Famous Last Words

"My first reaction was 'Wow, a moose!"' she said of the March 12 incident near her weekend home. "But the look in its eyes, ... I turned and started to run."

The moose knocked Shoemaker to the ground and began trampling her, she said, but a policeman on a snowmobile approached and scared it off.

"They are a majestic animal," said Shoemaker, who professes a love for the animals. "I just didn't realize they were so dangerous."

Denver Post