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Can't swing a car without hitting a bear....

  • 17-08-2012 12:44PM
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    "Norwegian driver hits bear after trying to avoid moose

    A Norwegian driver who tried to avoid crashing into a moose hit a bear instead, a wildlife official said. The accident took place on Wednesday night on a rural road 225km (140 miles) north of Oslo, in Hedmark county.
    While the driver escaped uninjured, a search party was tracking the bear after finding traces of blood, local wildlife official Svein Erik Bjorke told the Reuters news agency.
    Norway is home to around 100,000 moose and 150 brown bears.
    The driver spotted the moose around midnight near Hanestad village and tried to steer around the animal, when a bear suddenly ran in front of his car.
    "The driver had lost a bit of speed as she tried to avoid the moose before hitting the bear," Mr Bjorke told Reuters.
    "We are currently tracking the bear and we have found traces of blood indicating internal injuries."
    The driver's car sustained some damage in the accident. The moose managed to flee the scene unharmed. "

    They found the moose from the previous accident :D:

    Drunk Swedish elk found in tree


Comments

  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Its a slow news day when we get reports about car crashes in Norway! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,706 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    'WTF? Another Drunken elk?!'

    Apparantly not -article title 8 September 2011


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    What are the odds of that happening with only 150 brown bears in the entire country?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭lau1247


    What are the odds of that happening with only 150 brown bears in the entire country?

    bear was chasing the moose I'd reckon :D


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,717 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Poor injured animal. I can't bear thinking about it


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    antodeco wrote: »
    Poor injured animal. I can't bear thinking about it
    Ah I dunno, I think it's rather a-moose-ing.


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