Overview
- The couple intervened Thursday in Telos Township while on their way to fish by driving their pickup between a charging black bear and a fleeing moose calf.
- Todd Malcolm said he put the truck in drive and moved forward to block the bear, and his wife Elvia photographed the encounter through the windshield without leaving the vehicle.
- The bear abandoned the chase, the calf reunited with its mother, and no injuries or harm to the bear were reported in published accounts.
- Coverage is based on the Malcolms’ first-person account and photos distributed by the Associated Press and other outlets, and there are no published reports of wildlife agency involvement or independent verification.
- The episode highlights how common roadside contact between moose and black bears in rural Maine can produce sudden, risky encounters and how motorists’ actions can change those outcomes.