Moose thanks rescuer with a lick after being trapped in Halloween decorations

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Shaydon Soucy and his wife Sydney were driving to a friend's house in Fort St. John in northeastern B.C. on Saturday when they spotted a man using a tube to try and pull Halloween decorations out of what they first thought was a tree.

"I looked at my wife and was like, what in the heck is [he] doing," Soucy said, before realizing: "Oh, wait. That's a moose. There's a moose with Halloween decorations on its head."

The bull moose, which has been seen by people in the Airport Subdivision neighbourhood in recent weeks, had gotten some black webbing and a decorative skull stuck in its antlers, and was shaking its head trying to get it off, attracting some would-be helpers.

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Soucy joined Raw behind the fence and when the moose cocked its head downward, was able to take hold of the decorations and pull them off.

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After the decorations were removed, the moose started licking Soucy's hand and even let him give him a small pat — something Soucy admits he probably shouldn't have done given the potential dangers.

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