Moose Wanders Into Kenai Movie Theater and Leaves with a Happy Meal

Moose Wanders Into Kenai Movie Theater: A inquisitive moose wandered into a Kenai movie theater this week and started rooting through the trash. After a short while, it departed with a McDonald’s Happy Meal box hooked to its snout.

An employee watched as what appeared to be a yearling entered Kenai Cinemas on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. The visit was documented on social media in a TikTok video and a Facebook post.

In Southcentral Alaska, a moose wandered into a building for at least the second time in the previous month. A baby moose entered the foyer of a medical building in Anchorage through an automatic door earlier this month.

The moose in the Kenai theater peered over the corner, sniffing the air with its tongue protruding.

The worker was heard saying “No. No. No.” on the TikTok video. She made a manager call.

“Ricky! Ricky!” She remarked, raising her voice.

Ricky Black, the theater manager, was upstairs organizing the schedules of the staff members. He claimed that laughing came naturally to him.

Behind the counter, she was. She wasn’t immediately in danger from the moose, according to Black. “She then commands, “Stop laughing. The situation is grave.

How do you remove a moose from a hospital in Anchorage? with extreme caution.

The moose had quietly started eating from the rubbish while this was happening. Black shouted while pounding on the wall. The moose paid him no mind.

Saying “Shoo! Shoo!” In the video, Black screamed. One of the other workers retorted, “He ain’t leavin’.”

The moose eventually located the Happy Meal box after some time, according to Black.

The moose was eventually led outside thanks to all the screaming. Employees could clearly see that the Happy Meal was still attached to the animal’s snout, with its nose sticking through the cardboard, Black added.

Nick Fowler, a wildlife biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, noted that these kinds of up-close interactions with wildlife can be concerning.

According to him, moose can develop accustomed to humans and human food, much like other animals, which makes them potentially more hazardous. Additionally, moose, which primarily consume plants, twigs, and leaves, do not necessarily benefit from human food.

“I’m not sure if a Happy Meal is healthy for a moose. It’s not in its natural diet, though, I can tell with certainty,” Fowler added.

In cases like this, “the best thing we can almost always do is make sure there’s plenty of distance, and we’re not approaching the animal,” said Fowler.

Although the moose at the theater and in Providence didn’t appear hostile, Fowler noted that it’s not always simple to spot the telltale signs of a hostile moose. Furthermore, just because a moose is young, that doesn’t mean it won’t be violent, the man added.

“Any wildlife has the potential to hurt you. And it’s crucial to remember that a young animal that may be acting in a way that is deemed not aggressive may actually be involved in a harmful human-wildlife encounter, he said.