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A gang of angry drunken elk barred a man from entering his home in suburban Stockholm on Tuesday, leaving the frightened homeowner no choice but to call police for help. "Five drunken elk were threatening a resident who was barred from entering his own home," says an incident report on the website of the Stockholm police department.
The author of the report confirmed that the homeowner, who lives on the island of Ingarö in Stockholm's eastern suburbs, was justified in calling the police for help. "I'm not surprised that he called the police when he was faced with a gang of five drunken elk," police spokesman Albin Näverberg said.
"They can be really dangerous. They become fearless. Instead of backing away when a person approaches, they move toward you. They may even take a run at you." The incident involved four adult elk and one calf, Näverberg explained, all of whom were intoxicated after having eaten fermented apples that had fallen from the homeowner's apple tree.
"Police who arrived on the scene reported that the animals had been warned that the police were on their way and wisely decided to leave the address," the report read. "The elk will have to find somewhere else to get intoxicated." The homeowner was instructed by officers to clear his yard of fermented apples in order to avoid any future incidents with drunken elk gangs.
http://www.thelocal.se/49908/20130828/
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B Calm
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Voice for Peace
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moment he realized it was that time of year.. and
just walked away.
trusty elf
(7,403 posts)I used to love his whimsical tales. I'm surprised that there are people who haven't read them.
PADemD
(4,482 posts)FSogol
(45,586 posts)Um, quasi-NSFW*
http://www.thelocal.se/gallery/2186/3/
* Depending on your company's elk porn policy.
lapislzi
(5,762 posts)Elk. Can't trust 'em.
madokie
(51,076 posts)loves apples and pears. She runs the birds and squirrels away from them as soon as she exits the back door.
Maybe that explains why sometimes she would act like she's ten foot tall and bullet proof when it came to other dogs. Surely she wasn't drunk from eating the apples and pears on those occasions. Who knows.
I remember when I was a kid and the neighbors pigs got in some fermented ground corn and were exhibiting drunkenness. They scared us kids so we stayed away from them.
tclambert
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OnyxCollie
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(1,353 posts)They look a lot like elk.
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(16,327 posts)KinMd
(966 posts)...Elk getting down with their boyz