Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Holy Bullwinkle!

My sister-in-law sent me a forwarded e-mail with these pics. They were supposedly taken at Elliott Lake, Ontario, Canada. The road is supposed to be a regular dirt road, i.e., one wide enough for a car to drive down.





What do you think? Real or Photoshopped? There's nothing on Snopes about a giant moose. I'd love to believe that a moose of that size is out there, but do they really get that big?

4 comments:

Fish Food said...

GOOD GOD! That is terrifyingly huge! Surely that isn't normal, is it?

Photoshopped - definitely!!!!

~~Silk said...

"A full grown bull moose can measure up to 10 feet long, 7 feet at the shoulder, with legs 40 inches long or more and a rack measuring over 60 inches (with 20 or more “points”) and weighing over 60 lbs. Full weight is reached in about 5 years. Bulls can reach up to 1,400 pounds (Avg. 1,000-1,200 lbs.), cows weigh between 700 and 900 lbs."

From http://www.etravelmaine.com/rangeley/attractions/moosewatching/mwatch.html

The road looks like it's one car width. What's that - maybe a little over five feet? So let's make the road seven feet wide, and imagine the moose lying down on it.

Yeah, he's a big'un, but not outside the realm of possibility. I think he looks even bigger because the trees are small.

the queen said...

On the OTHER hand, we only have one sun. On the road, the sun is almost setting on the left. Look at the hind legs in the top photo. The lower legs should be in much darker shadow.

I call Moosesh_t on these photos.

rockygrace said...

Okay, so I showed these pics to guys at the office who hunt, and they agreed with Silk, that a moose that size could definitely exist. They also agree that the pics COULD be photoshopped.

hmmm.... I think somebody should send the pics to Snopes for investigation.