Moose In The Middle
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 9th, 2009
What is that shape in the distance? Is it a Bigfoot?
Nope, it’s just a moose in the middle. There’s a lesson somewhere in this story.
Sometimes moose watchers don’t have to go deep into the woods to see one. They just have to drive down Route 1 on the Brunswick-Topsham line in Maine. This week, eyewitnesses have reported a moose on an island in the Androscoggin River.
How did it get there? Wardens believe the moose went over the dam and washed up on the island. They plan to leave alone, hoping that when the water on the river goes down, the animal will find a way to get itself back to dry land on its own.
The moose has caused quite a spectacle. Route 1 winds along the edge of the river, and passing motorists have had a good view of the animal, according to television station WCSH6, midweek.
But things change rapidly in the natural world.
Today, the station updated their story.
The moose stuck on the small island in the Androscoggin River waterfront has moved on.
The two year old male moose somehow made landfall on an island just below the energy dam in the town of Brunswick, Maine. People who have been monitoring the situation told local station WCSH6 that the moose was able to make it off the island to safety.
People who live nearby believe the moose (thankfully unnamed) is now safe and sound, somewhere in the woods.
Raw footage of the moose, on the island eating, can be seen here. A news reporter detailing the story, with interviews, is here.
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
This reminds me of an incident that happened to me and a friend of mine about 8 years ago. We were traveling to a gathering and had to cross the Coosa River on the way. I was riding shotgun, and was also very sleepy, when I saw what I believed to be a black bear down on the river bank. When I pointed it out to my friend, he said “it’s just a stump, no black bears around these parts.” (around Gadsden, Alabama). Recently in the news from that same location there have been numerous “stump sightings” with evidence to show, those stumps were black bears. I suppose the one that I saw on the river bank had company. 🙂
I’m enjoying the caption! Could also be a sandwich recipe: “bread, bread, moose in the middle…” 🙂
Hey Jack, I’m from Gadsden, and I was just wondering last night while watching the Giant Bears episode of MonsterQuest if there were black bears in my area. I’ve never heard of any, but I guess there are! Now I want to find those news reports.
“People who live nearby believe the moose (thankfully unnamed) is now safe and sound, somewhere in the woods.”
I nominate MARTY as the name for the moose! In honor of the film where America’s favorite moose made his first debut: National Lampoon’s Vacation 🙂
“ Who’s the moosiest moose we know?
Marty Moose!
Who’s the star of our favorite show?
Marty Moose!
M is for Merry, we’re merry you see;
O is for Oh gosh, Oh golly, Oh gee;
S is for Super Swell family glee;
E is for Everything you want to be.
M – A – R – T – Y;
M – O – O – S – E.
What’s that spell?
Marty Moose!
Marty Moose!
Marty Moose!
(Hyuk), that’s me!”
Sorry about that. Now on to something serious. Moose are very mobile animals.
Moose are expanding and recolonizing former range as in Massachusetts and New York.
He was probably looking for mooseberry bushes. Sadly, New World moosberry bushes have very poor resistance to mooseberry blight, which was introduced to this continent in the early 1960’s.