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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSnow machiners dig moose out of avalanche
This is a great story. These guys are heroes.
http://www.adn.com/article/20150101/snowmachiners-dig-moose-out-avalanche-hatcher-pass
A moose caught in an avalanche in Hatcher Pass may have three passing snowmachiners to thank for making it into the new year.
The men dug the moose -- a young cow, they think -- out of the snow, apparently unharmed, after it was caught in an avalanche Dec. 28. One of the men, Marty Mobley, 44, said the moose probably caused the slide that swallowed it and that without the group's help, it would not have survived.
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"It looked like a guy's arm at first because we were expecting to see a skier," Mobley said. "But it was moaning and groaning and moving and we realized it was a moose, even though only his ears and some of its snout was sticking out of the snow."
Mobley said the men grabbed their shovels and began to dig the moose out of the snow. Mobley said it didnt move as they worked and even seemed to get calmer as they cleared snow away. Mobley said two men dug while the other served as an avalanche lookout.
"It didnt even fight us," Mobley said. "It was like, 'Help me. Help me.' It was totally docile and let us touch it. It just (lay) there," Mobley said.
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Snow machiners dig moose out of avalanche (Original Post)
Blue_In_AK
Jan 2015
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)1. What a good thing those men did, my dear Blue...
I'm so glad they dug out the moose.
They ARE heroes.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)2. So cool those folks helped that moose.
Thanks for sharing the story.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)3. Sadly, Squirrel has not been found and is presumed dead.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)4. Moose has the guilty look!
He should not have jumped so hard on the snow!