Overview

• A 15-year-old spotted antlers on his family's recently purchased 100-acre property in Pembroke, leading to the discovery of a young bull moose in an old stone well.
• The Maine Warden Service and a state wildlife biologist sedated the roughly 500-pound animal, secured lifting straps, and used an excavator to hoist it from the 8–9-foot-deep, 6-foot-wide well with water at the bottom.
• Officials reported no obvious serious injuries; after a reversal drug, the moose stood and trotted away, with the injection-to-walk-off window just over an hour, according to biologist Steve Dunham.
• Outlets described the overall operation as lasting about five hours, reflecting a difference between total scene time and the sedation-to-recovery period.
• The rescue, captured on video by family member Delaney Reyn Gardner, drew help from bystanders and highlighted the danger posed by long-forgotten wells on rural land.