Maine wardens save moose stuck in abandoned well in five-hour rescue

After animal was sedated, wardens used an excavator to gingerly lift it out of 9ft-deep hole on family's acreage

A bull moose that fell into an abandoned well in Maine was pulled to safety during an elaborate five-hour rescue.

The operation happened on Wednesday after Cole Brown, whose family owns the forested land in the northern Maine community of Pembroke, spotted a pair of antlers. He heard a noise and initially thought it was turkeys but, upon, closer inspection, realized it was something a lot bigger.