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BY CHRISTINE KARSTEN

ANCHOR MEGAN MURPHY

 

A typical walk in the park turned into a dash from danger for an Alaskan couple.
 
George Murphy left his wife Dorothea in their truck to rally up the dogs. He told the Anchorage Daily News what happened when a large moose attacked.
 
“‘Jeez, he spotted me and he started to come right after me. So I was trying to get to the truck. But I didn't make it,’”
 
Where Murphy did end up was a snowbank, but KTVA of Anchorage says that didn’t stop the moose in its tracks
 
“And the moose kept you know he trampled on me with his front hoofs then he backed off and was hoping he would leave but he came back.. I don’t know how many times he came back.”   
 
Then -- 85-year old Dorothea, weighing in at a whopping 97 pounds, realized it was her husband and not her dog getting attacked.
 
Anchorage Daily News says that’s when she grabbed a shovel and ran.
 
“The moose finally turned, and when it turned and started to go off slowly, I hit it with everything I had.”

Their dog Tut continued to bite the moose and eventually ran it off. That’s when KTNA Radio says Dorothea found her husband.

 

“She found her husband in the snow, bloody and unable to stand. Taylor returned to the Hangar to call 911, and the Willow volunteer fire department responded and stabilized him. Murphy was then rushed by medical helicopter to Providence Alaska Medical Center, where he is recovering from gashes to his head and left leg as well as seven broken ribs.”

 
Murphy is still in the hospital and he says he hopes to go home soon.

 

 

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U.S. News: Alaskan Women, 85, Whacks Moose to Save Husband

Alaskan Women, 85, Whacks Moose to Save Husband

January 26, 2012
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An 85-year old Alaskan women hit a moose with a shovel after her husband was attacked. George Murphy was rushed to the hospital with injuries.
   
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