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Man fights back after moose attack
Aftenpost ^ | October 5, 2004 | by Nina Berglund

Posted on 10/07/2004 1:23:14 AM PDT by aculeus

A man in southern Norway was out looking for tree burls in the woods Monday afternoon when an angry male moose found him instead. The moose went on the attack, but Salvesen fought back, fearing for his life. Norwegian moose are generally shy and usually run in the opposite direction when encountering humans. In this case, the moose was more than simply aggressive.

"He charged right at me," a shaken Salvesen told local newspaper Fædrelandsvennen in Kristiansand. "I screamed, tried to run and dove behind some trees."

The moose kept pursuing him, Salvesen claimed, so he swung the axe he was carrying to cut wood burls off tree trunks.

"I hit him in one of his back legs and I could see that his leg broke," Salvesen said.

The broken leg didn't stop the moose either, and he swung his head towards Salvesen and tried to trample him with his front legs.

"So I lunged at him again with the axe, and got him in the head this time," Salvesen claimed. "The moose fell and I grabbed his horns, only to get kicked again."

The moose finally retreated and limped into the woods. Salvesen, in shock and with moose hair between his fingers, said he stumbled to the nearest house to get help.

Local wildlife authorities later searched for the wounded moose, but he wasn't found. Salvesen said he's still shaken, not to mention badly bruised.

"It will be a long time before I go wandering in the woods alone again," he said.

Aftenposten English Web Desk


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To: Pharmboy

Just what is Boris leering at?

 

41 posted on 10/07/2004 6:35:23 AM PDT by Fintan (Oh...Am I supposed to read the article???)
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To: aculeus

42 posted on 10/07/2004 6:39:38 AM PDT by paws_and_whiskers
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To: aculeus
Moose is good eatin!
I Visited the in-laws in Finland, ate cold smoked moose and all the reindeer I could stomache. mmmmm... moose...
43 posted on 10/07/2004 6:48:43 AM PDT by IronKros (Have you ever noticed that whenever you sit behind a keyboard, some idiot starts typing?)
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music fade out

...And when I awoke

I was alone

This moose had flown

But I had my burls

Isn't it good

Norwegian wood?

44 posted on 10/07/2004 6:54:55 AM PDT by P H Lewis (One of the fundamentals of democracy is knowing where to place your machine gun. - Foggy)
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To: Fintan

Hey--once I got by the dastardly deeds and the gawd-awful accent, I always thought Natasha was pretty sexy...


45 posted on 10/07/2004 7:01:23 AM PDT by Pharmboy (History's greatest agent for freedom: The US Armed Forces)
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To: Salamander

"Where there is Moose there is Squirle"

.............Borris Baddenoff.


46 posted on 10/07/2004 7:09:49 AM PDT by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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To: Fintan

Looks like Pamela Anderson's last contribution to 'Good Will'

47 posted on 10/07/2004 7:10:38 AM PDT by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: Fintan

Casting of teressa "hinds" Kerry south side going north.


48 posted on 10/07/2004 7:11:13 AM PDT by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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To: glock rocks

Never take a knife to a Moose Fight...


49 posted on 10/07/2004 7:13:28 AM PDT by tubebender (If I had known I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself...)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel
"Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a Norwegian out of my hat!"

Now that's funny...

50 posted on 10/07/2004 7:14:56 AM PDT by tubebender (If I had known I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself...)
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To: aculeus

NEWSFLASH! Brave Moose injured while defending forest from armed, Right-Wing defiler.


51 posted on 10/07/2004 7:21:02 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Jet Jaguar

52 posted on 10/07/2004 7:51:08 AM PDT by gortklattu (check out thotline dot com)
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To: LtKerst

Wow.
What a flashback.
Do you remember "Crusader Rabbit" and "Sherman and Mr Peabody"?

Those were the days....;)


53 posted on 10/07/2004 10:14:00 AM PDT by Salamander (Pirates of the Appalachians)
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Free Republic Beeber Stunner
54 posted on 10/07/2004 1:40:56 PM PDT by Fixit (Set Beebers to Stuner)
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Poached moose

Andre "Moose" Dupont


55 posted on 10/07/2004 9:32:50 PM PDT by spectr17 (Veni, Vedi, Velcro. I came, I saw, I stuck around)
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