Visit from hungry moose (Norway)

Aftenposten ^ | March 22, 2006 | Jan Thomas Espedal

[franksolich]

A family of four moose has been wandering through a residential area in the Oslo suburb of Bærum since last November, but on Tuesday they decided to try the capital itself.

Residents of the districts of Ullern and Jar got an early morning surprise. Arne Foss found out he was not the only one up early.

"Less than 30 meters (100 feet) away from me, in the private day care centre next door, there were four moose, one adult female, two yearlings and a two-year old. They wandered calmly down the street. Then the cow went all the way up the neighbor's steps and stuck her head up to the door. I thought, if the neighbor is on his way to work now, he's going to get a bit of a shock," Foss said.

He woke up daughter Hannah, 4-1/2, packed her into a duvet and took her out to see the animals. She had never seen a moose before and called the experience exciting - but a bit scary.

Feed has been put out is several places in order to lure the animals away from residential areas, but this family slipped through before Bærum's wildlife committee implemented the measure to help the moose fight the hard winter.

The family of four has been under observation since the end of November and these moose have been extremely calm and harmless. They are expected to withdraw within the next two weeks, as spring advances.

"They are entitled to a bit of peace. We don't want a situation where we have to shoot them because people have provoked them by getting too close," said Svein Holo of the local wildlife committee.

[franksolich]

I'm back.

[franksolich]

Ping for the now-resurrected Norway ping list.

[Jaxter]

A moose bit my sister once.

[TXBSAFH]

300 win mag., 200 grain.

[Old Sarge]

Is she okay?? FOR GODS SAKE, MAN, is she allright!!!

[prisoner6]

QUICK! For the love of all that's good and wholesome....

HIDE YOUR SISTERS!

and pass the cheese while I'm in the shower...this is series.

prisoenr6

[prisoner6]

And they like to travel in style as well.

prisoner6

[prisoner6]

Also...

Sorry, I just like pictures of moose.

prisoner6

[prisoner6]

Couldn't resist...

'Bye

prisoner6

[S0122017]

It's nice to have some diversity in city lifeforms.

[peyton randolph]

[Vaquero]

300 win mag., 200 grain.

agreed...a nice fat round for a nice fat animal...but a friend who moved to Maine 20 years ago got a coveted tag for moose and went out with his Marlin 336 lever gun in the anemic .35 Remington caliber. 1 shot at 100yds and it was dinner and a sizable hatrack too.

[Vaquero]

http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=777df40f-7b47-4cbf-beae-308a44e68c5d&f=00

[prisoner6]

That is hilarious...not so much for the moose though.

prisoner6

[Jaxter]

"Is she okay?? FOR GODS SAKE, MAN, is she allright!!!"

Nope. She died. My sister's OK though.

[Vinnie]

Re: #8

Did African Swallows carry him up there?

[prisoner6]

IIRC a line crew was stringing several miles of new wire. It was rut season and the moose noticed the wire moving as the crew took up the slack several miles away. He thought it was another male moose and charged, tangling his antlers. The crew noticed an unusual drag on the line, went to investigate and found Mr Moose hanging out.

prisoner6

[Grut]

Sheesh, another elkost thread.

[Thermalseeker]

A friend of mine worked as a chef for one of these dude ranches outside Jackson Hole, WY. They do the whole bit, trail riding with horses and "Cookie" goes ahead and cooks up a fabulous meal for the guests ready when they arrive after a hard day on horseback.

On one particular occasion he was serving up his fare in one of those white canvas tents because it was pretty cool out that night. Just as his rather well-to-do city folk guests were sitting down to their evening meal a huge bull moose stuck his head in the back door of the tent and proceeded to rip the tent, table and dinner to shreds. The whole thing was caught on tape by one of the ranch hands. It's hilarious!

[Theoden]

Im glad your back. I missed the Norge pings!