There's a moose loose!

As the winter goes on, the moose population get a bit peckish as most of their food stops growing. They then decide to try their luck in the towns, and over the last few days there have been moose sightings around here. One even paid a visit to the office car park, and was pursued by a group of BP people who had their cameras with them.

They are animals to watch out for on the road, because if you hit one, the impact will take its legs away and the body will slide up your bonnet (hood) and will come through the windscreen (windshield). As they weigh 1000 lbs +, that will do severe damage to anyone in the car. Drivers are advised to drive into a ditch rather than into a moose.

Imagine our surprise this morning to find this offering in our front garden. Overnight, a moose has crept into our garden, cr*pped and crept away again. There are tracks going from tree to tree all around our house as it looked for its breakfast.
We all hope it felt better after getting rid of that lot. In the souvenir shops, you can buy packets of chocolate 'moose droppings' but we now know these are remarkably similar to the real thing, and we will be giving them a miss in the future.

Alan
31 January 2010