{"id":864147,"date":"2026-09-29T00:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/864147\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T00:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:58:12","slug":"moose-spotted-in-west-fargo-inforum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/864147\/","title":{"rendered":"Moose spotted in West Fargo &#8211; InForum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST FARGO \u2014 A moose was seen making its way through West Fargo on Monday, Sept. 28.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the moose was in a rural area on Monday afternoon, and they&#8217;re asking people to give it plenty of room.<\/p>\n<p>A WDAY viewer sent a Ring camera video of the moose making its way across their lawn at around 4 a.m. on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>It was seen again at around 8:30 a.m. trotting through South Elementary&#8217;s basketball court.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Attendance check: learners, staff \u2026 and one moose? \ud83e\udece<br \/>A surprise visitor passed one of our elementary schools today on her way out of town&#8230;she even looked both ways before entering the crosswalk! Thank you to the West Fargo Police Department for helping her find her way! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xSjKuve08v\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xSjKuve08v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 West Fargo Public Schools (@WFPSchools) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WFPSchools\/status\/2104636024936640740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The West Fargo Police say they aren&#8217;t sharing the exact location, because they don&#8217;t want anyone going out to look for it.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"09283702_mooseVO.mp4.Still001.jpg\"  width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.forumcomm.com\/dims4\/default\/9b64b9c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1280x720+0+0\/resize\/840x473!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum-communications-production-web.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fce%2Fca%2F8efe90a24b88b1f0f1fdcbeba2a2%2F09283702-moosevo-mp4-still001.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI0NzNweCIgd2lkdGg9Ijg0MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A moose makes its way through West Fargo on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, after being spotted in several locations around the city.<\/p>\n<p>Contributed<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota Game and Fish Biologist Doug Leier said a moose passing through the area this time of year isn&#8217;t as unusual as people may think.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I went back and looked over the past, you know, number of years, there&#8217;s usually an urban moose found within the Fargo area around this time of year almost every single year, and that&#8217;s just the ones that we hear about,&#8221; Leier said.<\/p>\n<p>Leier says it&#8217;s breeding season and that&#8217;s when moose tend to wander.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that if anyone spots a moose in the future, give it plenty of room and let it move along its own.<\/p>\n<p>\n                Matthew Freeman has been a reporter for WDAY since 2026. He is a graduate of Dan Patrick&#8217;s School for Sports Broadcasting at Full Sail University. He is from Panama City Beach, FL.\n            <\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST FARGO \u2014 A moose was seen making its way through West Fargo on Monday, Sept. 28. 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