An auto dealership in Colorado had an unusual visitor cruise the aisles of automobiles -- an 800-pound moose.

Eric Erbsland -- sales manager at the Sill-TerHar's Ford-Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Bloomfield -- said no one wanted to confront the animal after it was discovered lost among the cars last week, The Rocky Mountain News reported.

"He started out at our service department, then ran all the way through, past every single new car, then pulled a U-Turn and ran right at us,” said Erbsland. “That's when we ran."

The moose eventually was stopped with tranquilizer darts and moved into a horse trailer -- with the help of a front-loader.

Before the male yearling awoke, it was relocated to a park hundreds of miles away and was allowed to wander free.

The moose would have had to cross several roads to get to the car dealership, the newspaper said.  // Copyright 2007 by United Press International



Publication date: 01 October 2007   

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