Posted on 05/25/2007 9:44:27 AM PDT by TonyInOhio
Rare moose spotted
Kurt Are Boine Nikkinen was on a fishing trip, but made his biggest catch with his camera.
Nikkinen, 31, was on his way home from a fishing trip when he spotted a white moose in Tanadalen, 30 kilometers east of Karasjok in Finnmark County in northern Norway.
Around Wednesday midnight, the albino moose was out in a field, just about 100 meters from the road.
"It stood and looked at me," Nikkinen told Aftenposten.no.
The Finnmark man had a video camera in his car and filmed the moose, also driving after it when the moose ran along the road, and at one point was only about 20 meters from the animal.
"It was completely white and had red eyes," Nikkinen said.
After a while the animal turned and crossed the road behind Nikkinen's car before disappearing into a field on the other side.
"It was a great experience to see and film it. It is not the kind of thing you experience more than once in a lifetime," Nikkinen said.
The Finnmark man had heard rumors of the white moose before and there have been sightings of the animal in the area. Nikkinen believes the moose is a youngster, about a year and a half old. A hunter himself, he said he could never shoot the white moose.
"It would make a special trophy but it won't be on my wall. Such a fine animal should be protected," he said.
According to Nikkinen there were sightings of a white moose in the area around three years ago, and that this is likely a relative. A white moose appeared in Østfold County in southern Norway last October and sparked a heated debate about whether it should be hunted or preserved.
Realli?
Quick get him some white cheddar!
Now was he albino or was he spotted.
Can’t be both.
Must be a labratory moose.
What kills me is these genetic defects are protected by law so they can’t be hunted. So we hurt the gene pool of the animals to make people “feel better.”
thanks for the warning moose bites can be pretti nasti you know
He still has his winter cammo on ;)
Looks like a cross between a moose and an Chilean snow llama......
Spøtted ålbinø møøse bites åre the nåstiest kynd.
I saw a stuffed albino moose in Jellico Ontario, so there.
Oh you CAD. It is not a defect, it is diversity. The Department of Thought will contact you shortly to schedule your reeducation session. Please do not make this any harder. Resistance is futile. Have a nice day ;-)
Tinfoil Moose.
The first time it rains, that white paint is going to wash off.
Meet Albino Squirrel:
What gave it away? The white coat?
Rare?....I like mine WELL DONE!..........with some garlic.......
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In related news, Senator Robert KKK Byrd has introduced legislation mandating a re-make the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.
His office is denying the rumor that the new show will be called "The Robert Byrd Rocky and Bullwinkle Show"...
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