"That's the last time I buy a parachute from the Acme Company".
Posted on 05/13/2009 6:35:15 AM PDT by Mozilla
CLINTON, Maine – Police said a 500-pound moose fell 18 feet to its death when it apparently leaped a guardrail on an Interstate 95 overpass and landed on Hinckley Road. Officials learned of the incident when a motorist called the town office shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday and told assistant town clerk Shirley Bailey that "a moose just fell out of the sky." Bailey said the driver, who was under the bridge when he spotted the falling moose, was "pretty excited about it." Police Chief Charles Runnels said the yearling bull probably panicked because of the noise and traffic along I-95 and began running. He said it just picked the wrong spot to jump the guardrail, falling onto a road instead of landing in a field. A passerby with a wrecker hauled away the carcass.
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At least its not part of an exploding moose population.
"That's the last time I buy a parachute from the Acme Company".
There are many instances of people leaping over the barrier to “safety” and falling between the spans of an overpass.
When the assistant town clerk informed the Police Chief, he replied: “Shirley, you must be joking!”
As God as my witness I though moose could fly!
Yum...moose steaks, mooseburgers, moose pot roast, moose meatloaf...
beware of moose limbs? And moose teeth...I understand that sometimes they bite...
Rough way to go, even for a moose. Sorry for him.
Glad he didn’t land on anybody.
WHY!!! OH BULLWINKLE, WHYYYYY!!!!!!
A moose once bit my sister....
Just ‘cause your buddy can fly doesn’t mean you can, Bullwinkle.
There’s a daily shower of deer on Highway 2 in North Idaho, where the silly crits plunge off the cliff above onto the roadway below. Many poor people in the area, I hope they rescue the meat.
“WHAT is your favorite colorrrr?”
“That’s easy, Red... No, BLUE... Aaaaaaggghhhhhh!!!!”
I at least hope he was a radical Islamo Mooselimb
Eric! Good to hear from you! Yeah, I’ve heard 600 lbs. of raging moose is a scary thing on a road. Here in Northern California, the worst we have to worry about is the occasional possum.
it is Rocky: the Flying Squirrel not Bullwinkle: the Flying Moose?
Should be some way to design this out of occuring - at least in situations where it occurs often.
Its a serious hazard.
The moose in Maine fall mainly in the plane.
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