January 24, 2012: 85yo Moose Mashing Heroine

monster • Jan 24, 2012 9:34 am

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Wife stops moose stomping with shovel

They build them tough in Alaska. This story from the Anchorage Daily News

An agitated moose ran down and stomped a well-known Bush pilot from Willow, but he was saved when his wife grabbed a shovel from their pickup truck and whacked the big animal until it backed off.

George Murphy, 82, and his wife, Dorothea Taylor, 85, told the story of their recent moose encounter Sunday afternoon from Murphy's hospital room in Anchorage, where he is recovering from gashes to his head and left leg as well as seven broken ribs.

There's an even better picture of Dorothea if you follow the link.

I wanna be them when I grow up.

:crone:

footfootfoot • Jan 24, 2012 10:09 am

I'll get you, my pretty, and your little moose, too!

[COLOR="LemonChiffon"]I was gonna add him to my list...[/COLOR]

Nirvana • Jan 24, 2012 10:20 am

>snort<

jimhelm • Jan 24, 2012 10:56 am

STOMP STOPMP SOTMP!

glatt • Jan 24, 2012 11:05 am

heroine not heroin

:p:

She's totally awesome, BTW.

jimhelm • Jan 24, 2012 11:09 am

pun nazi

glatt • Jan 24, 2012 11:17 am

whoops. What I meant to say was *groan*

jimhelm • Jan 24, 2012 11:23 am

not groane?

Sundae • Jan 24, 2012 12:18 pm

She snagged herself a toyboy, of course she grew up awesome.

wolf • Jan 24, 2012 12:20 pm

"Most recent moose encounter" implies that she has previous experience at this.

xoxoxoBruce • Jan 25, 2012 2:44 am

She got a great infectious smile that old ladies light up a room with.

ZenGum • Jan 25, 2012 5:52 am

Note to my brain: that title was not 85yo Moose Washing Machine.

Because that would be silly.

Ma'am, you're awesome.

Sundae • Jan 25, 2012 11:43 am

xoxoxoBruce;790530 wrote:
She got a great infectious smile, which means if she bites you, you will die.

Sheldonrs • Jan 25, 2012 11:56 am

Sundae;790593 wrote:

She looks like the old lady in the diner in the movie "Legion" just before she rips the throat out of someone and then climbs the wall to the ceiling. :-)

My ex hit a moose with his car once in MA. His car was crush and he had a neck broken in several places. The moose climbed off the car and ran away.

HungLikeJesus • Jan 25, 2012 2:30 pm

MA? Oh, Moose-achusetts.