Driver swerves to avoid moose, hits bear

[Hum]

OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian driver who swerved his car on a rural road to avoid running into a moose hit a bear instead, authorities said on Thursday.

The driver spotted the moose on a country road near Hanestad, 225 kilometres north of Oslo, around midnight on Wednesday, and tried to go around the animal, not realizing that a bear was also nearby.

"The driver had lost a bit of speed as he tried to avoid the moose before hitting the bear," said Svein Erik Bjorke of the local wildlife authority, who was out in the forest searching for the wounded animal.

"We are currently tracking the bear and we have found traces of blood indicating internal injuries," he said.

The driver escaped uninjured while his car suffered some damage.

Norway's rugged mountains are sparsely populated and full of wildlife. The country, nearly the size of Germany but home to just five million people, has around 100,000 moose and 150 brown bears, authorities said.

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[DocM]

Some days you can't win for losin'.

[NeoandGeo]

Meanwhile, in Norway. :p

[shockz]

Sounds like a good bad luck brian meme.

[Dan~]

lolo, I'd never sweve on the road. If there's an object in my path, then it's fair game and I use my point system.

Currently old people and children are 2000 points a pop

[DocM]

A moosw would be a -4000 because your car would be totalled and even with air bags you'd get your brain cage severely rattled.

[Buttus]

lucky moose, it was about to be bear food!

[Brandon H Supervisor]

for some reason I read the title as "Driver swerves to avoid mouse, hits bear" lol :rofl:

[Hum]

Where's Rocky when you need him ...

[The Laughing Man]

Sounds like a good bad luck brian meme.

http://www.quickmeme.com/Bad-Luck-Brian/

I cant stop laughing

[FMH]

This news made me laugh.

[D.J.P]

Made me laugh.

Why do people insist on swerving? like Dan (without a point system) is better.

My dad thought me and my brother not to serve, attempt to stop yes, but if your going hit, hit.

Damage to the car can be repaired (or car replaced) you not so easily

[Growled Member]

Some days it doesn't pay to even get out of the bed.