Yesterday, while Peter was out in the field combining, he noticed two moose running like crazy across the field, over a fence and off into the west. He radioed us all to get our attention. Unfortunately, the boys and I were on our way out the door to voice lessons and karate, so we had to miss the whole thing. Apparently, what happened later was quite spectacular.
Not long after Peter alerted us, my brother-in-law, John T., was walking in the field and he happened to notice two moose heads bobbing up and down inside a large water tank that surrounds one of the gas wells on our land. He alerted somebody - not sure who - and soon the whole countryside was out here, cheering for these moose and trying to help them out. They were as mad as heck as you can well imagine, so it was not too easy to get close. Some brave soul eventually managed to cut a chunk out of the tank and free the moose.
Today, we went and had a look at the site of the event. It looks quite peaceful now, with a nice square-shape cut out of the tank and not too much evidence of a struggle. Nobody has seen the moose since. They probably decided there is better swimming somewhere else in the world.
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Oops - this was supposed to be a secret! The gas company is concerned that if the environmentalists hear about this incident, they'll be insisting that gas companies go around and place covers on top of all their water tanks, which would be expensive and time-consuming.
Don't tell anybody!
Oops again! This is Joanne, not Daniel.
Again we miss out on the excitement of living in Fox Valley, and have to live here in the city where there are no moose whatsoever.The only wild animals we have are Riders fans.
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