Two visitors from Ohio interrupted a life-or-death struggle between a moose and a wolf on a Kenai Peninsula trail this week, but it wasn't until after the wolf gave up the struggle and fled that things took a dangerous turn for the men, according to Alaska Wildlife Troopers.
That's when the cow moose charged the men, forcing one up a tree and the other behind a downed tree to avoid the injured animal. There they waited for four hours, the moose holding its ground the entire time, before help arrived and killed the animal, according to troopers.
~snip~
Clark said they weren't armed but wished they were. {emphasis added}
This is really-and-for-true wilderness, folks; that four-legged critter ain't Winnie the Pooh.
Read the rest at the link.
2 comments:
"...that four-legged critter ain't Winnie the Pooh." Or Bullwinkle, apparently.
Problem for "outsiders" is that unless you fly into Alaska you've got to go through Canada. And both options are a PITA in so far as carrying a weapon is concerned. Might have to do what the cute young female ranger did when investigating a bear attack in the Grand Tetons back in 1976 and carry a fire axe should I decide to go hiking.
Yikes...that'd be something to write home about! Not Winnie the Pooh fer sure. That's a nicely built fellow you have on your masthead. You're right that our little cow looks skinny, especially compared to him.
Happy Resurrection Day to you and your whole family! He is risen indeed!!
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