A Williams Lake resident is considering buying a lottery ticket after luckily stumbling across a rare, white moose while out for a scenic drive during the weekend.

鈥淧eople have always told me I鈥檓 lucky but this one kind of trumps them all,鈥� said Hattie Deyo, who managed to capture a video and photographs from the encounter on a back road in the Cariboo outside Williams Lake.

鈥淚t was with its mom, which was a brown moose. I didn鈥檛 know what it was at first. I thought it was a cow with long legs.鈥�

Growing up in a rural home, Deyo said she鈥檚 heard of white moose, also called spirit moose, sightings before, however, never imagined she would witness one first hand.

鈥淚t was pretty impactful,鈥� she said. 鈥淎nd one in a million.鈥�

Deyo said after she parked her vehicle the mother of the white moose calf carried on, but it stayed behind.

鈥淚t didn鈥檛 go anywhere,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t was really cool and stood there for about 10 minutes 鈥� then it just casually strolled away.鈥�

Cariboo Chilcotin Zone Conservation Officer Service Sgt. Jeff Tyre said in his roughly 14-year career he鈥檚 never come across a white moose.

鈥淚t鈥檚 definitely unique,鈥� he said. 鈥淵ou鈥檒l only ever see one like that in your lifetime.鈥�

greg.sabatino@wltribune.com
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