"It's definitely the most Canadian thing I've done."

October 29, 2023 12:03 PM

Moose survives Hallowe'en fright
posted by sardonyx (18 comments total)

A Møøse once bit my sister...
posted by hippybear at 12:17 PM on October 29, 2023 [6 favorites]

Shaydon Soucy and his wife Sydney

this is a short story written by Thomas Pynchon

also very glad they took the pretty major risk to help the Moose! I would have wanted to pat him too.
posted by supermedusa at 12:23 PM on October 29, 2023 [4 favorites]

The detail of the story that I appreciate the most is the moose licking the guy's hand out of gratitude.

Moose are gigantic frightening creatures, but to have one clearly recognize you could help them out of a bad situation and then to offer gratitude when you're done... actually makes me a bit misty typing it out even though I wasn't feeling that when I started this.
posted by hippybear at 12:38 PM on October 29, 2023 [9 favorites]

I told my husband this story right after I read it and he had a very big "awww"
posted by supermedusa at 12:41 PM on October 29, 2023 [2 favorites]

I told my husband this story right after I read it and he had a very big "awww"

That's a good 6 point aw.
posted by srboisvert at 12:53 PM on October 29, 2023 [6 favorites]

I am choosing to read Never approach moose: officials as "never approach moose officials" (if you ask them for something, they might try to charge you).
posted by eponym at 1:05 PM on October 29, 2023 [3 favorites]

SPOILER





Wow, he even got to pet the moose's nose!
posted by oneirodynia at 1:13 PM on October 29, 2023 [1 favorite]

If I recall our founding documents correctly, I think that guy just became our new Governor General.
posted by mrjohnmuller at 2:34 PM on October 29, 2023 [10 favorites]

PICTURED: "not a huge moose by any means"

It's easy to forget how big those burly bastards are.
posted by brundlefly at 3:30 PM on October 29, 2023 [1 favorite]

Well that helps me with the costume
posted by winesong at 3:33 PM on October 29, 2023 [3 favorites]

PICTURED: "not a huge moose by any means"

It's just a horse-sized moose.
posted by Mister Fabulous at 7:26 PM on October 29, 2023

The way that moose let the scratch his face makes me think that moose is definitely someone’s pet, probably house trained.
posted by waving at 2:03 AM on October 30, 2023 [1 favorite]

I thought everyone in Canada had a pet moose?
posted by supermedusa at 7:55 AM on October 30, 2023

It's easy to forget how big those burly bastards are.

Canada mooses are the only animal in the animal kingdom that wants anything to do with Canada gooses.
posted by flabdablet at 8:20 AM on October 30, 2023

Wow. I usually think of that spider web netting as being a danger to sparrows, not ginormous animals. I wish people wouldn't use it. But I'm glad the moose is okay.
posted by pangolin party at 9:14 AM on October 30, 2023 [3 favorites]

Yeah, my thought was that moose seemed awfully habituated to humans, but it still takes more nerve than I've got to stand just the other side of chain link fence from even a tame-ish seeming moose. Glad all parties came out okay!
posted by EvaDestruction at 12:05 PM on October 30, 2023

"not a huge moose by any means"

That's not a moose. This is a moose.
posted by Kabanos at 1:45 PM on October 30, 2023 [2 favorites]

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti...
posted by hippybear at 2:08 PM on October 30, 2023 [1 favorite]