The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-16
NAMES sPEcTER MOOSE. !.
An Unmatched Giant Of the wood.
That Makes Its Appearanceat
Rare Intervals. ri sssts !.

sa1ety. 30 ne nad near view OF the
animal, reports the New York Sun.
Every story that comes from the.
north woods concerning this moose
makes him little bigger than before.
It is generally believed that no moose
ever killed in Maine, or, so far 40 ii
known, anywhere else, has approached
in stature or weight, much less in.
spread Of antlers, this specter moose
of Lobster lake. He is called the spec
ter moose because of the weird appear
ance he presents at night, his colorSbe-
ing dirty gray. 1.:.s, : - - ~
It was in. 1891 that this moose was
first seen in Maine, by Clarence Duffy,
Of Oldtown, guide who was cruis-
ing around Lobster lake. Duffy did not
get near enough to the monster for q
shot, but he: could see him plainly,
Everybody laughed at his story. Not
many months after that JohnsR Ross; a
Bangor lumberrnan, was at Lobster
lake, and one day, while crossing be-
tween Big Lobster and Little Lobster
lakes In company With the foreman Of
w. L. Maxfield's camps, he saw the big
moose. When he told his story Of the
monarch of the woods people began
to believe that there was something up
there worth shootingsat. ~ s5s%.s : 6
For some years hunters searched the
woods in vain for the big fellow. Not
until 1895 was the monster seen again.
In that year Granville Gray, a Bangor
taxidermist, got sight of the moose, at
some little distance, and since then he
has had a second view. In 1899 Gill
man Brown, of West Newbury, Mass,
got nearer to the monster than any of
the others and actually had shot a.
him. He declared that the moose stood
fully Is feet high, and had antlers from
ten to twelve feet across. He was so
close to the animal that he could count
20 points on one side OF his ant.ers, and
he thinks there were more. This. is q,
greater number Of points than has ever
been known on any other moose. His
shots did not bring the moose down. =
This year the first sight Of the, big.
moose fell to George Kneeland. Of Sher-
man, who is taking charge of his broth
er's lumber camp on Gulliver brook. In
telling of his experience Kneeland said:
ION my way back from Maewahoc,
coming to a long piece Of rising ground,
I dismounted from my bicycle and
walked had got to the top Of the
hill and was just about to remount,
when T saw what took to be a horse
standing in the road some distance
ahead. Wondering what horse could
be doing there, I stopped and gave
him a good look, when found. to my
surprise that twas not q. horse, but d
moose, and an immense one, too. = i
waited . bit 10 see what he was 70.
ing to do, hut I hadn't long to wait, for
he lowered his head and came straight
for me with. the speed Of. q locomotive.
] got to a good, stout tree as quick as I
could. and climbed high, where would
be out. of reach Of the moose's antlers
and be able to see what was going on.
Meanwhile the moose came tearing
down the road. and his antlers reached
clear across the road at that place,
brushing the branches on either.side.
should think they would measure II
feet, all right enough. He made straight
for the bicycle, and, planting his for
ward paws either side oft, stopped to
examine the wheel, smelling Of it to his.
satisfaction, then raised his head, gave
= tremendous snort and raced of into
the woods, breaking down the small
growth Of saplings as though they.
were rushes. The wind was blowing
toward me, and that is probably the.
reason he did not discover me. / watt.
ed ten minutes in the tree, and then.
finding that he had really gone, I, slid
down and mounted my wheel, and the,
way I streaked il for home was 4 eau
ton 555 ss& 81 SIS. 81
b The average weight 81 moose shot
in Maine is from 800 to 900 pounds, with
antlers spreading from 4 to ~ feet
and rarely having more than 8 to IL
points on side, while the ben, as the
under The animals neck is
called us generally eight to nine inches
long. All who have seen the big moose
of Lobster lake aver that he must
weigh at least 800 pounds, that his
.antlers spread not less than ten feet,
while the bell 10 declared to be not
less thans1s inches long e is supposed
that this monster wandered into Maine
from British Columbia, as none ap-
preaching his size has ever been seen
80 Maine before. He e . great. trave,,sr.
having been reported ID almost every
part 81 northern Maine. The hnntsf|