[squbrigg]

Lori, that's a great story and would make a super carving! Have you considered it? Please, stop teasing the nice moose and chasing snakes! One of these days, there isn't going to be a tree handy and a pissed off moose can be a very deadly, if somewhat butt ugly, animal!

Just glad you escaped with your hide intact! Your dignity ....... well, you can work on that!

Bob

[dmatias]

Great story Lori. What colour were the seat of your pants when you came down? lol Keep those stories coming.

[cats pa]

Sooooo... will you be jogging with a rifle and a skinning knife now?

When I lived in AK moose were pretty common, but usually we considered them groceries instead of the other way 'round. Tasty.

Parker

[Joy]

I'm waiting for the uncensored version of this story. I suspect there were more words said than reported.......hahaha You do have a way with words, Lori.

[Bob_in_TN]

Lori, Lori, Lori, what are we going to do with you??????? While I was in the Air Force and stationed in northern Maine, I did some deer hunting and had the opportunity (?) to view a moose while in the woods. Bob is right they can be butt ugly! This was in the early 60's and at that time Maine had very few moose and the story was told that if you were going to accidentally shoot something, better it be a man then a moose. I really feel that the moose had heard this story also, as they seemed to have no fear. Now I understand they have more moose than they know what to do with and have a moose hunting season. I agree with Joy, the uncensored version would be interesting, if we could just locate the guys in the boat. They may have their dictionaries out, looking up some of the words they heard. Another good story Lori, your life is never boring.

[Lindy]

Oh my G** Lori! Those stories are just way too funny! You really do need to write a book and if you did I would want to buy an advance copy!!!!!

[Ashbys]

Hummmm

Lori now you know that is quite a tell ....

But you left out the part that as the moose left a giant beaver started gawning the tree down and the guys in the boat were Japanese and started taking pictures , and videos.


Rofl

Ash

[LCorbett]

Glad y'all got a kick outta the experience...it's ironic that it happened to ME, because I was pretty vigilant about moose. We have the largest known desert-dwelling moose herd in North America (about 400), and they come to town a LOT. In fact, it's news if we DON'T see them...lol. So it's a neverending source of amusement when some idiot forgets their moose-awareness...OK...let's all say it together, now..."Lori is an idiot."
(It was about 3 days before I finally told my husband...and only then because he was going flyfishing to the same area....lol).

Yes, the she-moose did hear a few rather creatively strung together descriptions of her and her behavior...mostly about interspecies relations and other physically impossible acts to herself.

Cats pa...if you knew me, you would know that your suggestion really isn't that far off...lol...I do pack heat regularly. But not on my run...I really don't want to be writing a story about getting a round removed from my butt...

Thanks for the replies, everybody...my philosophy is to try to find something funny every day...even if it's at my own expense...and share the laugh. And with the chaos in my life lately, the laugh was greatly needed....