Moose blowers...

**BleakMid** · March 24th, 2013

I'm 300-odd pages into IT and it's utterly engrossing and more than a little dark. Around pg 324 (at least in the edition I'm reading) there's a reference to Moose-blowers, which Mike Hanlon's parents attach to the their three scarecrows to keep birds away from their crops. I'd never heard of these things so I looked 'em up on Youtube. This was the only film I found and as you'll see you don't actually get to hear the Moose blower 'speak', nonetheless, the sounds he produces from the other two instruments is deeply creepy and if it in any way approximates that of the Moose blower, it certainly enriches that passage in the book. The whole description of life on the Hanlon farm is wonderfully evocative and more than a little redolent of Bradbury - great. Anyway, here is the clip. Anyone out there actually come across Moose blowers???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ATGbKxlyc4

**Dana Jean** · March 24th, 2013

THat was very interesting. And now I would like to hear Stephen talk a little more about Moose Blowers. I've been coming to this board for YEARS and I have never heard anyone ask about these. Good job. Good video too by the way.

**nate_watkins** · March 24th, 2013

So, it's not quite the same as a dog whisperer?

**not_nadine** · March 24th, 2013

again, Stop right there, GNT.

ah, go at it.

**BleakMid** · March 24th, 2013

Oh dear, I fear this thread is in danger of turning a little blue......

**not_nadine** · March 24th, 2013

**GNTLGNT** · March 25th, 2013

Originally Posted by not_nadine

again, Stop right there, GNT.

ah, go at it.

...oh you have NO idea what came to mind when I saw that headline.....laws yes, it was off-color...but all kinds of get myself thrown off the Board funny...

**Walter Oobleck** · March 25th, 2013

Originally Posted by GNTLGNT

...oh you have NO idea what came to mind when I saw that headline.....laws yes, it was off-color...but all kinds of get myself thrown off the Board funny...

Reminds me of what the old man called my hockey team..."Bullwinkle Moose Hockey Team". And #815 is close to where I live!
What was that thing that Crocodile Dundee used in the movie to call the aborigines?

**FlakeNoir** · March 25th, 2013

Originally Posted by Walter Oobleck

Reminds me of what the old man called my hockey team..."Bullwinkle Moose Hockey Team". And #815 is close to where I live!
What was that thing that Crocodile Dundee used in the movie to call the aborigines?

A "Bullroarer".