The Malcoms, a Maine couple, recently found themselves in a heart-pounding situation while on a routine fishing trip. They used their pickup truck to save a moose calf from a charging bear, helping to reunite the young animal with its mother.
Todd Malcolm explained that he believed the bear would catch the calf unless he intervened. "I knew what I had to do and I just did it," he said. The encounter began when the couple spotted a female moose near the edge of the woods, and they pulled over hoping to snap a photo.
As they parked their truck, the couple noticed that the moose appeared unusually agitated. Moments later, a bear and the moose calf burst from the woods and sprinted directly toward their truck. Todd Malcolm was convinced that the bear would catch the vulnerable calf and decided to intervene.
"I put the truck in drive and I just stepped on the gas," he said. Malcolm said he didn't want to hurt the bear and only intended to put the truck between the predator and the calf. His plan worked, and the bear darted to the side of the road before disappearing back into the woods.
The ordeal was just as nerve-racking for Elvia Malcolm, who was taking photographs of the dramatic encounter. "My heart was racing because I did not want to witness the bear catching the calf," she said. "As soon as the calf got past the truck and we were able to get the bear to give up the chase, I looked up the road and saw that they were together, the mom and the calf."
Despite the chaos, Elvia Malcolm still managed to capture several photographs of the encounter. "I really thought I probably got like a bug on the windshield when I started to look at them," she said. "I took them through the front windshield of the truck. I wasn’t outside the truck. No way was I getting outside the truck."
The couple later continued their fishing trip after watching the moose calf reunite with its mother.
