On 10/25/04 2:01 PM, "Dennis" <guskersthecat@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Sorry to hear of your mishap.  For the record, if you're ever voyaging in
> moose country (like Northern Ontario for example), by all means lean on
> your horn, then swerve to avoid.  A collision with a moose at 50mph in a
> vanagon is likely not survivable.  If you're in a car, expect several
> thousand pounds of ungulate in your lap...even less survivable.
> 
> Several years ago I was doing what you shouldn't do...travelling at dusk in
> moose country during the summer.  Invariably that's when most motorist
> deaths due to moose collision occurs.  Navigating a sharp bend in the
> highway, I spotted two moose (rare to see two together) in some marsh on
> the side of the road and did my best to slow down and watch them
> carefully.  Unbeknowst to me, there was a third moose (now that's really
> rare), about two yards from the front of my van, running to save his life.
> At this point, as I had slowed considerably, the rather uninspiring vanagon
> brakes saved me and the moose's posterior (literally) from any close
> introductions.
> 
> Lesson: Don't travel at dusk or night in moose country if you can avoid it.
> 
> 
When in high school a guy hit a moose with his dads new vw bug.  He had
almost stopped when he hit it.  The moose then attached the bug.  He was one
very scared dude.  That bug was history. (northern minnesota)
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