# Drunken Moose ends up Stuck in Swedish Apple Tree (Picture!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755 "2011-09-09T21:31:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/1 "2011-09-09T21:31:52Z")
> [@](#): > > “It was raining really bad. In the wind I heard something screaming with a very dark voice,” Johansson told CNN. “At first I wondered if it was the crazy neighbors, but then I heard it again and went and checked. I saw something really big up in a tree in my neighbors’ yard and it was a moose. It must have been drunk after eating fermented apples and as it was reaching out for more fruit it must have slipped and fallen into the tree.” The moose is apparently fine. Article and picture here: [http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/09/08/sweden.drunken.moose/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/09/08/sweden.drunken.moose/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/2 "2011-09-09T21:34:51Z")
If I had a nickel for every time that happened at my house… I’d be broke. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/3 "2011-09-09T21:36:49Z")
Hey, they have crazy neighbors in other countries, too! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/4 "2011-09-09T21:40:12Z")
Next week Bullwinkle will check into rehab, citing “exhaustion.” My question is, does Johansson have a sister? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/5 "2011-09-09T21:47:48Z")
How did the moose happen to fall **into** the tree? Was it hovering over the true, picking apples from the top? ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/6 "2011-09-09T22:00:33Z")
From what I heard the moose was up on the balcony, screaming “I’m a golden god of rock’n’roll”, and jumped. Ended up in the tree. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/7 "2011-09-09T23:13:57Z")
I love that the 11 year old son had the thought to take a bunch of pictures so he could sell them. I love even more the fact that CNN bought three of them. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/8 "2011-09-09T23:27:48Z")
“Hold my apple and watch this!” ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/9 "2011-09-10T00:09:50Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > How did the moose happen to fall **into** the tree? Was it hovering over the true, picking apples from the top? Apparently trying to climb it to get to more fermented apples. Well, we’ve all been there… ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/10 "2011-09-10T00:21:04Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > How did the moose happen to fall **into** the tree? Was it hovering over the true, picking apples from the top? Maybe he was on an adjacent hill or something. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/11 "2011-09-10T00:41:21Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > How did the moose happen to fall **into** the tree? Was it hovering over the true, picking apples from the top? It is possible with [Upsidasium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsidaisium). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/12 "2011-09-10T00:42:39Z")
From [this angle](http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/sep2011/3/2/the-moose-tries-to-climb-through-as-it-s-stuck-in-an-apple-tree-pic-scanpix-pa-790519632.jpg) it looks as though he might have fallen in love with the tree and then passed out while consummating the relationship. (haven’t we all been there…) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/13 "2011-09-10T00:45:38Z")
I smell an _Intervention_ episode! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/14 "2011-09-10T01:02:45Z")
> [@Wakinyan](#): > > From what I heard the moose was up on the balcony, screaming “I’m a golden god of rock’n’roll”, and jumped. Ended up in the tree. Missed the pool by this \> \< much. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/15 "2011-09-10T01:03:38Z")
I sure hope they named the moose “Eve”. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/16 "2011-09-10T01:22:36Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > It is possible with [Upsidasium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsidaisium). 🙂 I prefer to get my new materials from science books, not cartoons. Perhaps you mean [cavorite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Men_in_the_Moon) ? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/17 "2011-09-10T01:26:39Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > From [this angle](http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/sep2011/3/2/the-moose-tries-to-climb-through-as-it-s-stuck-in-an-apple-tree-pic-scanpix-pa-790519632.jpg) it looks as though he might have fallen in love with the tree and then passed out while consummating the relationship. (haven’t we all been there…) This picture explains how the moose “fell into” the tree: it’s a tiny tree and the moose just had to raise its front legs to be taller than the tree’s branches. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/18 "2011-09-10T03:22:55Z")
Fermented apples are no end of natural fun. I love watching yellowjackets staggering around and trying to fly then going back for more. Their abdomens expand like accordions, the little lushes. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/19 "2011-09-10T14:54:23Z")
Last year we had birds, fat little robins mostly, on our patio eating the windfall apples. They weren’t in any great hurry to fly away. I was worried about the patio becoming colonized by obese, alcoholic birds… which would attract the neighborhood cats, leading eventually to the patio being colonized by obese, alcoholic cats… and _I’d never be able to go outside again._ Never had an actual drunken moose on our property, and I wouldn’t really want to. They are beautiful animals, and strict vegetarians of course, but they are big enough to win any fight they choose to pick with Homo sapiens, unless H. sap. is suitably armed, and I wouldn’t trust my ability to hit a barn with a bullet, let alone an angry, intoxicated moose. More seriously, or perhaps not: Maybe ten, fifteen years back, a car was totalled in Sweden by a moose falling on it. See, it was driving along a road that was cut through a small hill, and as far as anyone can figure out, the moose was on one side of the cut and decided to try to jump to the other side, and needless to say, moosies can’t fly. So it fell, and unfortunately the point it was destined to fall upon happened to have a car attempting to drive through it at the crucial moment. :smack: I believe the people in the car survived, but needless to say the majestic king of the forest more closely resembled mooseburger in the end. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755/20 "2011-09-10T15:44:13Z")
Can you imagine a moosy hangover?:eek: Though mrAru and I both thought that the moose would be more likely to end up in our freezer than frolicing painfully back to the woods… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-moose-ends-up-stuck-in-swedish-apple-tree-picture/595755.md?page=2)