A man was injured earlier this month when a moose abruptly charged him at a popular Soldotna trail area south of Anchorage, Alaska, State Troopers said.
On the afternoon of Dec. 18, the man was walking with his dog on the northern end of the Tsalteshi Trails system— near where the Mosquito singletrack and Bear trail intersect — when he was charged, according to a social media post from the trail organization. The trails are used for skiing, snowshoeing, mountain biking and walking or running in the winter.
“Without notice the moose charged and knocked him to the ground,” troopers wrote in an online report. “The moose then kicked the male multiple times.”
With four moose in the area at that time, the man was able to get to a tree and snowbank and his dog scared the moose away, troopers said. The man was treated at the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, they said.
