--- description: Just a couple of gigantic moose duking it on a suburban street title: This Moose Brawl Is Far More Entertaining Than Any Professional Fight image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Moose Brawl Is Far More Entertaining Than Any Professional Fight by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 12, 2015 4:45 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 12, 2015 4:45 PM CUT Contrary to popular belief, moose are _not_ gentle creatures that Canadians ride from ice hockey practice to poutine appointments. Moose are actually scary beasts who will not hesitate to fight you. Or, in this case, other moose. Still not convinced that moose are absolutely terrifying beasts? Watch the above video, shot in a suburban Alaskan town, that shows two gigantic moose duking it out in a driveway. Bill Tyra and his son, Josh, captured this epic moose fight in South Anchorage, KTVA Alaska [reports](http://www.ktva.com/video-rutting-moose-duke-it-out-in-anchorage-subdivision-899/ "undefined"). (Right now is peak [moose rutting ](http://www.nps.gov/dena/learn/nature/upload/MooseRut2010-2.pdf "undefined")season.) Isn’t it crazy that moose actually exist in real life and not in some prehistoric fantasy novel? For more of this riveting fight, check out part two: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4070007/moose-fight/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4070007/moose-fight/"},"headline":"This Moose Brawl Is Far More Entertaining Than Any Professional Fight","datePublished":"2015-10-12T16:45:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:52.263Z","description":"Just a couple of gigantic moose duking it on a suburban street","url":"https://time.com/4070007/moose-fight/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4070007/moose-fight/","name":"This Moose Brawl Is Far More Entertaining Than Any Professional Fight"}}]}] ```