Arvada Moose Never Got His Muffin

The moose is okay but he apparently never did get a muffin. Arvada Police posted a photo on Sunday of a moose wandering in a homeowner's backyard.

The seven-foot, 800-pound moose was in a home near West 78th Avenue and Marshall Street.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers think he had eaten his way down from Standley Lake and ended up at the home. (For more information on this and other local stories, subscribe to your local Patch for breaking news alerts.)

Arvada Police had an idea about how he ended up there, speculating that someone might have been making muffins.

It's a reference to the children's book, If You Give a Moose a Muffin.

Wildlife officials tranquilized the moose and moved him a trailer where he was slowly revived and then transported back to his natural habitat.

This was the third moose to wander into Arvada this season.

Photo Arvada Police