She’s never hunted and can’t shoot a rifle, but this County teacher went on a moose hunt
Carrie Reed (left) and her brother Ben Lothrop, both of Presque Isle, are all smiles as they prepare to head back to the truck during their moose hunt on Tuesday near Scopan Lake. Credit: Pete Warner / BDN
SCOPAN LAKE, Maine — Ben Lothrop of Presque Isle began laughing uncontrollably when he heard the news on the radio.
He called his sister, Carrie Reed, who answered only to hear him in hysterics. She started laughing too, even though she didn’t know what was so funny.
It was when Lothrop told Reed that she had been selected for a moose permit that she finally got the joke, as the radio station had been listing off the names of recipients.
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