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Most of us encounter wildlife in our yard from time to time being it a bird at the feeder, a squirrel or maybe even the occasional deer but imagine a grizzly killing and eating a cow moose in your driveway. That’s what happened to one family in Alaska and they captured it all on video.
“I looked out the window and to my astonishment there were huge chunks of moose hair scattered up the driveway,” Lyon said. “Then I saw these two big animals a mature sow brown bear that had this cow moose in its death grip. They were in the midst of the struggle.”
Lyon woke up his wife and they began taking pictures of what was happening.
“The bear got (the moose) down and kind of dragged it maybe 40, 50 feet from our deck, alongside our boat,” Lyon said.
What he and his wife witnessed next could have been a scene from a bone-chilling fright flick.
“The bear ripped (the moose’s) chest open, ripped out its heart, took the heart out and ate it. It was just like a horror movie,” Lyon said. “All the while it was kind of looking at us and looking at the woods. You could sense it wanted to get out of there. Then it got some or all of the liver, ripped that out and carried it off into the woods.”
The Lyons immediately reported the incident to the Alaska State Troopers. Within short time, Trooper Travis Bordner arrived with Thomas McDonough, assistant area biologist with the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game.
The Lyons captured much of this on video and it’s available on You Tube. I’ve include the 3 videos they have uploaded some may find this gruesome but it happens everyday in nature we just don’t often get the chance to witness a bear enjoying a happy meal.
