![This is why old people are awesome. They are old, they are in love, they still hold hands, and they will defend each other from rampaging moose.
An elderly couple in Alaska were just casually walking their dogs at the local airport (I guess this is a thing?) when a giant moose decided to charge them. The husband, 82 year old George Murphy, was the initial target of the ungulate’s rage. With nowhere to hide, he opted to dive into a snowdrift. This was a weak strategy. The moose ran over and began to repeatedly stomp on the octogenarian. Apparently, this is an attack strategy.
Then, George’s knightess in a shining parka, his 85 year old wife Dorothea, came to the rescue. Her initial concern was that she “thought he was trying to kill Fellar, the old dog.” This may or may not also be a metaphor for her husband, in which case she is correct, the moose was trying to kill the old dog.
She grabbed a shovel, specifically one used for shoveling grain (Why this is of importance to USA Today, I have no idea), and whacked the moose several times, saving her husband from death by moose.
As the kind Alaskans they are, neither George nor Dorothea are “upset” with the moose. They understand the plight of the creature who was “at the end of [his] rope” due to the harsh winter.
Lesson: Alaska is so cold that it’s stressing moose out to the point that they stomp on humans. Time for me to…never go there.](http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyd0kdWq6F1qzp0gto1_500.jpg)
This is why old people are awesome. They are old, they are in love, they still hold hands, and they will defend each other from rampaging moose.
An elderly couple in Alaska were just casually walking their dogs at the local airport (I guess this is a thing?) when a giant moose decided to charge them. The husband, 82 year old George Murphy, was the initial target of the ungulate’s rage. With nowhere to hide, he opted to dive into a snowdrift. This was a weak strategy. The moose ran over and began to repeatedly stomp on the octogenarian. Apparently, this is an attack strategy.
Then, George’s knightess in a shining parka, his 85 year old wife Dorothea, came to the rescue. Her initial concern was that she “thought he was trying to kill Fellar, the old dog.” This may or may not also be a metaphor for her husband, in which case she is correct, the moose was trying to kill the old dog.
She grabbed a shovel, specifically one used for shoveling grain (Why this is of importance to USA Today, I have no idea), and whacked the moose several times, saving her husband from death by moose.
As the kind Alaskans they are, neither George nor Dorothea are “upset” with the moose. They understand the plight of the creature who was “at the end of [his] rope” due to the harsh winter.
Lesson: Alaska is so cold that it’s stressing moose out to the point that they stomp on humans. Time for me to…never go there.
