Huge moose charges at snowmobiler | Moose Attack

This is the moment a snowmobiler narrowly-avoided injury as he was forced to dodge - a charging MOOSE.
Jeremiah Bigelow was snowmobiling with his brother, son and other friends in Palisades, Idaho, USA, when they came face-to-face with the huge creature, who ran straight at them.
Footage begins with the moose lingering on the snowy path looking towards Jeramiah.
His brother is seen trying to draw the animal towards him away from Jeremiah and his son.
Eventually, the moose turns around and suddenly charges at Jeremiah's brother at high-speed.
He tries to start his snowmobile to make a getaway, but is forced to jump off in the nick of time, narrowly avoiding injury.
Jeremiah said: "A moose came onto the trail and got in between us. I had my son and two other friends with us. "
"We stopped, but moments before I started filming, the moose charged us but stopped 20 feet from us. "
"That scared me, moose are huge and I had put my snowmachine in reverse but I could not back up because my boy was right behind me on an older sled that did not have reverse. "
"My brother saw what had happened and was trying to draw the mooses attention away from us."
"Well he did. It looked like the moose was going to step off the trail into the woods for a minute, but it changed its mind and did a sudden charge. "
"My brother thought he could hit the throttle and get out of there but the engine died when he did. "
"Had my brother not jumped when he did, he would have been crushed under the full weight of the moose against the handlebars. "
"I raced ahead in case he attacked again, but the moose decided it was done and ran off as I approached. "
"Lesson learned brother should have continued on and given it more space. "
"We should have gotten our sleds turned around as well. Bad scenario with an okay outcome."
Jeremiah confirmed that his brother and the moose both escaped without injury.
The incident happened on March 5
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[@JBanks333]

🌬📢💨 Th@t M👀se wz g🙄ing abt his day. Why antagonize it? Fer clicks & views? It c😵‍💫uld hv broken itz leg.

[@Raptoraddict6610]

The moose had already done one false charge before the filming started, so that should have been a sign that the animal was scared, regardless of it's size. It appears to have felt trapped between the two snowmobiles, look at the way it keeps sticking it's tongue out repeatedly. And when it turned and calmly started walking toward the other snowmobile, the guy filming the moose started to follow it, probably scaring it more. Evidently, that's when the moose's natural "fight or flight" instincts kicked in. I ride through the woods all the time and encounter lots of animals, so that's just my humble opinion. It's their home, you're just riding through, give them the respect they deserve.

[@rb6808]

Let the moose alone. You shout, laugh an drive close to the animal.

[@larskarlsson9102]

That was dumb!

[@RishinderRana]

Absolutely

[@Kai-Thorne]

That’s what you get messing with a wild animal 🤷‍♀️

[@ozarklisa1199]

These are the kind of guys that I hate to try to move cattle with. Sorry to say!

[@annette5653]

Kein Respekt vor den Tieren! Absolut daneben!!!

[@sreckosx]

Die denken die koennen ueberall mit ihren sch.... motorisierten muell fahren. Elch war da anderer Meinung. Ich auch.

[@caouettte72]

This is a fine example of not doing the risk of injury to him and the animal is not worth it. I come from Canada and I love this animal.

[@Sveta_Letto]

Для чего надо было дразнить животное? Теперь оно явно травмировано и испугано. Ума у этих двуногих совершенно нет. Стоит махает руками , решил что самый главный ? жаль ,что лось не знал по куда нужно удар наносить .

[@TheWeedman83]

Ears pinned back, gtfo quick.

[@bwilson8058]

Leave BULLWINKLE ALONE 🤬😡😡

[@lynettedeschenes6206]

The man is not smart

[@michaelpolkey5996]

Moose on the loose

[@christinagrilfeldt3207]

Stupid people, why would they provoke the moose like this??!! 😢😠

[@MuddyPawPrintsYT]

Love your vids

[@lsky4446]

Why??!!!🙄

[@nr01vid]

omg

[@alexryback8253]

Yoo that’s wild

[@maryilia2119]

Matting season, or fear maybe ! The man appears bigger because he's on a snowmobile to the animal .let me guess your gonna shoot it.the man put his hands up. I hope the man's ok don't get me wrong .

[@codycopeland7527]

So for all of y'all who can't read, they did not antagonize the moose. They were riding, the moose came out onto the trail and charged the man filming and his son who was right behind him. The guy in front saw this happening and tried to get the mosses attention. He was hoping that the moose would get distracted and give the other riders (the ones filming) the chance to get away. His plan, if the moose charged him was to jump on his sled and drive away. Well when he tried to do that and the sled stalled and he had to jump away at the last second.

[@nag2129]

Standing up for stupidity. The World is filled with you numtpies at the moment

[@winteradventures9113]

Lmfao Could u imagine being the moose and you charge to make your self look bad ass then run straight into the sled face first like a idiot ahah Should have just drove right passed her tho And left her alone

[@popparoni9756]

I just thought the same thing 😂

[@robhughes2193]

“Corky” (from Life goes on) 💪🏼

[@philly5735]

Glad that the moose messed that dude's snowmobile for acting cocky