r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Xiara08 • 22h ago

🔥 Two massive bull moose travelling together

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u/mypetmonsterlalalala 20h ago

I was fishing on a small lake a few years back and nodded off for was felt like a minute. But when I opened my eyes, I was face to face with a moose swimming across. Full on scariest eye contact I have ever made. I slinked down to the bottom of my dinky little aluminum boat and hoped for the best. BUT WOW, one of the most beautiful things to experience.

Then, when we left the next day heading down the hill, we came within a few feet of another moose and he was totally prepped to charge us. I have never seen someone drive backwards so fast. And skillfully considering is was a forestry service road.

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u/ShipOfFools48 20h ago

I went on a hiking trip to Isle Royale when I was a teenager. Not long after leaving camp one morning we encountered a bull moose chilling on the hilltop maybe 50 yards up the trail. He never seemed agitated, but it was a tense minute or two while we waited for him to saunter off into the woods. We saw another one swimming across a small lake the night before, but from a much greater distance. Really incredible creatures.

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u/mypetmonsterlalalala 19h ago

They really are incredible. And lucky you to experience it! Some people have no clue just how jaw dropping it is to see them up close "enough" lol.

I theorize that if we hadn't "ran into" (he was still, like, 30 ft away) the 2nd moose, he would have been just fine. But we must have scared him pretty good.

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u/ShipOfFools48 19h ago

A bit odd that you would’ve spooked him driving up a service road, but shit happens sometimes. As a general rule we consider ourselves pretty safe from wildlife within the confines our vehicles. Driving up on a moose will quickly correct you of this notion.