had to post: "Drunken moose ends up stuck in Swedish apple tree" (...Moose OK)

[kpete]

Drunken moose ends up stuck in Swedish apple tree
By Per Nyberg, CNN
September 8, 2011 9:08 p.m. EDT

"It was raining really bad. In the wind I heard something screaming with a very dark voice," Johansson told CNN. "At first I wondered if it was the crazy neighbors, but then I heard it again and went and checked. I saw something really big up in a tree in my neighbors' yard and it was a moose. It must have been drunk after eating fermented apples and as it was reaching out for more fruit it must have slipped and fallen into the tree."

Johansson called the local fire and rescue department, which responded with a fire engine and a jeep with a winch.

"We got the alarm at 9.59 p.m. on September 6 that a moose was stuck in a tree," said Anders Gardhagen, spokesman at the Gothenburg Fire and Rescue Services.

"When we arrived we used the winch to bend down the apple tree so the moose could get himself out of the tree. Once free, the moose collapsed on the ground and fell asleep. So we let him sleep it off and went back home" Gardhagen told CNN.
MORE:http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/09/08/sweden.drunken.moose/index.html

[fascisthunter]

1. lol... I only laugh because it is ok

but come on! Look at that picture... I've once felt like it looks in that pic!!!!

[sasha031]

2. that pic is a classic

put that one in files. so glad the moose is ok.:rofl:

[JHB]

3. *hic* Hey, Rocky! So you think you're the only one who can fly?

"Hmmm, don't know m'own strength."

[Altoid_Cyclist]

5. That's a pretty good one!

Long live squirrel and moose.

[Electric Monk]

4. dupe, but still funny

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1901485

[Demeter]

6. Alcoholism is a VERY serious problem in Scandinavia

but I didn't know it had spread to the wildlife, too.

[Avalux]

7. Ohh...hahaha! Thank you for the laugh! I needed it today. n/t