Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-11-21
ENORMOUS SPECIMEN IN THE
FORESTS or MAINE.
WONDER OF sPoRTsMEN
Thought TO Weigh at Least 1000
Pounds, With Antlers Spreading
Zen Feet-Always Eludes Hunters
Who Are Of Course Eager to Secure
the Prize.

above the forks OF the Kennebec
river, last week, Gays a dispatch from
Bangor, Maine, to The New York Sun,
In not, as those hunters thought, the
only white moose In Maine although
It may be a relative Of the strange an
tmal known all over the northern part
OF the state as the specter moose, and
generally supposed to be the first, If
not the only, white animal of that
species ever seen in these woods. The
appearance Of the white calf at Moxie
Pond leads old hunters to believe that
the specter moose has emigrated from
his old haunts around Lobster Lake
TO the headwaters OF the Kennebec,
especially as he has not been reported
this fall anywhere in the Penobscot
region.
This enormous moose has been the
wonder of sportsmen and the terror Of
euperstitious woodsmen In northern
Maine since 1891. Every story that
comes from the woods concerning him
makes him little bigger than before
Accepting some of the conservative
estimates OF his size, IN seems likely
that no moose ever killed In this state,
or. so far as known, in any other part
OF the continent, has approached in
stature or weight, much less in spread
OF antlers, this specter moose OF Lob
ster Lake. He is called the specter
moose because OF the weird appear
Ance which he presents at night, mis-
color being a dirty white.
It was In 1891 that this moose was
FIRST seen In Maine by Clarence Duffy,
of Oldtown, a guide, who was cruising
around Lobster Lake. Duffy did not
get near enough to the monster for
shot. but could see him plainly, and
gave a detailed description of the ami
NAL when he came back to town.
Everybody laughed at the story.
Mr.. Ross Bangor lumberman,
was at Lobster Lake, where
he had camps, and one day
while crossing between Big Lobster
and Little Lobster lakes in company
with the foreman OF Maxfield's camps,
he saw the big moose. Mr.. Ross is
rather a matter-offact business man,
and when he told his story OF the
monarch OF the woods people began to
believe that there was really some
thing up there worth shooting at
For some years hunters searched
the wood in vain for the big fellow,
for II would be worth small fortune
to any man to bring him down. Not
until 1895 was the monster seen again.
In that year Granville Gray, a Bangor
taxidermist, had a sight of the moose
at some little distance, and since that
he has had a second view, In 1899
Gilman Brown, of West Newbury,
Mass, got nearer to the monster than
any OF the others, actually having a
shot at him.
In company with Harry NJ. Pope,
OF Hartford, Conn, James Busfield, of
Haverhill, Mass, and Il. w. La Croix.
OF Lynn Mass, he had hunted In the
Roach River country The party came
out with three moose aud seven deer
II was on the last day of their two
weeks stay that Brown saw the big
white moose and he will never forget
the sight. He averred that the moose
stood fully is feet high and carried
antlers at least IL feet across.
Like most OF the others who had a
sight OF the monster Mr.. Brown saw
the moose at dusk, but the animals
white coat showed plainly. and Brown
got several shots at him, none of
which inflicted serious injury. He was
30 close to the animal that he could
count % prongs on one side OF his
antlers and thought that there must
be more. This is a greater number
OF points tnan have ever been known
on any other moose here or elsewhere.
In the fall of 1900 the Zig moose
was seen by George Kneeland, OF
Sherman, who was taking charge OF
hIs brothers lumber camps at GULL.
yer Brook, and Kneeland got all the
excitement he wanted for the season,
In telling experiences, Kneeland says:
II had to go to Maowahoc ON bust
less one day, and so borrowed n bi
cycle and started out at. 4 o'clock In
the afternoon over road leading
through the deep woods. AS was
riding along | saw fox come out into
the road. and before had gone much
farther two more foxes made their ap
pearance. When they saw me they
started straight down the road. gave
ven and started in pursuit kept
80 close TO them that they tumbled
over each other in their efforts to es.
cape until at last they went, end over
end. into the bush. | laughed to my.
self at their fright and kept on.
"Well. went To Maowahoc, got
through with my business there and
started 10 return. AS l reached the
stretch OF woods, which is about eight
miles through. and neared the place
where had seen the foxes, | saw an
other fox I'm the road and had some
fun chasing him. Then. coming to n
long piece or rising ground, | dis
mounted and walked. had reached
the top OF the hill and was Just about
TO remount, when l saw what took
to be horse standing in the road,
some distance ahead. Wondering
what a horse could be doing there,