Twelve-year-old Hans Olsen and his sister were walking through the forest near their home in Leksvik in North Trøndelag when the pair was attacked by a moose, apparently defending its territory. Rather than panic, Hans says he used skills he learned playing World of Warcraft to save his sister.
Drawing agro off his sister with a taunt, Hans bought his sister time to escape. Once the beast’s attention was entirely focused on him and his sister was safely away, Hans used another skill he learned on Blizzard’s popular MMO and feigned death. The moose reportedly lost interest in the boy and wandered back into the woods.
Credible? Perhaps. Certainly the boy and his sister are safe now, moose are dangerous adversaries, and World of Warcraft is a popular enough game for this story to be spread around the internet like pinkeye. At the very least, watching a half-ton of angry wild venison charging toward him has probably given Hans a new perspective on the seriousness of managing his DPS.
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