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Drunken elk meets sorry end after toddler attack
The Local (Sweden) ^ | today | peter simpson

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)


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cheese; drunk; freepun; meese; moose; sister
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To: OB1kNOb
Good thing it wasn't a moose.

It was a moose.

Is it an elk? Is it a moose? If you’re in Sweden, the answer is “BOTH”! The iconic, majestic forest dweller Alces alces is known as a moose in North America (actually the sub-species Alces alces americana) and an elk in Europe.

41 posted on 07/23/2008 3:02:08 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
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To: LTCJ

Reindeer is carabou; elk is moose; moose is squirrel friend; squirrel is nutz: everythig in Europe is crazy.


42 posted on 07/23/2008 3:08:32 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
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To: ApplegateRanch
THAT'S IT!
43 posted on 07/23/2008 4:15:29 PM PDT by Lady Jag ( I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Slings and Arrows
This beagle is a VERY sophisticated dog.


44 posted on 07/23/2008 4:46:53 PM PDT by Lady Jag ( I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Lady Jag

He looks like he’s about to be a very flat dog...


45 posted on 07/23/2008 5:42:22 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs (We are all humans, and humans poo.)
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To: LongElegantLegs
That's an older dog. He's no fool.

Just the other day I saw him driving.


46 posted on 07/23/2008 5:52:26 PM PDT by Lady Jag ( I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Calpernia
Where were you on Monday?

Attempting to train elk to self-marinate.

Why do you ask?

47 posted on 07/23/2008 7:37:10 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: thefactor

Thanks for the ping.


48 posted on 07/23/2008 7:37:53 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: elkfersupper

I think you succeeded!


49 posted on 07/23/2008 7:57:27 PM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Calpernia

So, are we going to see those “an elk once bit my sister” comments for the next 5 years?


50 posted on 07/23/2008 8:02:34 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: elkfersupper

Absolutely not!

But an elk did bite my tøddler.


51 posted on 07/23/2008 8:08:22 PM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: OB1kNOb
Good thing it wasn’t a moose.

it was a moose. the animal we call moose is what the Europeans call an elk. What they call a Red Deer is close to(can interbreed with) what we call an elk.

52 posted on 07/24/2008 3:38:36 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Vaquero; Calpernia
High in protein, low in fat.

Who cares what we call them or how they get to the dinner table?

53 posted on 07/24/2008 8:36:31 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: elkfersupper

Did he get to the table or is he still out tenderizing himself?

:)


54 posted on 07/25/2008 4:18:23 AM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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