Boy Saves Sister from Moose Attack with Skills Learned in Warcraft Video Game
This 12 year-old Norwegian boy saved his sister and himself from a moose attack using skills he picked up in the online role playing game 'World of Warcraft.'Hans Jørgen Olsen and his sister got into a spot of trouble when they encroached on the territory of one of these antlered cold weather staples (otherwise known as a moose). When the beast went on the offensive, Hans knew the first thing he had to do was taunt it so that it would leave his sister alone and she could run to safety. "Taunting" is a move one uses in World of Warcraft to get monsters off of the less-well-armored team members.
Once he was a target, Hans remember another skill he'd picked up at level 30 in 'World of Warcraft' -- he feigned death. The moose lost interest in the inanimate Hans and wandered off into the woods. When he was safely alone Hans ran back home to share his tale of video game-inspired survival.
Make fun of video games all you want, but if one can teach you a skill that saves your (and your sister's) life, then we'd say that was a video game worth playing.
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dinosaur @ Dec 10th 2007 10:06AM
So these 2 kids go out in the woods without a gun? There could be wild dogs, wolves, possibly bears if they aren't hibernating there yet. [They are here.] Any rabid animal and they foolishly go unarmed.
And moose are supposed to be shy every time I see one they run like hell.
Nick @ Dec 10th 2007 1:29PM
Good thing he doesn't play an "undead" character and found himself hungry...
Beth @ Dec 10th 2007 5:17PM
You're absolutely right, dinosaur. Those two kids should have gone into the woods WITH a gun!
ascatal @ Dec 10th 2007 5:23PM
well here is proof kids do learn things from video games, and i say 3 cheers for the kid and WoW should give him a freemonth for giving them such good PR
LRS @ Dec 10th 2007 5:30PM
Now that's too damn funny...unreal.
showme @ Dec 10th 2007 11:32PM
Dinosaur.....look for the good in the story
sithlord397 @ Dec 10th 2007 11:39PM
Going into the woods with a gun would be a good idea, but look at a lot of twelve year olds today that don't know how to use a gun. Maybe for them a fixed blade knife would have been a good thing to carry or better yet they should have taken an adult with them. At least the knife would offer some protection or they could just find a sturdy piece of wood to carry with them.
dontbhatinonus @ Dec 10th 2007 11:40PM
they are kids, what guns are you talking about? Why would 2 kids get off into the woods with guns heavier or bigger then them. The woods were probably somewhere near there house if not behind it. they were kids just playing around like we used to do.
SDE @ Dec 11th 2007 2:57AM
Better yet is to teach children what not to do when outdoors without a parent, and what to do if a large animal begins to approach. Chances are that the moose was defending what it had chosen as it's own property.
That's something to learn when living in areas like that.
Matthew Bagley @ Dec 11th 2007 11:17AM
The question is did he try and cast a magic spell first! then realise he had no mana so played dead
prpnght7 @ Dec 11th 2007 1:06PM
Why on earth would two little kids carry a gun with them?! Come on he's 12 not 18! I bet if he did have a gun - everyone would be all over that wondering why a little boy had a gun in the first place! Think about it!
Tyndaleon @ Dec 11th 2007 4:02PM
In other news, young Hans Jørgen Olsen has now been hired by the Norwegian government as Minister of Tourism. He's already crafted his first ad campaign even:
See the loveli lakes!
The wonderful telephone system.
And mani interesting furry animals
Including the majestik moose!
A moose once bit my sister....
No realli! She was karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: 'The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist', 'Fillings of Passion', 'The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink'.
Mynd you, moose bites kan be pretti nasti...
Tyr @ Dec 11th 2007 4:30PM
the mighty Odin protects! go norway!
Striker @ Dec 11th 2007 10:53PM
Umm, why debate whether he had a gun or not?
He feigned death...he is a hunter...why didn't he have the gun? He could of killed the beast with a carefully placed Aimed Shot.
kL @ Dec 13th 2007 1:48PM
Perhaps he was inside the deadzone so he could not draw his gun or use his two hand weapon. We all know well that 8 yrds is the range for gun/closehand fighting. Should have used a freezing trap, they are combat use since patch 1.11, plus its less mana than FD!!! zOMG l2p
Brent Calvin @ Dec 13th 2007 1:55PM
I grew up in Alaska. Anchorage, a city. I have been late before because a moose was in my yard. I'm sure Norway is the same deal. You don't have to go far to find wild life, in the city. And no we don't carry guns in the city. If I was camping/fishing, then yes, but not in a city!
deslc @ Dec 13th 2007 3:51PM
I had a run-in with a small moose just outside metro Salt Lake City where I live next to the mountain. Got the pictures to prove it. I stood between two Aspen trees that he couldn't get between, but got real good close-ups, three feet away. Even if I had a gun, I'm not sure that would have helped. So no matter what anybody says, this kid did good.
Phoenix Psaltery @ Dec 13th 2007 4:30PM
He cast a Stoneclaw totem??? :)
Shamans can't use Feign Death...
P2
dan @ Dec 13th 2007 4:41PM
Well, good thing he didn't play a mage
"12 year-old Norwegian boy dies while trying to 'polymorph' attacking moose"
norda @ Dec 13th 2007 5:39PM
Was his sister a healer?