Re: [alfa] Re: Moose test

[Mark Denovich <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had a similar moose encounter in the Rocky Mountain National Park.  I 
made the mistake of going up the old river road, not seeing on the map 
that it was dirt.  A few thousand vertical feet climb over 9 miles of 
dirt on a 1000cc sportbike was made so much more interesting when I 
rounded a bend to find a moose standing in the middle of the road.

I managed to stop easily, as I wasn't going that fast.  The problem was 
the moose seemed very interested in me and/or the bike and started 
advancing towards me.  Wow, are they big!  I'm not sure if it was set on 
goring me, mating with me, or just checking me out...  either way, I 
didn't want anything to do with it.  It got within a few feet, before I 
started revving the engine and it decided to lazily walk back into the 
woods.

Seeing one up close, and knowing what a lowly white-tailed deer can do 
to a car, I don't believe any Alfa would fair well in a moose encounter. 
  Except maybe the spider... it could probably drive under one.

--Mark
The Alfa Wiki: http://alfa.denovich.org


Kevin Gildea wrote:


> I had a very near run in with a Moose 2 years ago on a motorcycle.  I was
> moviing at a pretty good clip along a twisty hiway in my area, when I
> came around a bend and encountered a moose walking across the road.  I
> managed to stop about 3-4 feet from contact, but the thing was so big
> that I could not get around him, I had no where to go.  Luckily it was
> not near the rut, and the Moose just walked off.  At the right time of
> the year he likely would have stomped me.
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