WEBVTT ERIN: AUDREY COX CLIMBS ABOARD THE BUS IN SEARCH OF MOOSE. ♪ AUDREY: LARRY AND HIS CREW ARE KNOWN AS THE MOOSE PAPARAZZI. LARRY: WELCOME ABOARD THE MOOSE TOUR. WHO HAS NEVER SEEN A MOOSE IN THEIR LIFE? AUDREY: LARRY IS THE OWNER OF PEMI VALLEY MOOSE TOURS. HE HAS BEEN TRACKING THE ELUSIVE ANIMAL SINCE HE WAS A YOUNG BOY. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM? LARRY: OVER 20 YEARS OF DOING IT, THE SAME SPOTS. WE HIT 20 TO 25 HOTSPOTS. AUDREY: VOCALS AND OUT-OF-STATE OR’S HAVE LONG BEEN FASCINATED BY THE MOST, THE GENTLE GIANTS THE LARGEST LAND MAMMAL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AN ADULT MALE WEIGHS ABOUT 1000 POUNDS AND STANDS AT SIX FEET. THEY HAVE A KEEN SENSE OF SMELL AND POOR EYESIGHT. THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THE SIGNS ON THE EYESIGHT. -- ON THE STREET. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT CROSSING THE ROAD, SO BE ON THE BRAKES IF YOU SEE ONE. LARRY: THEY DO NOT CARE. THEY WILL STEP THREE FEET AND JUST CROSS. THEY JUST DO NOT HAVE THE FEAR. THEY DO NOT KNOW ANY BETTER. AUDREY: LARRY’S SHOP IS FILLED WITH MOOSE MEMORABILIA FROM MOOSE DROPPINGS EARRINGS -- YES, THAT KIND OF DROPPING -- TWO STUFFED ANIMALS AND COFFEE MUGS. THE MOOSE-MOBILE HOLDS 51 PEOPLE, MANY A TOURIST IN THE WHITE MOUNTAIN AREA, THAT WILL HAVE NEVER -- WHO HAVE NEVER LAID EYES ON A MOOSE. LARRY KNOWS WHAT BRINGS THEM OUT OF THE WOODS TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND HE KNOWS THE BEST TIME OF DAY AND THE BEST TIME OF YEAR TO SPOT ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS. LARRY: THE MOOSE COMES OUT IN THE EVENING, WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, WHEN IT IS A LITTLE COOLER OUT. THE SALT WASHES UP WITH THE RAIN AND THE SPRING, GETS IN THIS AREAS, AND THAT IS WHERE THE MOOSE GO. THEY LOVE THE SALT. AUDREY: WE’VE BOARDED THE BUS BEFORE SUNDOWN AND HEAD NORTH. LARRY IS JOINED BY HIS PSYCHIC, ERIC, BUT -- SIDETHE CROWD GETS LARRY GETS A CALL THAT A BULL MOOSE HAS BEEN SPOTTED NEARBY. HE DRIVES TO THAT LOCATION, BUT IT WAS NOT EXACTLY WHAT THESE FOLKS HAD IN MIND. ♪ BRUCE THE MOOSE SETS THE TONE FOR THE LIGHTHEARTED EVENING, BUT A STOP IN FRANCONIA NOTCH TO WATCH THE SUNSET SETS THE EVENING. AS THE NIGHT FALLS, WE ARE BACK ON BOARD AND HEADING NORTH. THIS IS WHEN THE MOOSE VENTURE OUT. EXCEPT FOR THE CHIRPING SOUND FROM THE SPRING PEEPERS, THE WOODS ARE QUIET. THE FIRST PASS UNSUCCESSFUL, BUT WITH THE SPOTLIGHT TRAINED ON THE EDGE OF THE WOODS, PASSENGERS GLUED TO THEIR WINDOWS, HOPING TO SPOT THE MOOSE FIRST. THEY WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED. THROUGH THE BRUSH CAME THIS YEARLING. IT SEEMED POSED BEFORE HEADING BACK INTO THE WOODS. LARRY THE YOUNGEST ONES ARE : NERVOUS. WE CALL THEM IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE MOOSE TOUR TRAINING PROGRAM. AS THEY GET OLDER AND OLDER, THEY ARE USED TO THE CARS GOING BY, THEY ARE USED TO PEOPLE STOPPING AND WATCHING THEM, AND THEY WILL HANG OUT. AUDREY: IN BETWEEN SIGHTINGS, ERIC AND LARRY ENTERTAIN THE CROWD WITH CORNY MOOSE JOKES, AND IN THE END, THIS -- >> ♪ HEY MR. MOOSE, WHERE DID YOU GO YOUR ANTLERS ARE GONE WHERE DID THEY GO? ♪ AUDREY: THE DISCO BALL COMES OUT, AND ERIC LEAVES THE BUS IN SONG, "HEY MR. MOOSE." >> THIS IS SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE DOING IN MY LIFETIME. THE GUYS ARE HUMOROUS. THAT MAKES IT A LOT OF FUN. AND JUST THE SIGHTSEEING. AUDREY: THE LATER THE EVENING GETS, MORE MOOSE COMES TO FEED BY THE ROAD. LARRY: THEY ARE PRETTY GENTLE CREATURES. WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN INCIDENT. ALL THE MOST WE’VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, THEY ARE BASICALLY MORE CURIOUS ABOUT US. THERE YOU GO. ENJOY THE FUDGE. AUDREY: HALFWAY THROUGH THE TOUR, THE BUS STOP THAT JACK’S TWIN MOUNTAIN TRADING POST. FOLKS TAKE A BREAK, BY SOME SNACKS, AND REFLECT ON WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN. >> IT IS SO SUSPENSEFUL, WAITING AND LOOKING, AS THEY SHOWN THE LIGHTS ON, AND IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE THEM. IT REALLY WAS. >> THEY ARE PRETTY MAJESTIC. WE GOT TO SEE ABLE MOST. HE WAS A LOT -- A BULL MOOSE. HE WAS A LOT BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE. AUDREY: THE MOST STORES DRAW PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, CURIOUS ABOUT THE GENTLE GIANT IN THE WOODS.