I saw the original video posted and her answers now still don't quite make it right, it looked as though they wanted to pass the moose and didn't want to wait til it went off the trail. Ticks are bad everywhere even on people this year. Wildlife are having a heck of a time with the ticks lately and it could have been driving the moose a bit crazy but they still should have waited it out a bit.
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Originally Posted by ronc4424
In hindsight, Powell said she could see how people could interpret their actions as chasing or harassing the moose and that is why she removed the original video and replaced it with the edited version.
“Now people think we have something to hide,” she said. “We have nothing to hide — if we did, would we have called the wardens right away and posted this on the Internet?”
The entire incident lasted about two minutes, Janis Powell said, and left she and her husband in shock.
After the moose left, they examined the trail and noted spots of blood and a dozen or so fully engorged ticks, she said.
“It had to be a sickly moose,” Janis Powell said. “If you look at the video it looks kind if mangy and had to be infested with ticks.”
That being the case, the warden to whom the Powells reported the incident said the moose was likely agitated long before they showed up.
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