Moose

“I've been in NH for a little over three years now. We have a creek and wetlands about 1/4 mile behind our property. I've seen moose tracks in our dirt road, seen moose while driving and I think I've heard them in the woods behind the house. I had never seen one on our property until today.

I looked out one of the front windows today and saw a large bull moose standing in the road right at the end of the driveway. I watched for a minute and he started to amble off. I grabbed the digital camera and slowly walked outside and out the gravel driveway to the road.

In my haste to take a picture, I didn't check the setting on the camera. It was somehow set to video, but I was thinking it was set on photo. I got a somewhat blurry video of the moose quickly walking down the side of the road and then into the woods about 100 feet up the road, but still on our property. I then got about 15 seconds of ground before I checked the setting to view the "picture" I thought I had just taken. It's not great, but at least I have evidence.

I love living in New Hampshire!”

“very cool skiracer!”

“I love moose! We only have them in the northeastern most tip of our state. I had so much fun in Montana looking for moose. That's so great you had one in your yard!”

“Why the Mariner's mascot is a moose, I don't know....”

“Way cool, ski!!”

“We had a Cow and twin calves at our job site today. They were only 50 yards away. They are dangerous animals when they have young with them. Up here in Alaska I seem Moose everyday and never get tired of seeing them”

“A moose killed a friend of mine, his dad and really messed up a good friend (the driver's girlfreind and a retired teacher). She was sitting in the back and that was what saved her.

The moose wandered onto a divided highway near here and was hit by a tractor trailer and bounced/ran to the other side where my friend drove into it.

Moose are tall, much like a horse and the body comes through the windscreen.”

“That happened to a friend of the family many years ago, except with a deer in Michigan. The people in the front seat were kicked to death by the deer. Awful, I know. I have a hard time typing it even now.”

“Kicked to death? Man, that's rough.”

“The only moose I ever saw was at night, crashing through the woods. Didn't have any idea what could be making that much noise. The only time I can remember being scared in the woods.”

“Sweet Ski!

I've been looking for Moose tracks (not the ice cream, real ones) over here where I am. Haven't seen any yet but yesterday on a run through the property I saw some large bear tracks! I'm liking my return to rural America.

Ski, we need to get togehher at some point.”

“Ok, now I'm sad! Quit with the sad stories!”

“I got to see my first moose this summer, it was great. I had been trying to see a moose for years so it was so exciting.”

“Once a moose humped my pet chiahuahuah.


Only once.
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“Did it have Taco Bell Moose babies?”

“or how about this.

I have a friend who hit a moose at 65 mph. Whole family in the car.


He was going fast enough that the moose was still up in the air when he drove under it.

Totalled the car, but the moose did not land on the car. Which, as Gremlin explained, is what often happens because of their size.


Their were some minor injuries. I think his wife broke her collarbone (seat belt).

Unfortunatley it helped (contributed) to his wife's chronic depression and she later killed herself.


True story.


IS that better Pixie??”

“Jeeezuz, Lee.”

“Sorry Gremlin . ..a little harsh.

Unfortunately true.


the moose was not the beginning of her problems, not the cause of her problems, nor was it the end.

The incident did launch her into a severe downturn however . ..from which she didn't pull out.


Its been several years now. I am not sure how many. . ..I guess about 7 octobers ago.”

“Robot moose foils poachers - a video from CNN.com.
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“See :Robot moose foils poachers - a video from http://www.cnn.com/ Look under "Science & Space."”