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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.'
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dinosaur said 10:06AM on 12-10-2007
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.
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Nick said 1:29PM on 12-10-2007
Good thing he doesn't play an "undead" character and found himself hungry...
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Beth said 5:17PM on 12-10-2007
You're absolutely right, dinosaur. Those two kids should have gone into the woods WITH a gun!
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ascatal said 5:23PM on 12-10-2007
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
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LRS said 5:30PM on 12-10-2007
Now that's too damn funny...unreal.
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showme said 11:32PM on 12-10-2007
Dinosaur.....look for the good in the story
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sithlord397 said 11:39PM on 12-10-2007
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.
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dontbhatinonus said 11:40PM on 12-10-2007
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.
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SDE said 2:57AM on 12-11-2007
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.
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Matthew Bagley said 11:17AM on 12-11-2007
The question is did he try and cast a magic spell first! then realise he had no mana so played dead
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prpnght7 said 1:06PM on 12-11-2007
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!
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Tyndaleon said 4:02PM on 12-11-2007
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...
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Tyr said 4:30PM on 12-11-2007
the mighty Odin protects! go norway!
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Striker said 10:53PM on 12-11-2007
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.
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kL said 1:48PM on 12-13-2007
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
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Brent Calvin said 1:55PM on 12-13-2007
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!
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deslc said 3:51PM on 12-13-2007
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.
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Phoenix Psaltery said 4:30PM on 12-13-2007
He cast a Stoneclaw totem??? :)
Shamans can't use Feign Death...
P2
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dan said 4:41PM on 12-13-2007
Well, good thing he didn't play a mage
"12 year-old Norwegian boy dies while trying to 'polymorph' attacking moose"
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norda said 5:39PM on 12-13-2007
Was his sister a healer?
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