Posted on 05/20/2014 7:04:57 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
GILPIN, Colo. - Two women are hospitalized after being attacked by a moose.
Jacquie Boron, 50, said she and her friend, Ellen Marie Divis, 57, were walking their dogs in Gilpin County, near Black Hawk, Sunday around 10 a.m. when they heard a noise behind them and the moose went after them.
"All of a sudden I looked up and he was looking right at me and grunted and then charged, with his head down. He got me in the chest and that threw me back on the ground," said Boron.
She said she tried to get up, but he kept coming back.
"My friend Ellen ran for help and the dogs ran away too," she said. "He knocked me down first and charged me, then circled back and charged her again."
Boron said it It happened in a matter of minutes.
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LOL!
I always wondered, in what world, an amusement park that probably takes in a million dollars a day closes for two weeks during peak season for cleaning and repairs. Sheesh, they can clean at night, lol!
Aww,that trick never works.
“Sorry folks, Park’s Closed.”
Useless dogs.Our dogs would have gone into “Valhalla I’m coming” attack mode.
Poor ladies, moose attacks can easily be fatal.
Moral of the story is, pack guns, and get a real dog. Coonhounds wouldn’t of run off, and there are some other types that wouldn’t either.
That pretty much sums it up. They are the number one thing I’m watching out for when out in the woods.
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Airedale terriers. One of the most courageous & protective breeds on earth.
This story reminds me a little of the whitetail buck that challenged a 640 pound elk lawn-ornament. The buck mistook it for a rival...& paid dearly. (Or as the conservation warden phrased it: “lawn ornament fight-lost.”)
http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/hunting/2010/01/concrete-statue-puts-smack-down-rutty-buck
Norwegian Elkhounds would probably make good moose medicine.
Yes, they’re great dogs too. I like coonhounds for my area because of the bears and cougars as well, and they’ll run them up a tree and keep them there.
Wow, that buck got schooled heh.
Free meat for him.
I’ve yet to see anything like that, but I don’t live in the sticks anymore.
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