The Portland daily press., 1900-09-19
Bullets Have No Terror


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Bangor. September 18.-The king of all
Maine moose, who has been feared by
hunters and guides for the past ten years
has been seen again, this time at Sher-
man, where he came very near killing
prominent lumberman of that town, and
probably would have but for the fact that
the man succeeded in climbing tree af-
ter having failed two or three times on
account of the branches breaking down
and refusing to hold him This moose
is wen known to the big game hunters
who come to this State every year from
Boston and New York. He is a gray
monster and on account of his appear
ance at night he is called by many hun
ters and guides, the spectre moose. All |
who have seen the brute say that he |
weighs fully $500 pounds. He twas first |
sesn in 1891 by an Old Town guide in the |
region around Lobster lake, above Moose
head. The guide declared at that time
that the animal stood 10 feet nigh and
had antIers measuring ten feet across.
People laughed at the story but nearly
every year. since that time the animal
has been seen in different locality by
other hunters but up to last fall not one
OF them ever succeeded IN getting a shot
at him. This lucky sportsman was Gill
man Brown of West N ewbury, Mass,
who was at Roach River with party OF
friends on a hunting trip and who got
near enough to the animal TO count the
points on one of the antlers and found
that there were % or six more than had
ever been seen on moose in this State.
Mr.. Brown claimed that he fired five
times at the monster and that he hit him
every shot but when he got done firing
the moose walked away into the woods.
Brown also said that the animal was 10
feet high. weighed fully $500 pounds, had
antlers spreading II feet, and a bell IS
inches long.
This monster moose is a great traveller.
He has been seen at Lobster lake, at
Roach River, at Sourdnahunk lake two
different seasons, and this week ne showed
up at Sherman, a town fully 100 miles
from where he was first seen in 1891 by
the Old Town guide. George Kneeiand
of Sherman, is the last man to see this
monster representative of the big game
1
the exciting experience which he had with
him. "I had to go to Macwahoc on bus
mess ana SO I borrowed bicycle and
started at p. m. over the woods road.
1 had gone but little way when 1 came
across three fOxes in the road. gave a
whoop and they started on the run down
the road, with me in hot pursuit on the
wheel, and covered the distance of eight
miles to Macwahoc In quick time. I did
my business there and started on the re-
turn home. When reached the place
where / saw the foxes slowed down a
bit and looked around to see II could
see any more of them. Then coming to
a long piece of rising gIound dismount-
ed and walked. had got to the top and
was just going to mount again when
saw, as thought, a horse in the road some
distance before me. looked again and
it was a monster moose and waited a
moment to see what he was going to do.
Suddenly he lowered his head and came
straight for me. He roared like a bull
and the snorts which he made sounded
like a locomotive exhausting steam. I
dropped the bicycle and hustled for a
tree. The first tree came to was too
small to climb. I tried another and a
limb broke and landed on my back
The third oDeI I succeeded in climbing
and soon reached place of safety.
"The moose had, lost no time IN getting
to where was and 1 watched him close
ly. His antIers reached across the road
in one place and should think that they
/
he reached the bicycle he stopped, smelled
all around it, then raising his head he
stopped for minute and trotted of into
the woods. He did not discover me be-
cause the wind was blowing towards me
and thus carried the scent behind. I
waited long time before 1 came down
out of the tree and when did mounted
the bicycle and the way 1 pumped that
thing home was a caution"
Bangor hunters say that If Kneeland
had not succeeded in getting up tree
that the moose would have surely at
tackled ana killed him. In their opinion
there is no question but what this moose
Is the same big fellow which many
hunters have tired to kill. E. A. Green
leaf of this city, says that he saw the
monster one time in the ssssSourdnahunk
region and that the print of his foot in
the muck was surely eight or ten inches
wide w. l.. Miller, Harry A. Chapman
and Frank ID. Hight Of Bangor and W.
Il. Jenkins OF Boston also think that this
is the same moose which they have been
trying to bring down at Sourdnshunk
for several years. Two years ago Mr..
Miller and Mr.. Junkins followed on the
trail of the giant for four days and then
were obliged to put back on account of
losing their supplies and tenting outfit
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