Well, we were up by Palisades and we were just heading to Hot Springs, *** family snowmobile ride in Idaho Wednesday coming to *** heart sinking stop when *** Moose suddenly joins in the Moose was trapped. We were trapped with his son behind him, unable to reverse. And his brother in front, it’s licking his lips. Jeremiah Bigelow tried not to provoke the animal. She drops her head just charges right at us and I said, oh, shoot the Moose gave *** false charge but then turned his attention on his brother and he saw it charges. So he was over there trying to distract it and get it from away because he could go straight and get out of there. As the Moose moved forward. Jeremiah’s brother had seconds to react. He gets up on his sled and tries to make himself look big, hoping that would be *** false charge. And then the machine is running at this point. So he sits down and hits the gas and the snow machine died. He looks back over his shoulder just for *** second. Realizes right there. He jumps off and as he jumps off, it hits the snow machine. Right on. Shocked but alive. Jeremiah’s brother scrambles back to his sled. Stands up and you can see in the video for *** second, they have this little old fashioned western standoff where they’re staring each other the most eventually turns and walks off leaving the Bigelow brothers stunned. I could have killed him. I mean, the amount of weight that came down on those handlebars and push the handle balls all the way forward. And so it would have been pretty catastrophic. *** close call for the Bigelow brothers who not only survived this wild encounter, but the one they faced later that day when they got home lives will be angry at us for this one for *** long time.
Caught on camera: Family survives moose attack while snowmobiling in Idaho
Updated: 5:31 AM EST Mar 7, 2023
A family escaped serious injury after a moose attacked them while snowboarding in eastern Idaho. Watch the video above to see the close encounter A family snowmobile ride came to a heart-sinking stop when a moose suddenly joined in. Jeremiah Bigelow says his son was behind him, unable to reverse, and his brother was in front of him with the moose trapped in the middle.”The moose was trapped, we were trapped,” said Bigelow. ” drops her head and just charges right at us. And I said, ‘oh shoot.'”The moose gave a false charge, but then turned its attention on his brother. As the moose moved forward, his bother had seconds to react.”He gets up on his sled and tries to make himself look big, hoping that will be a false charge. And then the machine is running at this point and he sits down and hits the gas and the snow machine died,” he said. “He looks back over his shoulder just for a second realizes right there to jump off. And as he jumps off he hits the snow machine right on.”Shocked, but alive, Bigelow’s brother scrambled back to his sled. The moose eventually turned and walked off, leaving the Bigelow brothers stunned. The moose was not hurt despite crashing into the snowmobile.
A family escaped serious injury after a moose attacked them while snowboarding in eastern Idaho.
Watch the video above to see the close encounter
A family snowmobile ride came to a heart-sinking stop when a moose suddenly joined in. Jeremiah Bigelow says his son was behind him, unable to reverse, and his brother was in front of him with the moose trapped in the middle.
“The moose was trapped, we were trapped,” said Bigelow. “[The moose] drops her head and just charges right at us. And I said, ‘oh shoot.'”
The moose gave a false charge, but then turned its attention on his brother. As the moose moved forward, his bother had seconds to react.
“He gets up on his sled and tries to make himself look big, hoping that will be a false charge. And then the machine is running at this point and he sits down and hits the gas and the snow machine died,” he said. “He looks back over his shoulder just for a second realizes right there to jump off. And as he jumps off he hits the snow machine right on.”
Shocked, but alive, Bigelow’s brother scrambled back to his sled. The moose eventually turned and walked off, leaving the Bigelow brothers stunned.
The moose was not hurt despite crashing into the snowmobile.
