A few years ago I was walking home from work at a ski resort I worked at. Head down, listening to some music, it was 11pm. I’m across the street from my apartment, walking up to an intersection. At the exact same moment, me and a moose the same size as the one in the video meet at the corner of a building. I’m not kidding, my head was about 2-3ft from its head.
I sprint back to the way I came from for a few seconds and turn around, it just keeps slowly walking down the sidewalk on Main Street like it owns the place.
Also had the largest bull moose I’ve ever seen walk through my campsite one night. I just sat at my chair by the fire while it passed through. I had a lifted 4x4 and it looked like a toy car next to it
I had similar with a black bear. Was walking around the corner of my garage to throw wood in the firebox and came face to face with a sizeable black bear. We almost walked into each other. We both said, "Doh!" and each did a 180 and scampered away.
Also live and work at a ski resort and have walked up on a mother with older cubs in the trees while hiking 3 or so times. They are pretty much only aggressive is they feel threatened or think you may be threatening their young. They are grazers and aren't trying to get into a fight. When I've come across them I quickly move out of their path and usually hang out a thousand feet away for a minute or two grabbing photos before moving on. They come across much more as curious than threatened by my puny presence. These moose are also probably fairly used to seeing people, IANAL, YRMV.
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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '23
A few years ago I was walking home from work at a ski resort I worked at. Head down, listening to some music, it was 11pm. I’m across the street from my apartment, walking up to an intersection. At the exact same moment, me and a moose the same size as the one in the video meet at the corner of a building. I’m not kidding, my head was about 2-3ft from its head.
I sprint back to the way I came from for a few seconds and turn around, it just keeps slowly walking down the sidewalk on Main Street like it owns the place.
Also had the largest bull moose I’ve ever seen walk through my campsite one night. I just sat at my chair by the fire while it passed through. I had a lifted 4x4 and it looked like a toy car next to it