{"id":26030,"date":"2026-08-03T11:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T06:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26030"},"modified":"2026-08-03T11:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T06:54:26","slug":"moose-is-captured-on-video-getting-awfully-close-to-colorado-swimmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=26030","title":{"rendered":"Moose is captured on video getting awfully close to Colorado swimmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>A giant moose was captured on wild video wading into a Colorado lake and coming within feet of shocked swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>Florida native Carleigh Smith was in Denver to attend a concert with friends last month when she decided to take her first-ever mountain hike to St. Mary\u2019s Glacier near Idaho Springs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/animals\/video-moose-swims-near-swimmers-hikers-colorado\/\">KDVR reported. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>While on the scenic trek, a man unexpectedly ran up from behind her and her friends to warn them that a moose was nearby, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40163190\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><default:path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/default:svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img 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Smith<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAll of the sudden, a guy comes up behind us, and he\u2019s very calmly, nonchalantly saying there\u2019s a moose in front of you guys, you might want to move,\u201d Smith told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friend Grace was like, \u2018if you hold your thumb up and the thumb covers the whole moose, you\u2019re a good safe distance.\u2019 When I held my thumb up, I was covering about its toe, so it was really close.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>As the tourist and her friends quickly moved away, they saw the antlered mammal strutting into a lake for a dip \u2014 mere feet away from a group of girls sitting on a rock.<\/p>\n<p>Video taken by Smith captured the two girls slowly walking off the rock and into the water to avoid disturbing the enormous moose, which typically can tip the scales at over a whopping 1,000 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo then the moose 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