In a Facebook post, Bridgett Watkins, the musher, posted photos of the moose and damaged sled, saying, “This has been the most horrific past 24 hours of my life.” In the post, she describes being attacked by a large, healthy bull moose who trampled the dogs and charged at the humans.
The attack happened while Watkins was on a 52-mile training run for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, The Associated Press reported.
Four days after the attack, Watkins is training with the dogs who weren’t injured by the moose.
Watkins told the AP she has been getting negative comments about what happened, and responded: “It’s not that I wasn’t prepared.
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