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| Moose Attack Sends Man to Hospital |
| 2004-03-04 |
| Hey, Rockey! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat. It was man versus moose in Summit County -- and both sides lost. Wildlife officers say theyâve never heard of a moose attacking a person in Utah, but thatâs exactly what happened when three men came upon a young bull moose in Toll Canyon this morning. 65-year old Nick Baldwin is being treated at St Markâs Hospital tonight. His injuries are serious, but not life-threatening. He has a deep cut in his leg and some trauma injuries to his head. They started off the day snowshoeing up Toll Canyon when they met the moose. Bob Canestrini: âAll of a sudden it made a huge leap and landed right in the middle of my friend.â Bob Mitchell, Friend: âWhen the moose attacked we thought for sure after a minute or two he was killed because the moose kept spinning around and hoofing him." The moose continued making threatening moves... Bob Canestrini: âSo we climbed a big tree and we were trapped in the tree for 30-40 minutes.â Wildlife officials tranquilized the moose, allowing medical crews to get in and stabilize Baldwin. Then with the use of a hoist mechanism, Life Flight helicopter lifted him out and to an ambulance. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #19 Bad day at the deano meet-up Mike? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-5 6:55:08 AM |
| #18 And then the |
| Posted by: NotMike Moore 2004-3-4 11:34:36 PM |
| #17 Moose are docile until rutting season, when they will attack anyone who comes near them. They are easy to hunt, because they lack the stealth intelligence of deers. I only like the high protein meat in stews or caseroles, where you can hide the funny taste. Pets like it. Ancestral memory, I guess. |
| Posted by: Man Bites Dog 2004-3-4 10:41:32 PM |
| #16 At first I thought the story was gong to be about the chief of the Montgomery County Police Department. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-3-4 8:25:22 PM |
| #15 Møøse trained to mix concrete and sign complicated insurance forms by JURGEN WIGG. |
| Posted by: Mont E. Python 2004-3-4 7:32:53 PM |
| #14 when i was photographing in a Swedish part swamp part forest kinda thing, I walked around a bush and found myself standing four meters away from a fully grown moose, who (Hallelujah!) shared my thirst instinct that the best thing to do in these particular situations was to run away with my arms flapping and scream like a girl. He looked at me in surprise, charged straight at me, for one 10th of a second i actually thought that OH SHI..... would be my last mortal thoughts, he dodged to the left about a meter from me, stormed past me an arms-length away and melted like a shadow in to the Forest. I"m not easily impressed by big mammal's, I ride horses, I have been doing so for some time now, and I have come to find that i like the bad-guy horses, and was, am at times met with a lot of "attitude" from the boys and girls, among whome a 450+ kg, increadably moody, bigass*d Frissian asskickingmachine from hades called : "Sunny" (thanks to my efforts now prenounced as: "sunni") I felt safe and secure in the knowledge that no animal of that aproximate size and shape could ever scare me. I was very, very wrong. I am still pissed of that i did not get a photograph of the monster charging at me, it would have made it the alltime great beer & barbeque story ), this photograph here rather captures the bare essence of the sensation i felt that moment. |
| Posted by: Evert Visser 2004-3-4 5:26:11 PM |
| #13 Møøse Trained by TUTTE HERMSGERV0RDENBR0TB0RDA |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-3-4 4:57:42 PM |
| #12 On an average late afternoon hike I will most likly see/run into a rattlesnake or Javalina(wild pig to you Gentlemen east of the Mississippi). On rare occasion maybe bump into a bear or mouintain lion. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-3-4 4:45:29 PM |
| #11 Ah, yes, the majestik møøse. A Møøse once bit my sister...No realli! Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti... |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-3-4 2:43:42 PM |
| #10 I've always had a policy of giving the right of way to any animal that outweighs me by a factor of 10. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-3-4 2:09:56 PM |
| #9 I love to fish up in Grand County, Colorado, on Shadow Mountain Reservoir. I was coming back to my car one evening at dusk after fishing, and walked up within ten feet of a bull moose before I saw him. I stopped, waited to see what he was going to do, then s l o w l y walked around him to my car. That wasn't my first encounter with a moose in that area. Sounds like someone got excited, moved too fast or made too much noise, and paid for it. I sympathize, but that's what happens when you stumble into wildlife's living room, and don't act appropriately. I'm glad the guy's injuries aren't more severe - a moose can EASILY kill a man, either with his antlers or with his hooves. A full-grown bull moose will weigh in at three-quarters of a ton. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-3-4 2:09:35 PM |
| #8 Don't you hate it when a Moose does a tap-dance on your ass? |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-3-4 2:00:42 PM |
| #7 Mucky, when's the last time you were tranquilized? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-3-4 1:34:31 PM |
| #6 i just glad this story happy ending and they get the poor animal the help he need. thing can be solve peacefuly without having to call jackass in camo to knife him to death. andrew maybe if people stop eting moose they not be so mad anymore. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-3-4 1:28:59 PM |
| #5 Moose don't like humans because some of us are known to eat them. I mean you can't blame them. |
| Posted by: Andrew Ian Dodge 2004-3-4 1:08:21 PM |
| #4 These days? Probably the moose. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-3-4 1:05:47 PM |
| #3 Wildlife officials tranquilized the moose, allowing medical crews to get in and stabilize Baldwin. Then with the use of a hoist mechanism, Life Flight helicopter lifted him out and to an ambulance. Was that the moose, or Mr. Baldwin, who got the chopper ride? |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-3-4 12:59:43 PM |
| #2 Hey, Rockey! Watch me pull a |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-3-4 12:23:22 PM |
| #1 Moose - why do they hate us? |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-3-4 12:21:47 PM |
