‘Simply Scooch’: Watch This Moose Get Too Close to a Costco Consumer in Alaska

If you’re living in Alaska, you require to get ready for some close encounters with wildlife. Even the state’s biggest city Anchorage, is home to moose and grizzly bears. Just recently, a Costco buyer tape-recorded a close interaction with a moose.

Amber Rotar, a lifelong local of Alaska, initially recorded the video. With more than 1,000 moose living around the city, Rotar manages to keep her calm when a moose checks out her groceries.

Here’s the video:

The post starts with a moose at the back of Rotar’s car, looking through her current purchase at the big box store. Rotar remains calm however does her best to try and get the moose away. In the video, she can be heard saying, “Hey bud, scooch! I’ll provide you the sweet potatoes. No ears back pal. Just scooch.”

Moose will raise their fur and put their ears back, practically like a pet dog, when they’re upset. With the typical moose weighing around 1,000 pounds, it’s not something you want to tinker. Fortuantely, there was no incident here, but it did make for a wild video.

Moose Security

Here are some moose safety tips from the city of Anchorage:

1. Make lots of noise when treking and strolling parks or tracks.
2. Keep pet dogs on a leash at all times. Lots of an animal has been fatally hurt by a kicking moose.
3. The majority of moose are more aggressive in calving (spring), and breeding (fall), seasons, but if sensation threatened, can respond rapidly. Know the indication.
4. Don’t ever come between a cow and its calf.
5. Mountain bikers need to prevent single track routes from mid-May through late June, while calves are young and cows are really protective.
6. Exacerbated moose have their ears laid back, the hair on their neck standing up, and they might begin licking their lips or stomping the ground.
7. If a moose charges, get something in between you (like a tree or vehicle). It is OK to run from moose (rather than standing your ground against a bear).
8. Do never feed moose. A $300 fine may be levied versus anyone deliberately feeding wildlife, and a habituated moose is more likely to become aggressive.

What would you do if a moose approached your groceries?

There’s a lot of wildlife in Alaska. Just recently, a Costco consumer taped a moose going through her groceries.