I was driving to go pickup my girlfriend and the damned thing ran across the first lane of the highway and by the time I saw it (it was pitch black) I swurved off into the grass, but my mirror caught it. All I heard was a thump and my mirror was pressed upto my window. So I immediately called 911... at the time I told them that I thought the moose was fine and they said "OK, well if you have damage, contact your insurance... bye!" Errrr... duhhh!
Anyway, I saw two trucks stopped about a half mile behind me on the side of the road,so I got out and went to see if everyone was OK. Right as I got out a guy stopped in front of me and asked what happened. Then he said he had a .45 in case he "needed to put the thing out of it's misery"... so we both walked back to the trucks .25 down the road trying not to get hit on the side of hte road in the process. When we got there, I could see the whole frontend on one of the trucks was crushed and the other was just a person who saw it. Apparently after I hit it, it ran to other side and in front of this guy.
Anyway, the moose was still walking around, infact it cross the highway AGAIN, all four lanes. People were screeching their tires and barely missing it. Not bloody at all amazingly, though I have no doubt the thing was going to die from the internal injuries.
At this point I'm thinking "There really isn't anything else I can do here" as they had already called the Troopers and they were on their way. So I say "Well, $hit now I gotta worry about it's mother (cuz someone mentioned a second moose) trampling my ass on the way to back to the truck." and the guy with the gun said "Nah, just stay behind me. "
So I get back in my truck and get back onto the highway. I get to my girlfriend's house and she says "Your freaking late! We gotta go now!" I try to tell her what just happened, but she didn't seem to think it was a big deal. Anyway, I dropped her off to pickup her truck and left her ass for the night.
On my way back home, they were still loading the truck that hit it head on onto a wrecker and two troopers where there. I didn't see the moose, so I don't know if it just walked off or if they shot it.
I got back home and checked my truck, no damage luckily!
Tonight sucks....
btw: Guys, just for comparison a moose can be over 1600lbs and can be over 7 feet tall front hoof to shoulder. This definitely ain't your usually deer you findi n the lower 48 (I'm in Alaska)
Anyway, I saw two trucks stopped about a half mile behind me on the side of the road,so I got out and went to see if everyone was OK. Right as I got out a guy stopped in front of me and asked what happened. Then he said he had a .45 in case he "needed to put the thing out of it's misery"... so we both walked back to the trucks .25 down the road trying not to get hit on the side of hte road in the process. When we got there, I could see the whole frontend on one of the trucks was crushed and the other was just a person who saw it. Apparently after I hit it, it ran to other side and in front of this guy.
Anyway, the moose was still walking around, infact it cross the highway AGAIN, all four lanes. People were screeching their tires and barely missing it. Not bloody at all amazingly, though I have no doubt the thing was going to die from the internal injuries.
At this point I'm thinking "There really isn't anything else I can do here" as they had already called the Troopers and they were on their way. So I say "Well, $hit now I gotta worry about it's mother (cuz someone mentioned a second moose) trampling my ass on the way to back to the truck." and the guy with the gun said "Nah, just stay behind me. "
So I get back in my truck and get back onto the highway. I get to my girlfriend's house and she says "Your freaking late! We gotta go now!" I try to tell her what just happened, but she didn't seem to think it was a big deal. Anyway, I dropped her off to pickup her truck and left her ass for the night.
On my way back home, they were still loading the truck that hit it head on onto a wrecker and two troopers where there. I didn't see the moose, so I don't know if it just walked off or if they shot it.
I got back home and checked my truck, no damage luckily!
Tonight sucks....
btw: Guys, just for comparison a moose can be over 1600lbs and can be over 7 feet tall front hoof to shoulder. This definitely ain't your usually deer you findi n the lower 48 (I'm in Alaska)
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