Talk about bad luck

[Bob_VT]

Wow this was just on the news.......

Car hits 2 moose


Brunswick, Vermont - May 26, 2010

An unusual accident in the Northeast Kingdom: A car struck not one, but two moose at the same time.

It happened late at night May 18 on Route 102 in Brunswick. Both moose landed on top of the car, crushing the hood and roof. Melissa Hildreth, 41, was driving the car. She survived. Both animals died.


I feel bad for the Moose

 

[aspeck]

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Shouldn't the plural of moose be meese? Or mooses?

As for the accident, YIKES!!!!! That IS some bad luck ... and how do you explain that to your spouse? "Honest, honey, I didn't see 2 giant moose (or is it meese, or mooses) standing in the middle of the road!"

I at least hope she got to keep the animals for consumption.

 

[j_martin]

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Meese, or mooses are very dark, and their eyes don't shine. Driving fast on a dark night in moose territory is like Russian roulette.

Animals can surprise you for sure. A mile from home at 12:30 am the other night, 2 deer suddenly jumped onto the road, and one darted in front of me. I hit the brakes at first sight, and was probably doing about 30 when I broadsided her and launched her 20 feet into the ditch. She got her bearings in about 30 seconds and scedaddled. I was left standing there with a flashlight looking at my newly reshaped hood.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

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There was a show on one of the Discovery channels about moose vs car accidents. In Newfoundland, they say they average one a day. Most of the time the driver of the car does not survive. Many of the cars end up being totaled.

When I was stationed in Brunswick Maine, I took a trip on my bike to Rangley Lake region. Went around a curve and about hit a doe sunning herself in the middle of the road. I stopped, she got up and apparently didn't like Triumph motorcycles. I think that was the fastest I had ever did a "U" turn in the middle of the road. I didn't start pulling away from her until I was going over 40mph.

 

[NelsonQ]

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Real entertainment is the stories of folks who see them on the road and stop in time.

Then, for some odd reason, they feel compelled to get out and try to convince that 1200lb+ bull moose to get off the road.

SS, I'm from the East Coast of Canada, and I've heard a few guys talk about driving rigs over there. Apparently its pretty common.

 

[jtmarten]

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Shouldn't the plural of moose be meese? Or mooses?

As for the accident, YIKES!!!!! That IS some bad luck ... and how do you explain that to your spouse? "Honest, honey, I didn't see 2 giant moose (or is it meese, or mooses) standing in the middle of the road!"

I at least hope she got to keep the animals for consumption.

They're dark and hard to see at night if there's no moon, kinda like a black angus steer.

 

[roscoe]

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What the heck was she driving that she was able to kill both moose?

 

[DaNinja]

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What the heck was she driving that she was able to kill both moose?

Must have been a Hummer. When I was in Alaska, people didn't come out of that very well.

 

[eaglejim]

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A couple of years ago I hit 2 deer at the same time one in the butt and the other in the head had my quota for the year

 

[kenmyfam]

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What the heck was she driving that she was able to kill both moose?

Would like to know that as well.

 

[Bob_VT]

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Well this is all I was able to find as an update......

Brunswick, Vermont - May 26, 2010

An unusual accident in the Northeast Kingdom: A car struck not one, but two moose at the same time.

It happened late at night May 18 on Route 102 in Brunswick. Both moose landed on top of the car, crushing the hood and roof. Melissa Hildreth, 41, was driving the 1994 Mitsubishi 3000 GT. She survived. Both animals died.

Not a big car and even smaller now.....

 

[aspeck]

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Maybe she had good luck after all ... she survived! In the Mitsubishi!

 

[cougar1985]

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ok she lost her car for sure but hopefully gained 2 moose as road kill .boy could i ever have a lot of bugers out of 2 of them!chili too!

 

[j_martin]

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There's the secret. You have to kneecap them.

 

[mphy98]

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mmmmmmmmmmm, yum moose burgers and moose steaks. 2 more weeks to our Canadian trip number 1. Can't wait.

 

[roscoe]

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I think you're right.
Hit a deer or bear, and you hit the body, the animal often runs off.

Hit the legs, and they are down, then the deputy shoots them.