A giant moose was captured on wild video wading into a Colorado lake and coming within feet of shocked swimmers. A giant moose was captured on wild video wading into a Colorado lake and coming within feet of shocked swimmers. “My friend Grace was like, ‘if you hold your thumb up and the thumb covers the whole moose, you’re a good safe distance.’ “So then the moose decides to, like, get in the water and take a dip. Smith, who is from St. Petersburg, described the shock moose sighting as akin to seeing a gator in the Sunshine State.