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Old 02-15-2013, 12:43 PM
 
Location: High Bridge, NJ
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There are no mountain lions in NJ, but in 1996 there was one misguided moose:

Moose, Single, Seeks Same at Water Gap - NYTimes.com

I didn't believe it until I read it myself. My in-laws who were living in Stillwater at the time never heard about it somehow...
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Old 02-16-2013, 12:34 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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No, I don't remember that. I wonder how the poor thing found its way here. It obviously had to cross quite a few roads.

Do you remember the Jackson tigers?

JTOWN Flashback: The Tigers of Jackson Township | Jackson Township NJ News
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Old 02-16-2013, 03:16 PM
 
Location: NJ
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Yep, that moose is for real...my bud who is a biologist for the state told me about that one.

ActUALLY MOOSE-ELK DID RoaM THE HILLS Of nj.. see the critters full skeleton in the NJ stae museum in Trenton.

From across the room you will ask yourself 'what the heck is that...a moose-elk?

Critter was dug up in a bog in Sussex co.
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