Anchorage woman kicked in the head by moose while walking her dog

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Tracy Hansen and her canine Gunner take a stroll alongside the identical path 3 times a day, however on Feb. 16, their nightly custom took a drastic flip.

Whereas strolling on the sidewalk of Outdated Seward Freeway close to a automobile dealership, a moose charged unexpectedly behind Hansen, leaping over her and kicking her within the head.

“I believed somebody had not been paying consideration and hit me with a motorbike or one thing,” Hansen mentioned. “I had put my palms as much as my head, and I’m like, ‘I’m bleeding.’”

It was not till she sat up that she realized {that a} moose that she and her canine had walked previous earlier within the night was now in entrance of her.

“Realizing that the moose had been someplace behind me and now, right here this moose is in entrance of me, and I’m like, was that the moose,” Hansen mentioned.

Moments earlier than Hansen was kicked within the head, Kate Timmons was driving down Outdated Seward Freeway along with her household. Timmons mentioned that she witnessed the moose kick Timmons. Her household then shortly rushed to assist, making an attempt to divert the moose away from Hansen and her canine.

“My husband was in a position to pull her over the snow financial institution, so we might get her within the truck along with her canine and form of get her out of the way in which,” Timmons mentioned. “It undoubtedly appeared unprovoked from our standpoint and it occurred so quick it was identical to, a matter of getting her out of the scenario, getting her assist, ensuring, my large factor was that she didn’t have a head trauma, that there wasn’t a bleed or one thing.”

Timmons mentioned that she was nervous about what might have occurred if her household didn’t witness the accident and spring into motion. Timmons famous how tall the snow banks have been, which might have made it a wrestle for a passing automobile to see Hansen laying on the sidewalk.

Hansen mentioned that their paths crossed at exactly the correct second.

“Kate and I have been discussing that the Lord put her in the correct place, on the proper time to have the ability to assist,” Hansen mentioned.

On Monday, Gunner and Hansen are again strolling on the identical path. Hansen mentioned that Gunner was unhurt. Hansen continues to be recovering from staples in her head, complications and bruising all through her physique, however that gained’t cease their every day routine.

“We’ll be again on our regular walks,” Hansen mentioned. “The moose gained’t cease that.”

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