I live in Quebec Canada for 50 years and yes this is a Big Moose but yes they get bigger. what makes me laugh is people making comments that have no idea about how big a moose can get
Aye, there was a moose in yellow knife, that waa an easy 9 foot, from top of mullet to ground. I believe that they are bigger. Some with racks 15 feet across.
To most of you saying this a photo shop job you obviously haven't seen a fully mature Bull Moose in person. I have no problem believe this is a real picture.
Largest Moose on record is an Alaskan Moose that weighed 1808 pounds and stood 7.6 feet at the shoulder. This one looks to be around that size so very possible. I've seen some pretty big ones in Western Colorado but not nearly this size. The biggest I've seen in person was a bit over 6 feet at the shoulder and I'd guess about 1200 to 1300 pounds. The Yukon Alaskan moose are the largest moose subspecies as well as the largest antlered animal in the world. There have also been many giant moose sightings in northern Alberta and BC as well but the Alaska and Yukon region have the largest average size by population.
I remember a friend of mine talking about visiting Alaska and driving a huge truck through the forest when he almost hit a moose. He said he didn't see the moose, he only saw its _legs_ .
True fact. The moose's fur coat absorbs the light from your car so well that all you see running across the road at night are the lighter coloured legs. Very scary seeing picket fence on the roadway, moving.
Yes that can definitely be real! Back in the early 80's my husband and i were traveling to Jackson Hole Wyoming and a moose that size came over the bank right in front of us and by the time my husband stopped the car, we were under the belly of a giant moose and he just stepped over us and kept going! We were in shock! I will never forget the ordeal!
Ish... that could have gone really bad for you, especially if you had hit it's legs... O_o Moose are considered to be one of the most deadly animals to hit with a car... since it's not the front of the car that takes the hit, but rather the windshield due to that their legs are so long. It's the reason why we do the so called "Moose test" in Sweden on cars... which is a swerve test, to see if the car is able to swerve out of the way of something, and then get back in to your lane afterward, and not flip over when doing so. XD
Wow. Such a cool experience. I think you did right though, that you stopped the car and waited. Saw a video here on youtube where a stupid person tries to drive past a moose and two children of hers (and repeatedly gets attacked by the mother). I just get so annoyed that this driver doesn't just decide to stop and wait for the mooses to go away. Was he really in that big of a hurry?
well if you've ever run into a moose that stood 7 feet tall you wouldn't need to ask this. they can get taller. they are massive and trust me they are probably the most impressive land mamal on earth.
An elephant is much more intelligent than a moose. A moose is like a gigantic deer and they tend to be very jumpy at certain times of the year. I've seen a random wandering moose get startled by a car backfiring and ram his (her?) head directly through the rear passenger window in an effort to scare the car off. It certainly scared the passengers off!
The likelihood of getting killed by a moose is greater than the one by a bear. Normally bears avoid humans and attack only when left without an option. Moose’s on the other hand, especially the adult males, are so aggressive and territorial that they will charge you first.
@@metalstorm7506 That's only Black bears. Grizzly and Polar bears are demons that attack anyone on sight. They are more likely to kill you than a moose. Moose are not aggressive animals
@ΩmegaZz I would like to think the majority of us are. We are very polite...say "sorry" a lot. Lol We are tidy..not much littering here. What state are you? New York? I've been to the U.S. many times 👍 Stay safe out there🙊
@ΩmegaZz Cool. I've been to New York State but not NY city.. Definitely never been to Nebraska ...is that "middle" America? You guys have mountainous terrain there I think?
@ΩmegaZz It must be beautiful there. I guess you have 4 seasons like us. Not as cold as here I bet. Lol I live just outside of Ottawa (our Nations Capital)..about 4.5 hours away from Toronto...we border the province of Quebec. And Canadians talk about the weather a lot🙄...lmao
I saw my first moose a few nights ago in Barre Massachusetts while driving home from work at about 830 pm. He was just standing still in the road as I was driving towards him. Thank God I saw him. I was beside myself when I saw the size. I could've practically drove under him he was so tall. And his antlers were humongous. Absolutely beautiful animal. The whole thing probably lasted for 10 seconds. He just casually finally crossed and disappeared into the woods. So yes, they do get that big. King of the woods around here. He was absolutely beautiful. I'm 47 years old and he was the first moose in real life that I've ever seen. And I've lived in the same house for my entire life. I still can't believe how big he was. I remember looking up at him and his eye made made contact with me, it was an amazing experience. From now on I drive the speed limit and pay close attention. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I ever hurt one of these majestic creatures while driving. I still can't believe the size. I keep replaying it in my head and every single time I think, WOW!
What an awesome encounter! and goes to show that when people cross paths with a moose (or the other way around lol) it can be harmless for both species 🎉
Actually, I was living in New England when this photo set was taken and hit the 'air'. This moose is on a timber trail up in New Brunswick, Canada, and is VERY real. Keep in mind, that trail is NOT a full width road, but a wilderness trail. The moose in question is about 7'6" at the withers, and maybe 1500-lbs in weight. Top end of the range for this species? Yes. Fake? No. Oh, and the Western or Alaskan Moose actually can be larger than this guy. You should visit Fairbanks Alaska, sometime.
By the way, you can't start the video out with 'Is this moose real?', and then tell us a minute later it was a photo taken at Elliot Lake, Ontario (which it was not). It was in New Brunswick. Upon the photo's release, a group of us actually went up to the general area to ride ATV's on the trails looking to spot him.
I think an average "Big" moose in Canada is around 1200lbs. We had a head over our cabin door from a 1200 pounder. A "HUGE" Moose would be around 1,500lbs. The largest moose ever recorded was a bull taken in the Yukon which weighed a ridiculous 1,800 pounds. Unless there has been a bigger one since.
This lad is an absolute unit no doubt but I'll never forget the Moose my dad and I saw snowmobiling in 1998. He came out of the woods and from 30 meters away we could see he was huge. My dad stopped and we just watched him sniff at some tree branches and go on his way. I swear no bear could have taken this moose down. It was like a Clydesdale Moose
Years ago I worked at Yellowstone National Park, and I was always very aware and careful to stay as far away from grizzlies as possible. We had really great training from the wildlife experts, and I always remember them telling us it's not the bear we need to fear it's the moose we need to stay away from especially if they have young ones they can be extremely dangerous
@1jackvalley580 I spent my formative years (3rd-9th grade) in idyllic southern Maine, and the "Pine Tree State" motto would rightly tell you that the state is loaded with vast tracts of wilderness, and it's perfect for Moose to live, thrive, and grow HUUUUGE in an environment like that. Over the years, most every "old-timer" Mainer I've been around wouldn't even hesitate on what the most dangerous animal to stay away from was: MALE MOOSE! Maine also has Black Bears, wolves, etc., which obviously warrant big respect, but in terms of the one animal that you wouldn't want to encounter, ESPECIALLY during mating season, it's a male Moose.
Alaskan moose reach 7' plus at the shoulders ,and yes a bull that size could fight off a pack of wolves that's a single lane road,roughly 8 'wide so compare this monster with that. A real life scenario witnessed from the air by Nat. Geographic photographers saw a victorious bull walk away from 14 wolves. They chose to look for something a wee bit easier to handle.
There's a giant moose wood sculpture by Niagra falls, it's so big you can walk under it and everything. Only now do I realize that it's an actual size sculpture.
I think I was 8 or 9 years old when I saw a moose live the first time. This even looks exactly like the situation I saw it in! Passing across a forest road, with a crazy crown! That was just a Northern European moose, so quite a bit smaller, but to a kid it looked like an elephant. Thanks for the memories!
these pictures may be photoshopped, but i can assure you that moose are really this big. shoulder height (not accounting for head and huge antlers) they can be up to 8 feet tall. head and antlers included, they're probably about 10 feet tall. which is about the height of an average room in an american house.
Lordy he is a beast of a thing. I HOPE he was able to live out the rest of his life naturally. Something so impressive and majestic shouldn't meet his end to a bullet.
you would need a perfectly passed 50bmg shot to take it out for shere my uncle hunts them all the time and don't worry he's big but they get bigger and they have a stable population because other then humans nothing fucks with them
yes, your right. This could be a moose standing around 12 feet from the ground up too the antlers. lived in Hearst Ontario, Canada and there's moose up there that size.
Yes, this is actually real. They can grow so big that many tourists who don't know that they can get this big actually think it is a monster of some sort and that was how the Wendigo myth was born. The strongest ones can stand on two legs as well and that's why some people think they saw a Wendigo. Also yes, they can completely crush cars. basically everything about Wendigos is exactly what Mooses can do.
I moved to Fairbanks Alaska from Louisiana. When I got off the plane there was a huge mounted grizzly bear in the terminal. I was paralyzed with fear. The first thing I did was go to the museum and see the history and videos of nature. A video showing a full grown bull moose grazing in a creek eating plant matter. A huge grizzly burst through the tree line and charged the moose. The moose side stepped planted his feet,and hit that grizzly so hard the bears neck snapped and the grizzly laid down dead in the creek. The video said moose are extremely dangerous. Suddenly I wasn't afraid of bears anymore.
I believe it. I live in Colorado and have a cabin on the Continental Divide at 11,200 ft. A bull moose that visited our deck area stood next to the railing and we later measured the height of the shoulder where he stood. It was 7' at the shoulder. This was a young adult, telling by his very dark appearance. So, I'd say it is possible for a moose to reach a shoulder height of 8'. Impressive!
Moose certainly get at least that big. I saw one in the fall of 1976 near Delta Junction in Alaska that looked bigger. Came lumbering across the highway as I was approaching in a Subaru. It had a giant tree limb or portion of a tree stuck in its rack. Misty steam was pouring out of its nostrils. The rack itself was covered with what looked like swinging pieces of reddish carpet (probably shedding). In any event, the moose took up nearly both lanes. I was braking fast to avoid hitting it and I remember at the time thinking my 1974 Subaru station wagon would have fit underneath it. I saw plenty of moose up there but nothing like that epic one.
I saw one of the giant bulls in Denali NP in 2007.....unbelievable how gigantic he was. He was munching on one side of a bush and another bull came out from the other side, a "normal" sized animal. I could hardly believe what I was seeing, but it was real and I'll never forget it. These guys were in an area where hunting has not been allowed for decades, so big trophy bulls live long lives and produce good offspring. Can't imagine a preditor coming anywhere near one of these big guys until they are dead on the ground of old age.
I think there actually IS a fairly reliable reference point to the size. Look at the gravel road and you'll see lighter colored spots in the gravel on either side, worn down from the tires of vehicles. That road is the appropriate width of a one-lane road, plenty wide enough for a large 4x4 truck to go down. This moose is big!
Definitely a bruiser. And yes they do get that big. But he is exceptional. That size is more common in Alaska or Yukon. But I've seen them that big even in Northern Maine. Especially if your willing to get off the beaten path a little. They are extremely tall and leggy to handle the terrain they cover and access food sources. Always a pleasure to see one, even if a video. 👍👍
I just came across this video today, the funniest thing about it was when you said you went to snopes to verify if it was real or not. Like snopes was a reliable source, now that is some funny stuff right there. Thanks for the laugh, much needed.
I was reading that it is possible (has been noted) that a bull moose can grow to to 10 feet high at the top of the shoulder, with an antler spam of 10 feet across, reaching a weight of 2600 LBs. That is a huge beast. Driving across Canada on vacation we have seen many moose running along beside the highway or crossing the road.
+j torres What You're "Hoping For" and what shows up are usually 2 different Scenarios. Naturally. "A Giant......Moose?" is the title. Why is that a LIE?
I've seen that movie the the Forrest is crazy they would get nightmares when they would sleep all but one dies in the movie and this moose was the star
Back in the early 80's, I was on a hunting trip with my grandfather, uncle and a few friends of theirs, when a moose that size stepped into the road ahead of us. My uncle was in the lead vehicle (an old Scout truck) and he made the mistake of blowing the horn at it to get it to move. The thing just calmly walked over next to his truck, tucked its head down and pushed the truck over onto its side, then just as calmly walked off the road back into the forest. Took us two hours to get the truck out of the ditch and upright again,
If I encountered this Moose in the woods? I would become the NEW WORLD RECORD HOLDER OF WORLDS FASTEST MAN.. BIG BULL MOOSE are NOT afraid of Man when in close proximity. At distances Moose will usually avoid close contact and stay clear if they smell or hear you. Walk up on one is another story. They can easily be triggered by awkward or sudden movement or even perceived threatening posture. They get aggressive in a hurry.
I also live in AB, and they do get that big, the biggest moose i saw was probably 8 feet bc it was way taller than me and im 6 feet, so yeah it's true lol
U guys realize that most can grow over 7f easily? And way over a ton? My uncle got a moose that he said was roughly 1600 pounds I forgot the height. But he said it was huge.
It's like I'm watching Jurassic Park but the moose is the indomnimus rex..very awesome, I live in the Caribbean,we don't have moose down here but I am very thankful for this video for enlightening my word... respect
All you have to do is go to Maine. Maine's largest lake, Moosehead Lake (75,000+ acres), is renowned for tourists from around the world staying there just to watch BIG moose routinely swimming in the lake. This moose was from New Brunswick, which borders Maine, and it was very real. In the northeast, aside from humans, moose don't really have any predators (wolves aren't in hunting packs in New England), and no black bear would dare take on a big moose. So with a lifespan of 20+ years, they basically have free reign to eat plenty of food...and grow HUGE.
I'm first nations as well and no they don't lol.The moose may be real but it's not a normal size road nor full size trees if the moose is normal size.If the moose is real,then it's a hiking path up high in the mountains where the trees only grow so tall.
Yes they get that big! I lived in Anchorage for a few years and we lived next to a heavily wooded area that my children used to walk to school. They are majestic in their own right! There are a lot of split level houses and you could often see the top of the rack pass by the window as it walks over your fence cut through your yard! Awesome!
It's legs are in the same position in both photos,the "sheen" of the hair is not their I say it's a well done fiberglass piece coming to a restaurant or gas station near you.
Im from northern Canada and i grew up WAY out in the toolies, we had our own lake where moose and bear would come to eat all the time... i can assure you there has never been a moose as big as what you think you are looking at. BUT to put it in a dif perspective, imagine that road to be a little more than half the size of a one lane road and its totally poss! I kinda think the person taking the pics is a bit on the shorter side too... they are SO dangerous and this baby wouldnt even bat an eye at a bear!!
I would take him home to eat, he would last me for a year. You got to make room for more moose to keep getting big moose, of course you don't kill a ton of them, just enough to help them. This one needs to become a bunch of steaks tonight.
Absolutely real, but there is no indication how big it is as there's no real reference of scale... it's weak forced perspective. A more pressing question however: Karen... a 1:46 long video, of whiich all but 19 seconds is unreadable, backwards text. Really?
The moose is most likely real but the photo has been taken from low on the ground with probably a 400mm or 800mm lens and/or has been blown up. It gives the impression that it is bigger than it is although they do get really really large. No sane person would ever get that close to a bull.. Or sow for that matter.
I pet a moose when I was in 6th grade walking up the mountain back home, and recently in Tahoe I touched a bears butt when it left my yard. It wasn't even scary, animals are quite chill when you are.
I live in Tahoe not the next frontier, the animals around here are chill, or they don't respond to some people as well. I've taken picture of big ass utah Meese too, but I'm not an Alaskan moose expert
In Northern British Columbia, Canada ~ YES the Moose up here does get as big as that or even bigger. My husband Brian encountered one while driving near Prince George. The road was icy and he slid right in front of one that stood in the center of the road. He said it just stood there, didn't even budge and it just stared at him. My husband thought to himself that he could've just drove under neath it and go right through because it was that big and that high. My hubby decided to wait until the moose decided to go on its way back into the woods at the side of the road.
@@khalil7011 Yes, that's the same extinct megafauna species I was referring to. They're called Irish Elk just because first bones/fossils of them were found in a bog (marsh) in Ireland. EDIT: Just because british people call moose "elk" doesn't mean Irish Elk wasn't a moose
My Dad was a moose hunter when he was alive. He was the oldest kid of 9 and was born in 1925. He learned to hunt and fish at a young age to provide for his siblings during the Great Depression. He once got a 12 year old moose that was that big, enough meat for 8 months he and his party split 4 ways. I’ve seen some pictures of even bigger moose from the very far northeast of Russia, across the Bering Strait from Alaska. You can Google it, they’re as big as Elephants, and with racks big enough to make living room chairs out of! No 💩!😮😅
moose can grow 7 ft or better at the shoulder with racks over 6 ft from tip to tip, and weigh between 1100 and 1600 pounds, so this moose isnt really that unusual
I knew a man who had been a soldier in the British army, and while he was doing arctic training in Canada was based in a camp surrounded by a 6 foot high chain link fence. One day, he watched a large moose STEP - not jump - over the fence, which just reached its belly. At that moment he realised how big moose can be, and how scary !
I live in Quebec Canada for 50 years and yes this is a Big Moose but yes they get bigger. what makes me laugh is people making comments that have no idea about how big a moose can get
Glen Voght the biggest moose I’ve ever herd of someone encountering it was 9.6 ft tall and weighed just shy of a ton
Aye, there was a moose in yellow knife, that waa an easy 9 foot, from top of mullet to ground. I believe that they are bigger. Some with racks 15 feet across.
Actually... I've been studying Meese dor 16 years and have never seen one even half this size! This is fake and gay!!
Really
Smontes713 obviously you’re fake and gay and no jackshit
Imagine seeing this thing at night while you're in the woods. It's like seeing the Wendigo
I'm guessing you've until dawn then?
@@andreaandrews1665 nah. The Wendigo from until dawn doesn't look like a moose. It looks more like a Gollum from lord of the rings but taller. lol
Maestro Galaxy noooo why did u have to put that image of the wendigo back in my head😭😭😭😭 I used to be terrified asf of that thing when I was little
More like cuthulu lol
oh yeah.....man that would be terrifying
To most of you saying this a photo shop job you obviously haven't seen a fully mature Bull Moose in person. I have no problem believe this is a real picture.
i agree go look at the new alaskan bull walking on the highway video and go back and look at this picture. than you will agree more its real
My mom got face to face with a moose but the moose juste kept on going on because it dinin't feel that my mom was a threat
Photoshopped
Largest Moose on record is an Alaskan Moose that weighed 1808 pounds and stood 7.6 feet at the shoulder. This one looks to be around that size so very possible. I've seen some pretty big ones in Western Colorado but not nearly this size. The biggest I've seen in person was a bit over 6 feet at the shoulder and I'd guess about 1200 to 1300 pounds. The Yukon Alaskan moose are the largest moose subspecies as well as the largest antlered animal in the world. There have also been many giant moose sightings in northern Alberta and BC as well but the Alaska and Yukon region have the largest average size by population.
THIS IS REAL BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT
I remember a friend of mine talking about visiting Alaska and driving a huge truck through the forest when he almost hit a moose. He said he didn't see the moose, he only saw its _legs_ .
He was lying.
@@timh6243 yep
@@timh6243 he wasn't
True fact. The moose's fur coat absorbs the light from your car so well that all you see running across the road at night are the lighter coloured legs. Very scary seeing picket fence on the roadway, moving.
they will total a car, no doubt.
Yes that can definitely be real! Back in the early 80's my husband and i were traveling to Jackson Hole Wyoming and a moose that size came over the bank right in front of us and by the time my husband stopped the car, we were under the belly of a giant moose and he just stepped over us and kept going! We were in shock! I will never forget the ordeal!
By the way we were in a Ford Fiesta, it's not a big car but big enough to get a sense of the size of the moose just above us..
Ish... that could have gone really bad for you, especially if you had hit it's legs... O_o Moose are considered to be one of the most deadly animals to hit with a car... since it's not the front of the car that takes the hit, but rather the windshield due to that their legs are so long. It's the reason why we do the so called "Moose test" in Sweden on cars... which is a swerve test, to see if the car is able to swerve out of the way of something, and then get back in to your lane afterward, and not flip over when doing so. XD
Wow. Such a cool experience. I think you did right though, that you stopped the car and waited. Saw a video here on youtube where a stupid person tries to drive past a moose and two children of hers (and repeatedly gets attacked by the mother). I just get so annoyed that this driver doesn't just decide to stop and wait for the mooses to go away. Was he really in that big of a hurry?
@@Readysetgo2007 I just saw that video
@@Melody2007-b3f Ok 🙂
I used to be scared of spiders.
I see this
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Alcesphobia
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@@KarenBledsoe after 11yrs you are still replying
@@anonym_fgc6072 of course I reply to some of them. 😁
well if you've ever run into a moose that stood 7 feet tall you wouldn't need to ask this. they can get taller. they are massive and trust me they are probably the most impressive land mamal on earth.
What about elephants? Elephants are more impressive.
Yeah, but do they have trunks?
Michael at KY and probably most agressive
An elephant is much more intelligent than a moose. A moose is like a gigantic deer and they tend to be very jumpy at certain times of the year. I've seen a random wandering moose get startled by a car backfiring and ram his (her?) head directly through the rear passenger window in an effort to scare the car off. It certainly scared the passengers off!
john smith that's not diverse, those are all either huge, thick skinned or fast
The largest moose on record stands 12ft at the shoulder. I'd rather face a grizzly
The likelihood of getting killed by a moose is greater than the one by a bear. Normally bears avoid humans and attack only when left without an option. Moose’s on the other hand, especially the adult males, are so aggressive and territorial that they will charge you first.
@@metalstorm7506 That's only Black bears. Grizzly and Polar bears are demons that attack anyone on sight. They are more likely to kill you than a moose. Moose are not aggressive animals
Kevin Rigg TWELVE FEET AT AT THE SHOULDER BRUH
@@metalstorm7506 mooses are only that aggressive in the months where the females are in season, otherwise they keep their distance unless provoked.
T if the person that killed that moose was still alive i would kill him
That's the common Canadian elephant. 😜
Yes they are that big.
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@ΩmegaZz
I would like to think the majority of us are.
We are very polite...say "sorry" a lot. Lol
We are tidy..not much littering here.
What state are you?
New York?
I've been to the U.S. many times 👍
Stay safe out there🙊
@ΩmegaZz
Cool.
I've been to New York State but not NY city..
Definitely never been to Nebraska ...is that "middle" America?
You guys have mountainous terrain there I think?
@ΩmegaZz
It must be beautiful there. I guess you have 4 seasons like us.
Not as cold as here I bet. Lol
I live just outside of Ottawa (our Nations Capital)..about 4.5 hours away from Toronto...we border the province of Quebec.
And Canadians talk about the weather a lot🙄...lmao
LEAVE SAMMY ALONE
HE DIDN’T DO ANYTHING
EXCEPT START THE APOCALYPSE
HE’S AN INNOCENT MOOSE
I don’t believe starting the apocalypse makes him very innocent.
@@jaybae9504
To his defense. Sam thought he was stopping the apacolypse when he started it
I love supernatural, how epic that we meet here. 🤣
If we want to get technical, Dean broke the first seal to start it so...
We must leave the Sammoose alone he only wants to do what's right
I've seen moose that big before
You say that like it's an everyday occurence
Yeah it kinda is if you're in northern Alberta bc or Yukon
@@Wyldmatt OH LAWD
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I saw my first moose a few nights ago in Barre Massachusetts while driving home from work at about 830 pm. He was just standing still in the road as I was driving towards him. Thank God I saw him. I was beside myself when I saw the size. I could've practically drove under him he was so tall. And his antlers were humongous. Absolutely beautiful animal. The whole thing probably lasted for 10 seconds. He just casually finally crossed and disappeared into the woods. So yes, they do get that big. King of the woods around here. He was absolutely beautiful. I'm 47 years old and he was the first moose in real life that I've ever seen. And I've lived in the same house for my entire life. I still can't believe how big he was. I remember looking up at him and his eye made made contact with me, it was an amazing experience. From now on I drive the speed limit and pay close attention. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I ever hurt one of these majestic creatures while driving. I still can't believe the size. I keep replaying it in my head and every single time I think, WOW!
What an awesome encounter! and goes to show that when people cross paths with a moose (or the other way around lol) it can be harmless for both species 🎉
Bro if you hit a moose you’d probably take more damage unless you’re driving a monster of a truck and even then I wouldn’t risk it.
@@buyerenogurlfwendo2106 Who said anything about hitting a moose ?
@@sbee7748literally the comment he was answering to
Actually, I was living in New England when this photo set was taken and hit the 'air'. This moose is on a timber trail up in New Brunswick, Canada, and is VERY real. Keep in mind, that trail is NOT a full width road, but a wilderness trail. The moose in question is about 7'6" at the withers, and maybe 1500-lbs in weight. Top end of the range for this species? Yes. Fake? No. Oh, and the Western or Alaskan Moose actually can be larger than this guy. You should visit Fairbanks Alaska, sometime.
By the way, you can't start the video out with 'Is this moose real?', and then tell us a minute later it was a photo taken at Elliot Lake, Ontario (which it was not). It was in New Brunswick. Upon the photo's release, a group of us actually went up to the general area to ride ATV's on the trails looking to spot him.
OMG I'm from there
I think an average "Big" moose in Canada is around 1200lbs. We had a head over our cabin door from a 1200 pounder. A "HUGE" Moose would be around 1,500lbs. The largest moose ever recorded was a bull taken in the Yukon which weighed a ridiculous 1,800 pounds. Unless there has been a bigger one since.
I've seen one that size in Pittsburg NH before
Dust Devil Nearly hit a dear driving in that area a couple months ago. Still haven't came by any moose though, and hoping I don't any time soon.
This lad is an absolute unit no doubt but I'll never forget the Moose my dad and I saw snowmobiling in 1998. He came out of the woods and from 30 meters away we could see he was huge. My dad stopped and we just watched him sniff at some tree branches and go on his way. I swear no bear could have taken this moose down. It was like a Clydesdale Moose
Lookin’ suspiciously like a guy named Sam Winchester but I’ll look it over
Hey castiel lol
lmao hey
Years ago I worked at Yellowstone National Park, and I was always very aware and careful to stay as far away from grizzlies as possible. We had really great training from the wildlife experts, and I always remember them telling us it's not the bear we need to fear it's the moose we need to stay away from especially if they have young ones they can be extremely dangerous
ALL animals with "young ones" around can be dangerous. But the one's that are human size or larger......WILL easily kill you! 😁
Mating season even White Tail Deer will even charge you.
@1jackvalley580 I spent my formative years (3rd-9th grade) in idyllic southern Maine, and the "Pine Tree State" motto would rightly tell you that the state is loaded with vast tracts of wilderness, and it's perfect for Moose to live, thrive, and grow HUUUUGE in an environment like that. Over the years, most every "old-timer" Mainer I've been around wouldn't even hesitate on what the most dangerous animal to stay away from was: MALE MOOSE! Maine also has Black Bears, wolves, etc., which obviously warrant big respect, but in terms of the one animal that you wouldn't want to encounter, ESPECIALLY during mating season, it's a male Moose.
@@robertpfeiffer8836lol humans size are you crazy they are way closer to elephant size then we are to moose size
This man's calling him HUGE moose when it's only regular sized moose
Alaskan moose reach 7' plus at the shoulders ,and yes a bull that size could fight off a pack of wolves that's a single lane road,roughly 8 'wide so compare this monster with that. A real life scenario witnessed from the air by Nat. Geographic photographers saw a victorious bull walk away from 14 wolves. They chose to look for something a wee bit easier to handle.
so this is what jared does after supernatural is done shooting
I'm confused, am I missing something with these supernatural references?
And then there's me thinking that a moose is only as big as a horse
Imagine that thing chasing your car on that same dark road . I think the car would soil itself 😂
There's a giant moose wood sculpture by Niagra falls, it's so big you can walk under it and everything. Only now do I realize that it's an actual size sculpture.
Hell no
I think I was 8 or 9 years old when I saw a moose live the first time. This even looks exactly like the situation I saw it in! Passing across a forest road, with a crazy crown! That was just a Northern European moose, so quite a bit smaller, but to a kid it looked like an elephant. Thanks for the memories!
Hey Karen, holy COW! That is a big moose! Love the pix. Just saw your video now, 2020 LOL
A wild Sam has been spotted.
these pictures may be photoshopped, but i can assure you that moose are really this big. shoulder height (not accounting for head and huge antlers) they can be up to 8 feet tall. head and antlers included, they're probably about 10 feet tall. which is about the height of an average room in an american house.
+Sunny One key word: about
wait. i'm more concerned about how you got the "young intellectual" from.. Sunny One
it's a little scary tbh. did i write that on this account ? why you stalking?
ok, i got it wrong by two feet. sorry. mario mandujano if you hover above your name your google plus account shows up and it says "young intellectual"
r u serious?
Imagine the shits this thing leaves
Not what you think: it is like from a rabbit, but then about the size of an egg.
Lordy he is a beast of a thing. I HOPE he was able to live out the rest of his life naturally. Something so impressive and majestic shouldn't meet his end to a bullet.
I'm not even sure something THAT big can be taken down with just a bullet.😂
you would need a perfectly passed 50bmg shot to take it out for shere my uncle hunts them all the time and don't worry he's big but they get bigger and they have a stable population because other then humans nothing fucks with them
Pray for a hunter. Dying "naturally" is very violent in the wild.
@@robertcrocker9093 you could take one down with a little bit of a smaller caliber with a lung shot.
yes, your right. This could be a moose standing around 12 feet from the ground up too the antlers. lived in Hearst Ontario, Canada and there's moose up there that size.
The Legendary moose from red dead redemption2
Haha
Aw Sammy is running to Dean’s rescue how sweet
LMAO
Crowley sees Sam, "Hey Moose".
LMAOAO
The fact that I can WALK UNDERNEATH them is ridiculous. It's like finding out how big stop lights are, always blows people's minds.
You literally got a million views on a video on the subject of how your day went. you have a gift.
+SIRA063 LOL
Almost 2 mil now
lol
I wrote that 2 years ago, and I'm still amazed.
Glad to see everyone is still alive. :)
Wow, this moose is one magnificent beast!!! He's gorgeous!!!❤
Yes, this is actually real. They can grow so big that many tourists who don't know that they can get this big actually think it is a monster of some sort and that was how the Wendigo myth was born. The strongest ones can stand on two legs as well and that's why some people think they saw a Wendigo. Also yes, they can completely crush cars. basically everything about Wendigos is exactly what Mooses can do.
I moved to Fairbanks Alaska from Louisiana. When I got off the plane there was a huge mounted grizzly bear in the terminal. I was paralyzed with fear. The first thing I did was
go to the museum and see the history and videos of nature. A video showing a full grown bull moose grazing in a creek eating plant matter. A huge grizzly burst through the tree line and charged the moose. The moose side stepped planted his feet,and hit that grizzly so hard the bears neck snapped and the grizzly laid down dead in the creek. The video said moose are extremely dangerous. Suddenly I wasn't afraid of bears anymore.
I believe it. I live in Colorado and have a cabin on the Continental Divide at 11,200 ft. A bull moose that visited our deck area stood next to the railing and we later measured the height of the shoulder where he stood. It was 7' at the shoulder. This was a young adult, telling by his very dark appearance. So, I'd say it is possible for a moose to reach a shoulder height of 8'. Impressive!
omg i’d love to visit❤
Magnificent Moose! We don’t deserve such wonderment. I hope he lives a long and fruitful life making lots more like himself.
Moose certainly get at least that big. I saw one in the fall of 1976 near Delta Junction in Alaska that looked bigger. Came lumbering across the highway as I was approaching in a Subaru. It had a giant tree limb or portion of a tree stuck in its rack. Misty steam was pouring out of its nostrils. The rack itself was covered with what looked like swinging pieces of reddish carpet (probably shedding). In any event, the moose took up nearly both lanes. I was braking fast to avoid hitting it and I remember at the time thinking my 1974 Subaru station wagon would have fit underneath it. I saw plenty of moose up there but nothing like that epic one.
It looks bigger because the road looks like a smaller width, resulting in people thinking they're only the height of his shin.
I saw one of the giant bulls in Denali NP in 2007.....unbelievable how gigantic he was. He was munching on one side of a bush and another bull came out from the other side, a "normal" sized animal. I could hardly believe what I was seeing, but it was real and I'll never forget it. These guys were in an area where hunting has not been allowed for decades, so big trophy bulls live long lives and produce good offspring. Can't imagine a preditor coming anywhere near one of these big guys until they are dead on the ground of old age.
Simple solution. The person taking the picture was kneeling down. That will always make things look much larger than they are.
I think there actually IS a fairly reliable reference point to the size. Look at the gravel road and you'll see lighter colored spots in the gravel on either side, worn down from the tires of vehicles. That road is the appropriate width of a one-lane road, plenty wide enough for a large 4x4 truck to go down.
This moose is big!
Bullwinkle: “hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!”
Rocky: “that’s not a rabbit, Bullwinkle… it’s a cow!!”
I saw a moose in my rear view mirror in Maine and thought I was halucinating... it wasn't as bulky but it was this tall!
Definitely a bruiser.
And yes they do get that big. But he is exceptional.
That size is more common in Alaska or Yukon.
But I've seen them that big even in Northern Maine. Especially if your willing to get off the beaten path a little.
They are extremely tall and leggy to handle the terrain they cover and access food sources.
Always a pleasure to see one, even if a video. 👍👍
Every moose I've ever seen has a shadow.
It's in the shade 😉
Did my wink not show up?
It's in the shade dude. Maybe inspect it before you assume.
It’s literally standing in the shadows
Hector Lannibal It's real
I just came across this video today, the funniest thing about it was when you said you went to snopes to verify if it was real or not. Like snopes was a reliable source, now that is some funny stuff right there. Thanks for the laugh, much needed.
I was reading that it is possible (has been noted) that a bull moose can grow to to 10 feet high at the top of the shoulder, with an antler spam of 10 feet across, reaching a weight of 2600 LBs. That is a huge beast. Driving across Canada on vacation we have seen many moose running along beside the highway or crossing the road.
It’s not possible. The tallest moose ever recorded was 7.6 ft at the shoulder
@@of_the_Word Key words: "at the shoulder".
@@LittleBlueOwl318 we both said at the shoulder
I was hoping for a video but you lied about the title
I did not. The title is a question. Is it a giant moose or not?
This is real just telling you
+j torres What You're "Hoping For" and what shows up are usually 2 different Scenarios. Naturally. "A Giant......Moose?" is the title. Why is that a LIE?
Actually. I think it's a Small Elephant in "Drag". I can tell by that Beautiful "Rack".
+Karen Sue Bledsoe : no you did not lie. But, this definitely looks photoshopped. Lines and feet etc don't match up
It looks like the monster top from a movie called
The ritual
Rasenpapi On ig haha good one mate
That’s a good movie
They really do look like lol
I've seen that movie the the Forrest is crazy they would get nightmares when they would sleep all but one dies in the movie and this moose was the star
I was looking for someone who'd comment this.
Those who have watched the movie will be more terrified by this.😂
Moose: im the biggest animal
The glock in my pocket:
I FEEL LIKE I JUST WATCHED A SCARY MOVIE AND HE'S RIGHT BEHIND ME. I NEED TO TURN ON MY LIGHT. I DONT KNOW WHY IM COMPLETELY TERRIFIED
poor sammy everybody is judging him becouse he’s tall.
Leave sammy alone he's just a hrowing boi
Gonna need a vaulted ceiling to display that trophy!! 😂
Back in the early 80's, I was on a hunting trip with my grandfather, uncle and a few friends of theirs, when a moose that size stepped into the road ahead of us. My uncle was in the lead vehicle (an old Scout truck) and he made the mistake of blowing the horn at it to get it to move. The thing just calmly walked over next to his truck, tucked its head down and pushed the truck over onto its side, then just as calmly walked off the road back into the forest. Took us two hours to get the truck out of the ditch and upright again,
That’s awesome. It’s funny cause I can just imagine the moose being very calm while doing it
Thats the rare "Sammy Moose"
If I encountered this Moose in the woods? I would become the NEW WORLD RECORD HOLDER OF WORLDS FASTEST MAN..
BIG BULL MOOSE are NOT afraid of Man when in close proximity. At distances Moose will usually avoid close contact and stay clear if they smell or hear you. Walk up on one is another story. They can easily be triggered by awkward or sudden movement or even perceived threatening posture. They get aggressive in a hurry.
Ah yes, he has become even more powerful since I’ve last seen him
For anyone watching this 12y later, that moose would have to be near 20ft tall for this to be real. They’re huge, but not THAT huge….
It’s totally fake
Of course mooses can get that big. Have you seen Jared Padalecki??
it's real. I live in Alberta and we have a lot here. And these guys are really very big
I Agree apsolutaly no way IN FUCKING HELL TA CHANGE MY MIND
Syed Faizan Ali Shah my God stop telling lies
Syed Faizan Ali Shah I bet these guy are no.more 😥😥😥😥😥
I also live in AB, and they do get that big, the biggest moose i saw was probably 8 feet bc it was way taller than me and im 6 feet, so yeah it's true lol
I fear moose more than bears while I'm hunting and this is why...
#confirmed an average Jared Padalecki is really that tall.
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@@minaupnail7318 same
U guys realize that most can grow over 7f easily? And way over a ton? My uncle got a moose that he said was roughly 1600 pounds I forgot the height. But he said it was huge.
Wait are you guys serious? This thing is the size of a double decker bus!
a regular one, but yes its normal
Have you ever seen a double decker that elk is about the size of a single decker
@@thewhovianhippo7103 its a moose...
@@yee3335 well least I'm not saying it's as big as a double decker bus
It's like I'm watching Jurassic Park but the moose is the indomnimus rex..very awesome, I live in the Caribbean,we don't have moose down here but I am very thankful for this video for enlightening my word... respect
Yes they're that big. They're freaking HUGE & dangerous, ecspecially when in rut.
I'm almost 99.9% sure this is fake. I mean seriously, that is WAY too big for a moose.
Ever been charged by one? I swear they're this big when being charged lol
***** ive ssen a moose before.but ive never seen one that big so idk if it is real or fake
***** Yeah. I don't know either.
All you have to do is go to Maine. Maine's largest lake, Moosehead Lake (75,000+ acres), is renowned for tourists from around the world staying there just to watch BIG moose routinely swimming in the lake.
This moose was from New Brunswick, which borders Maine, and it was very real. In the northeast, aside from humans, moose don't really have any predators (wolves aren't in hunting packs in New England), and no black bear would dare take on a big moose. So with a lifespan of 20+ years, they basically have free reign to eat plenty of food...and grow HUGE.
Listen, I live in Canada and believe me, they are BIG! Yes this may look fake, but unless you live in Canada, you are wrong.
Seriously Sam?
Dammit Sammy.
Holy….Moose? That’s a HUMONGOUS animal!
im first nations hunted all my life and yes a moose can get that big!
I'm first nations as well and no they don't lol.The moose may be real but it's not a normal size road nor full size trees if the moose is normal size.If the moose is real,then it's a hiking path up high in the mountains where the trees only grow so tall.
Yeah, that's real. Moose are huge.
Of course it's real! Lol I live in the Yukon and there used to be MANY moose that size. Most have been hunted out now ...
I guess that explains why even bears have some respect when dealing with a moose
Yes they get that big! I lived in Anchorage for a few years and we lived next to a heavily wooded area that my children used to walk to school. They are majestic in their own right! There are a lot of split level houses and you could often see the top of the rack pass by the window as it walks over your fence cut through your yard! Awesome!
It's legs are in the same position in both photos,the "sheen" of the hair is not their I say it's a well done fiberglass piece coming to a restaurant or gas station near you.
Tim steelARTWORKS Even if that were true, they really are that big.
Ev Foster Noooooooo way, when? during the Jurassic period?
Tim steelARTWORKS so you're a comedian? You have access to the internet...research it.
Ev Foster no joke go by the wiki alone and you'll see this has to be a fake. I don't doubt you've seen big ones but this is way outside reality.
Im from northern Canada and i grew up WAY out in the toolies, we had our own lake where moose and bear would come to eat all the time... i can assure you there has never been a moose as big as what you think you are looking at. BUT to put it in a dif perspective, imagine that road to be a little more than half the size of a one lane road and its totally poss! I kinda think the person taking the pics is a bit on the shorter side too... they are SO dangerous and this baby wouldnt even bat an eye at a bear!!
I was half expecting to see Sam Winchester but okay
Wow it's huge and absolutely amazing! 💚
I THINK NOBODY INCLUDING HUNTERS SHOULD BOTHER THIS BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL!!! AND HE IS F..... HUGE!!! ELEPHANT MOOSE!!!!
I would take him home to eat, he would last me for a year. You got to make room for more moose to keep getting big moose, of course you don't kill a ton of them, just enough to help them. This one needs to become a bunch of steaks tonight.
Please, this guy would feed my family for a month
Absolutely real, but there is no indication how big it is as there's no real reference of scale... it's weak forced perspective.
A more pressing question however: Karen... a 1:46 long video, of whiich all but 19 seconds is unreadable, backwards text.
Really?
They get to be around 9-12 feet at the shoulder
Do you have dyslexia?
nldm561 they normally get about 6-9 feet from shoulder length down, not 9-12. I have done a lot of research on moose!
I mean Andre the giant was a real person, so maybe there's bound to be one genetic anomaly in the moose population too. you never know.
I agree COMPLETALY
Bobbington Mc'Westerner it's not an anomaly, this is just how big they get
Yeah I'm sure you will get it a coll
you know this video is ten years old when it takes 3/4ths of the video to actually show what is being presented
And they don't do this know ?
Jesus Christ, that was the size of a elephant 😯
Moose vs Elephant, who would win?
@@RandomDude-di1lt
Moose ez
@@prehistoriccreature1800 elephants are much bigger.
Witness Sam Winchester in his natural form
Or should I say......
Supernatural form
The moose is most likely real but the photo has been taken from low on the ground with probably a 400mm or 800mm lens and/or has been blown up. It gives the impression that it is bigger than it is although they do get really really large. No sane person would ever get that close to a bull.. Or sow for that matter.
Agree
you could make anything look bigger if you get below it and point upwards...I get the feeling the person who posted this knows that as well.......
I pet a moose when I was in 6th grade walking up the mountain back home, and recently in Tahoe I touched a bears butt when it left my yard. It wasn't even scary, animals are quite chill when you are.
M W Tell that to the photographer and his girlfriend that were killed in Alaska taking pictures too close.
I live in Tahoe not the next frontier, the animals around here are chill, or they don't respond to some people as well. I've taken picture of big ass utah Meese too, but I'm not an Alaskan moose expert
This is the latest entry on my list of reasons to never leave the house
In Northern British Columbia, Canada ~ YES the Moose up here does get as big as that or even bigger. My husband Brian encountered one while driving near Prince George. The road was icy and he slid right in front of one that stood in the center of the road. He said it just stood there, didn't even budge and it just stared at him. My husband thought to himself that he could've just drove under neath it and go right through because it was that big and that high. My hubby decided to wait until the moose decided to go on its way back into the woods at the side of the road.
If he is so big then , then just imagine of an Irish elk
You mean the extinct megafauna moose from steppes era 20 000+yrs ago?
Those were HUGE, antler width could be over 3.5m
@@mrj.kottari8453 No he means the Irish elk, which were larger than a moose
@@khalil7011
Yes, that's the same extinct megafauna species I was referring to.
They're called Irish Elk just because first bones/fossils of them were found in a bog (marsh) in Ireland.
EDIT:
Just because british people call moose "elk" doesn't mean Irish Elk wasn't a moose
Yes I love Megaloceros
@@mrj.kottari8453 yes I enjoy frogs to
Actually Yes It's Very Possible For a Moose To Get That Big So Yes That Moose Is Indeed Real!!!!!!!!!!!
no, it's literally just the angle its taken from.
My Dad was a moose hunter when he was alive. He was the oldest kid of 9 and was born in 1925. He learned to hunt and fish at a young age to provide for his siblings during the Great Depression. He once got a 12 year old moose that was that big, enough meat for 8 months he and his party split 4 ways.
I’ve seen some pictures of even bigger moose from the very far northeast of Russia, across the Bering Strait from Alaska. You can Google it, they’re as big as Elephants, and with racks big enough to make living room chairs out of! No 💩!😮😅
iFunny anyone?
mhm
moose can grow 7 ft or better at the shoulder with racks over 6 ft from tip to tip, and weigh between 1100 and 1600 pounds, so this moose isnt really that unusual
It doesn't look photoshopped to me. I used to live in Alaska. There are moose that size up there, too!
Now i know what a full sized moose looks like
jared padalecki
Real. Moose get huge up North.
I seen them this big.
I knew a man who had been a soldier in the British army, and while he was doing arctic training in Canada was based in a camp surrounded by a 6 foot high chain link fence. One day, he watched a large moose STEP - not jump - over the fence, which just reached its belly. At that moment he realised how big moose can be, and how scary !