Camera records moose trapping Alaska man in shed

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska man carrying garbage to his shed had to take cover inside when a curious bull moose decided to join him.

A Ring home security camera captured Curtis Phelps trapped inside the shed while the moose, with just one antler, tried to push his way inside. The moose eventually moved on and Phelps escaped after calling his wife, Amy, with his cellphone.

“He’s like, let me know when I can get out of the shed,” she said Friday. “I’m stuck in the shed.”

The Phelps live in south Anchorage, where moose are regular visitors. Two years ago, a cow gave birth to a calf in their back yard. Since then, a young moose, possibly the same calf, has regularly returned. The home security camera in December 2018 recorded the moose on the Phelps’ front porch eating a Christmas wreath that the family had hung.

The latest encounter occurred at about 11 a.m. Jan. 11. The family was having a lazy Saturday, Amy Phelps said. She had placed a garbage sack on the front porch and Curtis decided to take it to their locked shed.

“He said he walked out and he looked both ways as we always do and nothing was there,” she said. “All he wore was his hat. He had his cellphone, though.”

Curtis unlocked the shed, deposited the garbage sack, stepped outside and spotted the moose moving his way — and picking up its pace. He ducked inside and the moose walked up to the door and gently pushed it.

“He could see him pushing,” she said. “It’s cracked a little bit.”