Driving through town, I see a crowd of people standing by the road

[cali]

so I pulled over and got out of the car. A large moose had fallen through the ice in the river. Poor guy was desperately trying to get out but obviously couldn't. 5 big guys managed to get ropes under his forelegs and tried pulling him out. Didn't work so someone went and got a tractor and they pulled the big fellow out of the river. By then he'd been in the water for about 45 minutes. At first he couldn't stand up. We got blankets and rubbed him down. Finally he got to his feet. Looks like he'll be OK.

All's well that ends well.

[JohnnyLib2]

1. Good start to the year, eh?

Thanks for the story.

[peacebird]

2. That is wonderful! Thank You!!!!

:hug:

[gateley]

3. Aw - you guys are so wonderful! Sarah Palin would have shot him. nt

[SusanaMontana41]

59. True. And true!

A big "thank you" to all who risked their lives to save that helpless, magnificent creature. The year just started, and good karma already is flowing your way.

As for Sarah, set aside for a moment how she treats wildlife. Just look at how she treats the humans who actually like her.

[bertman]

77. Damn gateley, I was hoping to go for the entire first day of the new year without hearing

or reading that woman's name. Guess I should have slept all day.

[onehandle]

80. My thought exactly. nt

[malaise]

4. Nice

Happy New Year.

[niyad]

5. k and r--thanks for a wonderful story that reminds us that most people are really good,

kind and caring.

[madokie]

6. Good news

thanks for sharing

[CoffeeCat]

7. That is so sweet...

...thanks for sharing that great story.

your local media should have covered this.

[xultar]

8. Just when I think humanity has busted the bottom of the barrel...

2010...there may be hope.

[liberalmuse]

9. Awwwwww!

It's nice to log in and read something like this first thing in the morning - yourself and others pulling together and doing everything you can to save a life. A life that others might not regard as all that valuable. That's just beautiful!

[fishwax]

10. the moose must have wanted in the polar bear club

It's New Year's Day, after all.



I'm glad you all were able to get him out :toast:

[elleng]

11. Where are you? Mooselaukee????

(Made that up, kind of!)

[cali]

12. This was in Hardwick Vermont

I actually live in a village about 4 miles out of town.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwick,_Vermont

[elleng]

18. And you cook, right?

Hi, cali!

[ensho]

13. wow, glad you all got him out

nt

[cali]

14. me too! I was really afraid he wasn't going to make it, but

there were some guys there who really knew what they were doing.

[MineralMan]

15. Good job, everyone! Bullwinkle lives another day.

[H2O Man]

16. Great!

Thanks for sharing this. It must have been a wonderful experience.

[Tom Rinaldo]

17. Nice Cali. Thank you for getting involved

and thanks for sharing the story :)

[patrice]

19. Good Work!

[gratefultobelib]

20. Now THAT was a treat to read! What a great feeling you all must have had!

[cali]

22. yep. rellief and joy, to be sure.

When I first saw him, I thought no way was he going to make it. So great that they got him out.

[Mari333]

21. God I love stories like this!!!!

sometimes the human race shows me that they are just divine.
thank you so much.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

23. Bravo for you and your neighbors. Kindness is a virtue.

[smoogatz]

24. You guys are very brave.

A frightened moose can be pretty damned dangerous. I'd have been watching from a respectful distance.

[cali]

25. I think he'd pretty much exhausted himself trying to get out

He was quite docile.

[City Lights]

26. Nice story to start the new year!

Thanks for sharing, cali! :hi:

[asdjrocky]

27. What a great thing to witness on the first day of a new decade. nt

[cali]

28. yeah, it would have really, really sucked if he hadn't made it.

[asdjrocky]

31. Could have served as an analogy either way I guess.

[KittyWampus]

29. That must've been one happy moose...

[blondeatlast]

30. Sometimes ya gotta love people. Good on you all! Thanks. nt

[Lorien]

32. With all the evil that humans do to other species (and one another) it's good to see

acts of selflessness and heroism for a change.

[cali]

33. you know what? I'm six kinds of surprised that people are responding this

way to my op. really, it didn't seem a big deal at all. I would have been shocked as hell if people hadn't reacted exactly this way.

[shadowknows69]

43. That's the sadness of it. We use to expect that of our fellow man/woman

Now it seems it's a hard search for such souls.

[rebel with a cause]

45. Oh Cali, there is nothing like a rescued

animal in distress to bring out the kindness in most people on a cold New Years day. :hug:

My kids say that I am hard as nails anymore, but I am mostly just numb from life experiences. I don't cry over personal things but tell me about an animal in trouble or one that suffered and I cry. Just something about animals and children, we think of them as innocence in itself, and many of us feel differently about them. O8)

[OneGrassRoot]

90. +1 :)

:hug:

[Ghost in the Machine]

34. What, no pictures? In this age of technology, with cell phones, digital cams and camcorders

.. no one even got a picture?? Sounds like a Bigfoot or UFO story to me...

:evilgrin:



:hi: Happy New Year!

[cali]

36. there were people there with cameras, but I don't even own a cell phone

or digital camera. I'm betting someone will post pics.

And happy happy to you too!

[Gregorian]

35. Bless you! I like hearing good news.

Especially animal related. They need all they can get. Thanks for caring. Thanks for even stopping. My cynicism level just lowered a tiny bit. And I needed that.

[Blue Diadem]

37. Great story to start the New Year.

Kudos to all those who saved the moose!

[treestar]

38. Awww thanks for that story.

Really nice.

[ljm2002]

39. That is really wonderful...

...just reading your short vignette, I was tensing up and wondering if the poor thing would make it.

What a great, great thing for people to do.

Happy New Year to y'all!!!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[dgibby]

40. Thanks to you and everyone who helped.

A great way to start the New Year!

[jberryhill]

41. Even split five ways, that's a lot of mooseburgers

It's a good thing you got him out. If you killed it in the water, it would be a lot harder to get the carcass on land.

[shadowknows69]

42. Awesome. Great story for the new year cali. Thanks.

Still some good people out there.

[midnight]

44. How wonderful. Thanks for sharing this story of people caring for one of our

four legged friends...

[Fire1]

46. Love to read stories with happy endings! Thanks cali. n/t

[DesertFlower]

47. thank you to you and everyone

who helped the moose.

[givemebackmycountry]

48. There is nothing better than chilled mousse - mmmmm.

:rofl:



I'm so stupid.

That's a great story and I bet that moose was big time CHILLY when they got him out.

He had a good start to the New Year!

[proudohioan]

49. Photos????

I'd love to see some!

[cali]

50. As I don't own either a cell phone or a digital camera, I couldn't take any

but there were quite a few people snapping pics and it'll certainly be in the local paper which comes out Wednesday.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

51. What a lucky guy. Thank you cali and all others that saved him. :) Happy New Year!

[pundaint]

52. If only people were as valued as moose...

[havocmom]

53. Damned Vermont yankees!

How I love you all! Pull together and pull it off.

[windbreeze]

54. Great story and experience...thanx for sharing n/t

[nevergiveup]

55. Thank you, cali

What a wonderful story to start the New Year.

[stlsaxman]

56. Yayyyy!!!!

:fistbump: :yourock: :headbang: :bounce:

[MissDeeds]

57. Wonderful story

Thanks to whatever powers that be for the goodness of everyday heroes.


:grouphug:

K&R

[jwirr]

58. Amazing that this huge animal let you use blankets and rub him down.

Wonderful that it was saved.

[jberryhill]

83. Particularly amazing that they had them handy... Since a moose doesn't need it

...and is more likely than not that it would injure anyone attempting to do so.

Yep. Pretty amazing.

[cali]

86. The Moose was exhausted and just lyijng there on the ice

not amazing at all that there were blankets. It was right in town and someone from one of the houses brought out blankets.

[austin78704]

60. Moosehugger

The tea party hates you.

[jules1962]

61. Thank you so much

See,I told you there are still compassionate people out there. Makes me smile.

[Withywindle]

62. Awesome!

It's so good to hear this. Sounds like one of those rescue stories from Animal Planet. Like Anne Frank, I believe, in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart. Gods bless you.

[Historic NY]

63. I'd bet Bullwinkle appreciated it.

[BrklynLiberal]

64. Great story. Great men. Great ending!! Thanks.

[shireen]

65. wow! what a great story!

Thanks for doing your part to help him.
:)

[BlancheSplanchnik]

66. Da moose probably needs to warm up...

give me his/her measurements and I'll start knitting!



thanks for the good vibes! :D

[winyanstaz]

67. thank you for the post :)

I believe most people are good at heart.

[Rhiannon12866]

68. Thanks for the story... with a happy ending. K&R.

:applause:

[itsrobert]

69. And then Sarah Palin shot it from a helicopter

yikes

[itsrobert]

70. Delete

double post and anyhow somebody all ready cracked that joke earlier.

[penndragon69]

71. Now he's too weak.

Poor soul won't be able to avoid all the hunters who gathered just a few yards away from
the river waiting to kill this poor critter, just for the FUN of it!

[varelse]

72. Thank you for sharing this story with us

I get so depressed reading the other threads, useful and informative as they are.

[applegrove]

73. Good deed indeed.

[eecumings]

74. Saving the moose

Thanks for such a good start to the new year...reading your story.

[Captain Hilts]

75. We judge societies by how they protect the weak. Your town passed the test. nt

[rateyes]

76. Good for you and your town.

Hope Bullwinkle will be OK. :hi:

[bertman]

78. Great story. Thanks, cali. nt

[HughMoran]

79. Wish I was there

I hope ol' moosey is OK. A lot better ending that the moose hanging near the road on my street this year in my suburb.

[AllyCat]

81. Fabulous story! What great news and wonderful people to help

[FourScore]

82. Way to go, cali! n/t

[roguevalley]

84. that happened in the river right here in town a few years ago and he

was pulled out exhausted. You see the clip sometimes on television. This is a good story. Thank you for one that ends well. Damned moose aren't afraid of anything. that is one of their multi-million charms for me.

[cheri010353]

85. You guys are awesome!

People like you, who take time and risks to help an animal in distress, renew my faith in humankind - and that is quite a feat in this day and age. Thank You!

[zoff]

87. Another moose story with a (mostly) happy ending.

I hit a moose in New Hampshire, near the VT MA border. I had just put new tires on the car so I swerved hard and only grazed the animal as it jumped out of the woods to cross the road. I think the moose survived and obviously I survived. The entire right side of my Integra, front fender, A, B & C-pillars and rear quarter panels were banged up. USAA would not total this 210,000 mile vehicle.

[B Calm]

88. It's a common site in Canada to see a bloated floating moose

in the water. Moose get use to walking across the ice during the cold winter months. Then when spring comes, they fall through ice and many don't make it.

[GCP]

89. I love stories like that

People can come together and work for the good of an innocent.

[dothemath]

91. thanks for the good feeling ............

I am going to get a couple of weeks of the "warm and fuzzies" out of this story. Kind of helps me throw aside the bullshit this American life constantly throws at its citizens these days.

Something is wrong, people, and the sooner wise and thinking heads rise up and demand changes, the longer we will stave off becoming the 2nd "Roman Empire" to disappear.

Please, no "morans" (republics for those of you who have been living in a hole in the ground for way too long).

Peace.

[democrank]

92. Wonderful story, Cali.

I`ll check the Gazette Wednesday for photos.

[cali]

93. Danville way? Or am I remembering wrong?

I'm sure the Gazette will have something about it.

:hi:

[democrank]

97. South Woodbury, next door to Hardwick

~PEACE~

[lenegal]

94. Wonderful outcome

nt

[OneBlueSky]

95. great way to start the New Year, no? . . .

congrats on a job well done . . . and a hearty "Thank You" from Mother Nature and from meeses everywhere . . . ;-)

[Cetacea]

96. A real heart-warmer. Thank you!