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Colorado

Princess Turandot

(4,832 posts) Thu Mar 14, 2019, 08:54 AM Mar 2019

The town of Silverthorn, CO was forced to close its library this week... [View all]

...when this fella decided to take a nap in front of it:

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It was reopened later in the day, with the moose still lounging there. They just asked people to let him be.

The moose often graces the town with his company. They think that a heating element under the sidewalk made him particularly comfortable in the spot.

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The town of Silverthorn, CO was forced to close its library this week... [View all] Princess Turandot Mar 2019 OP

This would be the only good reason to ever close a library. Freedomofspeech Mar 2019 #1

Would like to think they were being nice to the moose. JayhawkSD Mar 2019 #2

I learned that too. murielm99 Mar 2019 #5

Yep, very passive looking, very unpredictable and territorial. defacto7 Mar 2019 #6

Maine - guy told me his daughter was passenger in car that hit a moose. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #3

I wonder how much military gear the police dept bought over the last five years?? marble falls Mar 2019 #4

Gees, just wanted a good read. defacto7 Mar 2019 #7

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