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What do you think, are they still around?

I do notice all these sightings seem to be from tourists, and they never take photos.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm very much on the same page, pics or it didn't happen. If there really was a moose population, there would be prints, poo, antlers, or some other evidence.

Instead, we have a number of sightings, almost always by people from areas where moose live, but no photos.

And I believe the fact it always seems to be Americans or Canadians is significant, perhaps they're more likely to think moose when they see a shape, rather than a NZer, who would assume it was a deer?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Either they habitually hallucinate moose (mooses? meece?) or else some wag likes to get out there and wave antlers at tourists.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I suspect they're just seeing big bull deer or a Wapiti.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Good point. Living where I do, I keep forgetting there's anything bigger than a pig or a goat out there.