I’m sure all my attentive “followers” noted this item:
So, a guy I know (hard not to know everyone around here) was coming back from Bingo at Akwesasne last Sunday night. Apparently it is a regular thing for he and his wife – huh, I would have never guessed. Anyway, they were heading South on Route 374 and at the hilly, windy section missed hitting a moose by inches. Being the kind of guy that he is, he immediately turned around to warn off any approaching motorists. Too late, the next car hit the moose head-on at speed. I heard it was a kid driving with Grandma.
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I inquired about this and got the following confirmation from NYS DEC:
The moose was hit at approximately 1:28am, west of Sunset Rd between Merrill and Lyon Mountain. The 900 lb bull moose was killed by the impact. The car received extensive damage and the driver had minor injuries – complaints of head pains – but was not transported to the hospital. This has been the first moose-vehicle colision in the area this year, and the last accident was almost a year ago.
On a side note, I almost got creamed several times yesterday on my bike by BAD DRIVERS. Best to slow down and take things easy.
Moose are huge… not that I’ve ever seen one in the wild. I imagine it was a lucky break for the drivers that they didn’t get hurt. I always used to worry that one of our black horses would escape and stand in the middle of a dark road on a dark night and someone would get killed. Luckily, it never happened.
I would have to say that is a worry I’ve never had. Someday when I have a fleet of horses (pack? herd?) maybe.
Interesting that it’s directly North of us. We had a few standing in the middle of Route 86 a few times last year. Neighbor had to stop and wait on one.
well, for whatever it is worth in Anchorage alone over 300 get killed every year and an Alaskan bull moose is closer to 2,000lbs and a lot of times definitely kills the driver when the car takes its legs out and it lands in the front seat…
Yeah, talk to those Scandinavians (LOL, or not!), about that.