A woman almost got trampled when she tried to pet a moose in Colorado
A video of a confrontation between a woman and a moose in Colorado shows why you shouldn't try to pet wildlife, no matter how friendly they look.
In the video, shot by professional photographer Anna Stonehouse, a woman walks up to a moose by the side of the road in Breckenridge. She reaches out to touch it while all around her, people shout warnings to run away.
The moose turns around and tries to kick her.
"I thought I was going to witness her getting stomped to death!" Stonehouse wrote on Facebook.
When the unidentified woman finally left the moose alone, it wandered over to a bush to nibble some leaves in peace.
The woman received a ticket for harassing wildlife, according to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Twitter account.
"Oh, do we sound like a broken record? Sorry but we're not sorry. LEAVE WILDLIFE WILD. DO NOT FEED OR PET," the organization wrote.
That guidance is especially important when it comes to moose.
"Each year, more people are attacked by moose than by any other species of wildlife," District Wildlife Manager Elissa Slezak said in a video on the Colorado Parks and Wildlife website.
The agency explained that curious moose often visit mountain towns and suburbs in Colorado. While other animals typically run away when humans approach, moose will stand their ground and charge if they feel threatened.
Especially if humans get in the way of a crunchy snack.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 40 | August 4, 2020 8:27 AM
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Bitch wanted to infect me with the coronavirus.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 7, 2020 3:48 PM
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Some people are just too stupid to live. Domestic horses can be very easily spooked and kick. What did she think a wild animal with antlers like that would do?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 7, 2020 4:00 PM
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SO important for the OP to post this.
Especially with nothing else going on.
We all owe her.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 7, 2020 4:02 PM
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"Back off, frau. You're not wanted here."
by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 7, 2020 4:04 PM
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This is why they hate us.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 7, 2020 4:06 PM
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You’re supposed to pay in advance. Bitcoin accepted per pet.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 7, 2020 4:46 PM
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When you look at a moose, a normal, rational person would think : “that motherfucka looks like it can stomp and gouge a bitch to death!” A normal, rational person would then move away from the moose.
What is wrong with some people?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 7, 2020 4:51 PM
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[quote] A normal, rational person would then move away from the moose.
I’ve seen all kinds of stupidity from tourists in the National Parks. They routinely ignore signs and interact with wildlife, feeding them Cheetos, etc. So I’m surprised this nitwit is a local and not a tourist; maybe she was on ‘shrooms.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 7, 2020 5:35 PM
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I should have kicked that bitch in the cunt!
by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 7, 2020 5:37 PM
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“When the unidentified woman finally left the moose alone, it wandered over to a bush to nibble some leaves in peace.”
She should have displayed HER bush before approaching the moose.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 7, 2020 6:10 PM
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I am so sorry to hear (read) about that poor woman. I'm even sorrier I'm not reading her obituary.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 7, 2020 6:16 PM
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I'm not sure who is worse, the moose petter or the harpy yelling at her with the super grating voice.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 7, 2020 8:01 PM
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Is she blaming Moosifer for this incident?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 7, 2020 8:04 PM
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I think she blames Walt Disney.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 7, 2020 8:09 PM
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Mooses (Meece?) are notoriously cranky animals. And very, very big. You'd think someone from that area would have known very well to give them a wide berth.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 7, 2020 8:20 PM
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Moose look dumb, docile, and slow. they are none of those things.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 7, 2020 8:22 PM
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"Hey, Rocky! Watch me trample a dumbfrau under my hoof!"
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 20 | April 7, 2020 8:44 PM
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R18, I'd almost guarantee you she's a transplant. It's the second of my two main reasons I left Colorado 30 years ago. Too many transplants inspired by John Denver songs and twice-yearly ski trips, who decided they NEEDED to live in a close-to-nature environment, which meant taking wild spaces and converting them to housing developments...then having the idiots who moved there whine about going running and being pounced on by mountain lions, elk, moose, and prairie and timber rattlesnakes.
Like, really Bitch? You gonna cunt about pumas attacking you, when you're in THEIR territory? Where, exactly should they BE, if not in wild spaces? YOU'RE the interloper, not they.
Stand Your Ground laws should apply to displaced wildlife, imo.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 7, 2020 9:26 PM
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I love the guy yelling at the fat blonde frau: "Get the fuck away, you stupid bitch!"
And if the moose had trampled her it would've been put down, 'cause Karen's gonna Karen.
(That Karen "slur" is so damn perfect!)
by Anonymous | reply 22 | April 7, 2020 9:41 PM
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I'm a native to CO R21 and I'm sure you are right. It is just one of those things instilled in you at a young age.
I've seen bears, the occasional moose, bobcats, and a mountain lion. Not only do you not approach, if the animal just wanders in your direction, YOU move, do not expect it to "respect" your boundaries. They usually are not too interested in humans, and just need to be left alone.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 7, 2020 9:57 PM
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Is this moose DL’s own Christmas Moose?
by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 7, 2020 10:38 PM
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No, R25, he was shopping at Boston’s downtown Macy’s at the time. Definitely sounds more like Moosifer.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 7, 2020 10:46 PM
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FOCM, is Christmas Moose at Macy’s like a proverbial bull in a china shop?
by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 7, 2020 10:56 PM
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It's Disney's fault. That stupid littke bitch probably thought that after slapping the moose it would turn around and say in Tiffany Haddish's voice " Oh No You Didn't!"
by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 7, 2020 11:10 PM
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What a non-story.
“Woman Not Kicked by Moose! “. Film at 11.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 7, 2020 11:25 PM
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I bet the woman had a friend who was recording the whole thing for her social media account (given the looks of her it's probably for Facebook).
by Anonymous | reply 31 | April 7, 2020 11:50 PM
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I think it is perhaps a helpful reminder R30. Disney movies are not real life - leave the wildlife alone.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 7, 2020 11:54 PM
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As I always say, "Keep your hands to yourself, and back your ass up six feet."
That moose was a gentleperson; a certain 13 pound dog I know would have ripped her arm off and trotted it home for a chew toy!
by Anonymous | reply 33 | April 8, 2020 12:09 AM
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I see moose fairly often while hiking and I give them a wide berth. I don't bother them and they don't care about me. Besides, they can run 35 mph and I don't want to do anything to piss them off.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | April 8, 2020 12:15 AM
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Please, R34, let’s not start stories about the moose fairy, often or not.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | August 3, 2020 4:34 AM
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I got fucked by this guy after i pet his moose cock. Does that count?
by Anonymous | reply 36 | August 3, 2020 4:38 AM
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I told you guys that the Moose is a murderer. I told you all, but noooooo, you didn't believe me.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | August 3, 2020 8:13 AM
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I don’t believe you, R37. I think you’re cuckoo.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | August 4, 2020 4:36 AM
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I'm from California and only saw a moose up close once, on my first visit to Wyoming. I was a teenager, and my cousin and I an afternoon in the Grand Tetons, where a few hikers had a rare chance to see a momma moose and it's gawky baby up close.
Even though I was an ignorant teenager from a moose-free territory, I knew better than to fuck with a momma moose! We hikers tried to gawk, because it was quite a sight, but every single time the mother moose looked in our direction we all, as one, scrambled behind a huge boulder. Several times. It's a pity nobody had a movie camera, it must have been hilarious from a safe distance.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | August 4, 2020 8:05 AM
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"A Good Woman Almost Got Trampled When She Tried to Pet a Moose in Colorado" is the title of my next country song.
Much better than my last one which was "Bluegrass of Kentucky on Every Fucking Lawn."
by Anonymous | reply 40 | August 4, 2020 8:27 AM
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