A Williams Lake resident is considering buying a lottery ticket after luckily stumbling across a rare, white moose while out for a scenic drive during the weekend.
91ƵPeople have always told me I91Ƶm lucky but this one kind of trumps them all,91Ƶ said Hattie Deyo, who managed to capture a video and photographs from the encounter on a back road in the Cariboo outside Williams Lake.
91ƵIt was with its mom, which was a brown moose. I didn91Ƶt know what it was at first. I thought it was a cow with long legs.91Ƶ
Growing up in a rural home, Deyo said she91Ƶs heard of white moose, also called spirit moose, sightings before, however, never imagined she would witness one first hand.
91ƵIt was pretty impactful,91Ƶ she said. 91ƵAnd one in a million.91Ƶ
Deyo said after she parked her vehicle the mother of the white moose calf carried on, but it stayed behind.
91ƵIt didn91Ƶt go anywhere,91Ƶ she said. 91ƵIt was really cool and stood there for about 10 minutes 91Ƶ then it just casually strolled away.91Ƶ
Cariboo Chilcotin Zone Conservation Officer Service Sgt. Jeff Tyre said in his roughly 14-year career he91Ƶs never come across a white moose.
91ƵIt91Ƶs definitely unique,91Ƶ he said. 91ƵYou91Ƶll only ever see one like that in your lifetime.91Ƶ
greg.sabatino@wltribune.com
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