BEDFORD, N.H. (WHDH) - A moose in search of mate stumbled into a backyard in New Hampshire and decided to take a dip in a swimming pool on Tuesday night.
Video shared by New Hampshire Fish and Game showed a young bull hanging in a Emma Carole Paradise’s pool in Bedford.
“It was a long wait last night but our friendly moose did not want to get out of our pool,” Paradise said.
She and her husband said they found the big bull and called the police right away.
Wildlife officials could not get the moose out of pool that night because it was too dark so he had to spend the night in the shallow end.
“I would have to tell you, they are not that quiet,” Paradise said. “He wasn’t our quietest visitor that we’ve ever had.”
“With the moose breeding season beginning to ramp up, bulls are on the move looking for mates,” officials said in a Facebook post. “In his travels, this young bull accidentally found his way into a swimming pool.”
Wildlife biologists and conservation officers put together a makeshift set of wooden stairs and were eventually able to coax the moose out of the water after several hours.
“It just needed a little boost and it pooped out of the water,” Paradise said. “All of us just watched it get on its merry way.”
She said she hopes the bachelor bull finds what he is looking for.
The moose was able to find his way back into the woods.
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