'Drunken' Elk Takes Park Swing for a Ride

The Telegraph ^ | 16 Sep 2013

[nickcarraway]

The commotion kicked off on Monday when a resident of Vätö in the Stockholm archipelago alerted police after finding an elk in the children's playground outside their house.

"He had gotten his horns tangled in the chains and was stuck in the swing set," Ulf Lindgren of the Stockholm police told The Local.

Officers alerted a local hunter, but the elk managed to free himself before the hunter arrived, taking the swing set with him. The swing was eventually found 250 metres from the playground.

But the elk wasn't finished yet.

"The elk actually went back to the garden, I don’t know why, he may have been drunk... but I can't be certain. I have seen drunk elks before but I don't know if this was the case," Lindgren explained.

While drunken elk may not cause as much trouble as drunken Swedes, Lindgren explained that there are indeed some similarities.

"Drunken elks are not that unusual actually, they're quite similar to people drinking alcohol," he told The Local.

Elks have been known to eat fermented fruit and become intoxicated in autumn, often becoming less intimidated and even brazen in their encounters with people.

[freedumb2003]

I didn't even know they HAD Elks' lodges in Sweden!

[COBOL2Java]

Mynd you, elk bites Kan be pretti nasti...

[madameguinot]

swedes never could hold their liquor! :)

[skinkinthegrass]

Mynd you, elk bites Kan be pretti nasti...WHAT! ...no mention of a sister or the cheese?...

[Conspiracy Guy]

A moose bit my sister.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I got here late

[afraidfortherepublic]

Moose in a tree - September When The Local talked to Per Johansson about the elk (no, it’s not a moose) that had been caught in a tree after a fermented apples bender, he would never have imagined his words would be repeated worldwide. Type “elk in a tree” into Google, you’ll find 29 million hits. Worryingly, “moose in a tree” gives even more. Photo: Gustav Johansson

[COBOL2Java]

No, you’re thinking of the Moose. He was trained by Yutte Hermsgervordenbroti, and choerographed by Horst Prot III...

[skinkinthegrass]

I got here latenp...you were busy dodging a Drunken Moose....

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

” the elk (no, it’s not a moose)”

In Sweden yes but here we call them moose. Probably went to a wine and cheese tasting party and ended up in a tree. It is quite common. I’ve read about a fellow Freeper’s sister sitting in a tree minding her own business when a moose bit her.

[Conspiracy Guy]

The squirrels get drunk in my black cherry trees this time of year.

[skinkinthegrass]

No, you’re thinking of the Moose. He was trained by
Yutte Hermsgervordenbroti, and choreographed by Horst Prot III...Dangit!..I on the wrong site; meant to go to The Muppet Show...
- Swedish Chef making chocolate moose - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAsYwW7pt7o

[skinkinthegrass]

The squirrels get drunk in my black cherry trees this time of year.I've heard about Elephants getting drunk on Fermented...
Corn from a train wreck in Kenya a few years ago

[Conspiracy Guy]

I’ve even seen birds get so drunk on the black cherries that they fall out of the tree. Animals have no self control.

[ConradofMontferrat]

Good thing the little bugger was sauced, he might have got hurt!

[ConradofMontferrat]

The birdies in our back yard insist on eating the Polk berries.

The berries are toxic. The berries don’t kill them, but the birdies sure do act strange for a while.

Ever see a starling hang upside down from a phone wire?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Only when they are tripping from eating polk berries. Polk Salad Annie, the gators got your granny. Evah body said is was a shame, cause her momma was a workin on a chain gang