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Wife stops moose stomping with shovel
Anchorage Daily News ^ | January 23rd, 2012 | LISA DEMER

Posted on 01/23/2012 11:25:51 AM PST by Rio

An agitated moose ran down and stomped a well-known Bush pilot from Willow, but he was saved when his wife grabbed a shovel from their pickup truck and whacked the big animal until it backed off.

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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: alaska; beeber; moose; napl; shovelready; sister
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To: Dr. Ursus
I shot a moose in my Pj’s. Dang,I’ll never know how he got in my Pj’s!

Truly amazing! Most people only keep snakes in their pants.

21 posted on 01/23/2012 12:48:19 PM PST by Albion Wilde (A land of hyper-legalisms is not the same as a land of law. --Mark Steyn)
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To: Rio
he was saved when his wife grabbed a shovel from their pickup truck and whacked the big animal until it backed off

Interestingly enough, that same technique often has to be used to keep Michael Moore in check at an all-you-can-eat buffet...

22 posted on 01/23/2012 12:55:27 PM PST by The Electrician ("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
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To: Rio

“whacked the big animal”

Leave the shovel, take the cannoli


23 posted on 01/23/2012 1:00:19 PM PST by tumblindice
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To: Rio

We have some tough Grannies up North

http://www.conwaydailysun.com/featured/story/12-10-great-grandmother-bags-deer-and-moose

Great-grandmother bags a deer and moose New Hampshire


24 posted on 01/23/2012 1:05:30 PM PST by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: Responsibility2nd; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Not a Sarah Palin ping!


25 posted on 01/23/2012 1:16:19 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Good for granny!


26 posted on 01/23/2012 1:24:02 PM PST by Daffynition (When I was a chiId was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it)
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To: Free Vulcan
Keep a close eye on your sisters, apparently the moose have graduated from biting.

Graduated?

Au contraire! Stomping is not a step up.

It's a step down...

27 posted on 01/23/2012 1:24:48 PM PST by null and void (Day 1098 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: tumblindice
>>Leave the shovel, take the cannoli<< Leave the nuggets, take the moose. ;)


28 posted on 01/23/2012 1:31:27 PM PST by Daffynition (When I was a chiId was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it)
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29 posted on 01/23/2012 1:32:24 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: Daffynition

Wow! Go Granny Go!


30 posted on 01/23/2012 1:44:30 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Daffynition

Feisty, she is.


31 posted on 01/23/2012 2:33:01 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Daffynition
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32 posted on 01/23/2012 2:37:39 PM PST by Clay Moore (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Liberty Valance
WWOD? WWPD?

Hussein: *Vlad what would you do?*

Putin: *Stop him with my bare hands.*

Hussein: **Dead silence**


33 posted on 01/23/2012 3:25:36 PM PST by Daffynition (When I was a chiId was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Moose alert.


34 posted on 01/23/2012 3:53:58 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
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To: Rio

35 posted on 01/23/2012 4:04:31 PM PST by Bratch
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To: blueunicorn6

“...any woman who loves you enough to take on a moose to save your behind deserves a yacht or a mansion or a big diamond or something else expensive.” You are so correct!


36 posted on 01/23/2012 6:22:45 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: Rio

Mynd you, møøse stømps kan be pretty nasti


37 posted on 01/23/2012 7:02:59 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Whatever happened to that Amy Summerland sailing chick?)
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