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Jos Stratford · Sunday 7th August 2005, 18:17

Following on from the story a couple of months back when a driver was killed when hitting an Elk at night, another Elk story from the same town here in Lithuania.

Somehow, an Elk managed to get into the city centre of Klaipeda (the main town on Lithuania's coast) and then jumped off the high wall (in picture one) onto the road below, landing on the bonnet of a passing car. Though the driver was not hurt and the Elk not initially killed (picture two shows it sitting in the road by the police car) it was regrettably deemed the Elk to be badly injured and so was darted with a tranquilizer, putting the animal out of its pain and distress.

Pictures from local TV, clicked at the screen ...sorry for duff quality of the first picture!

Andrew · Sunday 7th August 2005, 19:06

Jeez. Must have thought it was a river of some sort it was jumping into?

jurek · Sunday 7th August 2005, 20:20

My friend once saw an Elk walking across streets of Warsaw (Poland) in early morning. Fortunately it passed through the city and was gone happily.

moose1991 · Friday 9th December 2005, 21:16

cheers for that Jos, sorry for delay in seeing it been offline for months.

Sunday 7th August 2005, 18:17	#1
Jos Stratford Pondering the next... Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Exile in East Europe Posts: 11,527	More Elk Perils Following on from the story a couple of months back when a driver was killed when hitting an Elk at night, another Elk story from the same town here in Lithuania. Somehow, an Elk managed to get into the city centre of Klaipeda (the main town on Lithuania's coast) and then jumped off the high wall (in picture one) onto the road below, landing on the bonnet of a passing car. Though the driver was not hurt and the Elk not initially killed (picture two shows it sitting in the road by the police car) it was regrettably deemed the Elk to be badly injured and so was darted with a tranquilizer, putting the animal out of its pain and distress. Pictures from local TV, clicked at the screen ...sorry for duff quality of the first picture! Attached Thumbnails __________________ For photographs and articles, Lithuania and beyond, click here for my website
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Sunday 7th August 2005, 19:06	#2
Andrew wibble wibble Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Devon. UK. Posts: 11,364	Jeez. Must have thought it was a river of some sort it was jumping into? __________________ Are you listening to the voice that talks in your head while you read this?

Friday 9th December 2005, 21:16	#4
moose1991 Alces alces Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Under the stairs. Posts: 364	cheers for that Jos, sorry for delay in seeing it been offline for months.
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