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Princess Turandot

(4,828 posts) Thu Mar 14, 2019, 08:54 AM Mar 2019

The town of Silverthorn, CO was forced to close its library this week...

...when this fella decided to take a nap in front of it:

Link to tweet

It was reopened later in the day, with the moose still lounging there. They just asked people to let him be.

The moose often graces the town with his company. They think that a heating element under the sidewalk made him particularly comfortable in the spot.

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The town of Silverthorn, CO was forced to close its library this week... (Original Post) Princess Turandot Mar 2019 OP

This would be the only good reason to ever close a library. Freedomofspeech Mar 2019 #1

Would like to think they were being nice to the moose. JayhawkSD Mar 2019 #2

I learned that too. murielm99 Mar 2019 #5

Yep, very passive looking, very unpredictable and territorial. defacto7 Mar 2019 #6

Maine - guy told me his daughter was passenger in car that hit a moose. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #3

I wonder how much military gear the police dept bought over the last five years?? marble falls Mar 2019 #4

Gees, just wanted a good read. defacto7 Mar 2019 #7

Freedomofspeech

(4,388 posts)

1. This would be the only good reason to ever close a library.

Reply to Princess Turandot (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 09:08 AM

Mar 2019

I love it.

JayhawkSD

(3,163 posts)

2. Would like to think they were being nice to the moose.

Reply to Princess Turandot (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 10:27 AM

Mar 2019

But I suspect they were just being practical. I came into close proximity with a moose on canoing trips a couple of times when I was younger, and I know the drill. You do not fuck with a moose. You just don't.

murielm99

(31,526 posts)

5. I learned that too.

Reply to JayhawkSD (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 07:17 PM

Mar 2019

I have family in Montana.

defacto7

(13,650 posts)

6. Yep, very passive looking, very unpredictable and territorial.

Reply to JayhawkSD (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 16, 2019, 10:41 AM

Mar 2019

keithbvadu2

(40,539 posts)

3. Maine - guy told me his daughter was passenger in car that hit a moose.

Reply to Princess Turandot (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 11:22 AM

Mar 2019

Maine - guy told me his daughter was passenger in car that hit a moose.

Rolled over the hood, broke through the windshield and pooped in her lap.

That's actually not too bad considering that if often kills the people in the front seat.

marble falls

(62,534 posts)

4. I wonder how much military gear the police dept bought over the last five years??

Reply to Princess Turandot (Original post)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 12:44 PM

Mar 2019

defacto7

(13,650 posts)

7. Gees, just wanted a good read.

Reply to Princess Turandot (Original post)

Sat Mar 16, 2019, 10:42 AM

Mar 2019

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