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Growing up in rural New England, every now and then we'd have some moose wandering through. One jumped over my dads car, leaving a pretty significant dent. Mo
by chrsig 4y ago
Growing up in rural New England, every now and then we'd have some moose wandering through. One jumped over my dads car, leaving a pretty significant dent. Moose walked away unphased.
The thing to know about moose: they don't give a fuck. they're a goddamn moose, and they'll go where they please and be there for as long as they like. The fuck you gonna do about it?
And when you're stopped in the middle of the road waiting for the moose to deign to let you by, you just keep reminding yourself of that little fact, and remember how to be patient.
- dreamcompiler 4y agoWhen we camped in our RV at a park in western Wyoming we couldn't open our door one morning. I kept pushing on the door but it wouldn't move. Turned out there were 3 or 4 moose cows with their calves just outside and one cow was leaning against the door and she wouldn't move. Finally I got the bright idea to dangle a carrot through a crack in the door. She took it and moved away so we could exit. Those were some smart moose.
- 0x38B 4y agoYou've described moose attitudes perfectly. Was walking the other night and stopped to pull some birch bark off a dead tree. The bark made a loud ripping noise, and as it came off I heard something big and heavy stand up in the dark forest. I knew there was a moose around by the chewed off ends of shrubs I'd seen the day before, but I didn't know he was that close...