabbed Nova and ran back into the house," Schelin.
The elk, which was apparently drunk after having binged on yeasted apples, made a swift, if somewhat stumbling, getaway from the family's terraced house in the quiet town of Kungälv outside of Gothenburg.
According to Hans von Essen at the Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management (Svenska Jägareförbundet) it is not uncommon for elk to roam in residential areas.
"But I have never heard of anyone being bitten, that is very unusual," he explained.
"The risk is more that an elk can rush forwards and kick out with its front legs."
The dangerous beast had been spotted nearby on several occasions prior to the attack and returned to the area later that day in an apparent search for more apples.
This time, however, local residents took no chances and a group of hunters shot the inebriated elk, putting an end to any further neighbourhood terror.
Little Nova escaped the incident with a bruise on her arm but the whole experience had given her quite a shock.
"She just sat and trembled," said the girl's mother.
TT/Peter Vinthagen Simpson (news@thelocal.se)
Good thing they still have weapons in Sweden.
My sister... oh, never mind.
Wonder if it tastes like kobe beef?
And this is why poster Black Elk is a near teetotaler.
IBTMBMS!
Drunken Elk - needs no marinade!
Elkahol poisoning.
Elk bites can be nasti.
Are elk bites nasty?
Where were you on Monday?
Now we have...
An elk bit my toddler.
Elk = Moose in Europe
>>>Are elk bites nasty?
Only if you’re sister is eating cheese at the time.
Good thing it wasn’t a moose.
bttt
Sozzled Elks Hound Old Folks Home
This elk is likely to have a clearer head than the Swedish pair
An old people’s home in Sweden found itself under siege from two drunks.
But these were no ordinary drinkers - the tipsy pair were elks who had come upon some fermented apples outside the home in Sibbhult, southern Sweden.
The cow and her calf developed such a taste for the intoxicating fruit they refused to bow to police attempts to chase them away from the home.
Police officers were forced to take tougher measures to make them leave, bringing in a hunter with a dog.
The elks did not need telling twice, and left without protest.
The only thing police needed to do to ensure the pie-eyed pair did not return was remove the remaining apples, police chief Bengt Hallberg said.
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