Meanwhile in Sweden, a drunken elk is rescued from an apple tree

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Meanwhile in Sweden, a drunken elk is rescued from an apple tree

While the rest of the world deals with real issues, the biggest news out of Sweden is an elk in the town of Särö that ate too many fermented apples, got shitfaced and got stuck in a tree. WE NOW TAKE YOU LIVE TO THE ELK IN THE TREE. Actually, this was a few days ago, but the entire country is still reeling from the event.

When Per Johansson of Särö, south of Gothenburg, returned home from work on Tuesday it was dark outside and the rain was coming down hard. Suddenly Johansson heard a bellowing noise from the garden next door.

“I thought at first that someone was having a laugh. Then I went over to take a look and spotted an elk stuck in an apple tree with only one leg left on the ground,” Johansson told The Local.

The unfortunate elk was desperately entangled in the tree’s branches and was kicking ferociously as Johansson approached.

“I thought it looked pretty bad so I called the police who sent out an on-call hunter. But while we were waiting, the neighbours and I started to saw down some of the branches and then the hunter arrived with a saw as well,” said Johansson.

The group tried to make the elk more comfortable but to no avail.

It wasn’t until the fire brigade arrived on the scene and managed to bend the tree to the point where the exhausted elk could slide out of the branches that the animal was finally freed.

According to Johansson, it looked very much like the elk was severely drunk after eating too many fermenting apples.

Drunken elk are common in Sweden during the autumn season when there are plenty of apples lying around on the ground and hanging from branches in Swedish gardens.

Back to you, Doug Douglas for the high school football scores.

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