Watch: Unarmed Canadian Man Challenges a Bull Moose

A video that was shared to Fb on Oct. 13 reveals a Québécoise man difficult a bull moose with nothing greater than a flimsy items of wooden and a sprig bottle. One way or the other, the hunter walked away from the battle he picked with out being flattened. The extra necessary query isn’t how he did this, however why?

The roughly minute-long video is perhaps finest described because the French-Canadian model of a bullfight. Solely the matador wears camo and blue denims as an alternative of an ornate silk go well with, and the only spectator is his buddy holding a smartphone. To spice issues up a bit, the challenger approaches the bull with solely a picket cutout formed like a moose paddle and a sprig bottle containing an unknown liquid.

The video begins as the person slowly approaches the big bull moose because it feeds on the needles of a small evergreen. The bull retains to itself as the person will get nearer. He strikes his torso whereas waving the picket paddle back and forth, mimicking the actions of a rival bull. He retains his set off finger on the spray bottle, presumably as his first line of protection in case issues flip south.

When the person will get inside an arm’s attain of the tree, he hits a department together with his home made picket paddle. This causes the moose to step again and go searching for a second. The person then makes his last transfer as his buddy behind the digital camera mumbles inaudibly. He lifts his picket paddle and offers the bull a hearty whack on its antlers.

For a short second, the moose stands fully nonetheless, and it looks like the one logical method for this episode to finish is with the person getting stomped. As an alternative, he swats on the bull moose as soon as extra and it turns tail and runs away. The person then jumps for pleasure as he and the cameraman begin laughing.       

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Anybody who’s spent anytime across the animals is aware of that moose are massive and unpredictable. Even a completely grown, 2,000-pound bull can run a lot quicker than a human. It’s by no means clever to mess with wildlife, however the stakes are even larger while you’re coping with probably the most harmful mammal in North America.

The creator of the video, Pierre Paquet, didn’t instantly reply to requests for feedback. However when you’re on the market Pierre, boy, do we’ve got some questions for you.

Bob McNally contributed reporting.