A Moose Encounter

While hiking in Alaska’s Denali National Park last summer, my two friends and I were strolling along one of the few trails (most of the park is trail-less, meaning it’s just you, the mountains, and the bears – very fun!) and we turned a corner and … there was a huge statue of a moose. I thought it was odd that there would be a statue in the middle of a trail, and then it moved. It was a real moose! That’s not something you see very often in Mississippi, so it kind of took me by surprise. Even better, it was a mama moose with her calf. Well, it was awesome and breathtaking until her maternal instincts kicked in and we were suddenly the enemies. After she made a couple of small charges at us, we decided it was best to continue around (in a wide circle) the pair of moose.

But not before we got a short video taken by accident as we were fumbling around with cameras, nerves, and adrenaline. You may not be able to tell, but the adult moose was HUGE – bigger than a Clydesdale horse.

And some pictures: