Trapped in the outhouse by moose [Alaska]

Alaska Dispatch ^ | February 28, 2016 | Shane Castle

[SJackson]

related, Ungrateful moose chases rescuer around yard

[SJackson]

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[KC_Lion]

"Not Again" Alaska Ping!

[miss marmelstein]

Are mooses that dangerous? I imagine a mother with babies could be. Since I’m thinking of relocating to Maine, I need to know!!!

[driftdiver]

Yes they are very dangerous but they won’t eat you.

[Resolute Conservative]

More people are hurt by moose every year than bears, but like the guy ahead of me said, they don’t eat you.

[ichabod1]

It can has cheez?

[SJackson]

The biggest danger is probably hitting one in your car, they aren’t “lightweights” like deer. Beyond that they’re large wild animals, I’d use caution. In this case two yapping dogs didn’t help. I emerged from a tent once to find two munching on trees in my campsite, they didn’t give me a thought, but they were likely acclimated to humans. But I gave them a wide berth.

[miss marmelstein]

Why doesn’t that make me sigh with relief??

What happens if you are driving on a lonely road in Maine and come across one? Turn the car around while screaming?

[miss marmelstein]

Ok. In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson stands near one and simply enjoys them.

[miss marmelstein]

And I repeat, this is not making me feel comfortable!

[ichabod1]

“1,800 pounds of do whatever the heck I want,” he says of the bull, which he identifies as Cyrus. “I can respect that. Take the long way, huh?” McConaughey then turns the car around and heads back the way he came. “Thank you, Cyrus,” he says.

[riverrunner]

He needs some better dogs.

[ichabod1]

Wow, I don’t remember that, but as paranoid as he was about the wildlife in that book, they must be pretty tame - normally.

[miss marmelstein]

It’s essentially a comic book. I must say I enjoyed it a lot.

[jdsteel]

“What happens if you are driving on a lonely road in Maine and come across one? Turn the car around while screaming?”

IMHO:

1) Don’t drive into the moose unless the alternative is hitting another car or driving into a ditch.

2) Try being patient to see if it will move.

3) If that doesn’t work, try beeping the horn once. If it gets closer...stop beeping.

4) If all else fails, turn around, drive away, no screaming necessary. ; )

[E.Allen]

The Maine trooper told me they charge the headlights after I met a moose at 3 AM in A Pinto. Blew out the windshield an caved in passenger side of roof. He told me a girl in an MGB was decapitated a week earlier. The one I hit was a little one, a juvenile female only about 500 lbs.

[PLMerite]

“...just a juvenile male...”

A “yute” moose.

[miss marmelstein]

Thank you! That’s the first good advice I’ve gotten here!

I did see one in the distance once.

Do they actually charge if annoyed?

[wbill]

Are mooses that dangerous?

A moose bit my sister, once.