The Beast

For those of you not paying attention, we live in the country along a two lane road between Hinsdale and Peru. Last night I was awakened at midnight to go fetch my son. As I opened the car door I heard a very strange sound and looked up. Just 30 feet away, at the end of the driveway, next to the mailboxes, on the far side of aforementioned country road (tarmac) was a moose. It clip clopped up the road toward Peru. There is a street light right there which did a fine job of illuminating it looking back over it's left shoulder as s/he trotted away.
There are periodic reports of their being in this area, but I have never seen one before. Very big creature with broad shoulders. Quite the sight.