A moose broke into a BMW showroom and crushed a classic car that was being restored

Moose smashes car in dealership/still from video

We've all heard of rogue mechanics who take customers' cars for a test drive and crash them into a wall. In such cases, we get angry at dealers, especially if they refuse to make things right with the owner.

But this time it's not the dealership's fault – or rather, no one's. That's because a moose broke into a BMW dealership and trampled everything in its path, writes The Drive.

It came as no surprise to anyone that it happened over the weekend in Scandinavia. It happened at the Schmiedmann plant, which specializes in spare parts for BMW and Mini, in Sweden, where the moose population is about 400,000. It's not uncommon to see a moose, but to see one inside just a few feet away? It's still scary.

CEO Viktor Ortegren was at his company over the weekend to put his private boat into winter storage when he heard loud noises, Morten Christensen, Schmiedmann's product photographer, told reporters.

He looked around the corner. of the boat, which was inside the building, thinking that a customer had arrived. But as soon as he passed the boat, a huge elk jumped past him. Viktor was shocked and immediately hid.

After a short silence, Ortegren looked again. It was then that the moose, pausing, stood on its two hind legs, and hit the hood of a freshly painted, almost restored BMW 850i with its front legs.

Moose crushed everything in its path: watch the video

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The moose miraculously survived after crossing the E6/E20 motorway right outside the shop's door. It's a busy road, no doubt, but the footage shows it returning to the forest from which it came.

Sweden's unofficial mascot damaged several other cars on its way back to nature, including a customer's E31 850i and an E36 3 Series owned by one of Schmidmann's employees. It wasn't easy for Ortegren to call the owner of the E31, as he apparently began by saying: “I'm really sorry, but a big moose came through here and trampled your BMW 850.”

They thought it was some kind of joke, but unfortunately it wasn't. And there is a video that proves it. In the first two photos, you can see what it looked like before. The rest, of course, shows the damage the car sustained.

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All are good, even if the same cannot be said about cars. At least they can be repaired. As for us, we get a new automotive version of the famous cliché: “Like a bull in a kitchen shop.” The saddest thing is that my friend Niko will probably cry every time he remembers this clip.