Moose momma and youngster visit northwest Calgary
Pair goes for a trot through the community of Tuscany before crossing the road to Blue Ridge Estates
Jason Behr was playing ball with his dog Wednesday evening when he suddenly heard a "clomp, clomp, clomp" behind him.
The Calgary resident turned to see not one but two moose running toward his yard — on the other side of a fence, fortunately — in the northwest community of Tuscany.
"They came right up to my fence," he said. "When I turned around and saw them I pulled out my camera and they walked off."
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The mother moose had jumped into a neighbour's yard, Behr said, but the youngster couldn't follow, so the mom hopped back onto public property and approached his fence before the pair headed across a nearby road and into a patch of trees.
The encounter happened near 12 Mile Coulee Road, across from Blue Ridge Estates — a residential area at the city's northwest periphery that has seen its share of wildlife before.
In 2014, a rare grizzly sighting prompted a warning for people who live in the area to keep their kids and pets indoors.