It all started with a pretty innocuous and standard caption to a pretty innocuous and standard picture of a giant moose in Canada.
But Canadians on Tumblr quickly jumped in confirming — all joking aside — how real and terrifying giant moose in Canada can be:
Like, they are actually the Nessie of Canada and they are deceivingly not-as-large-at-first:
And underestimating their size is a dangerous, dangerous mistake to make:
Canadians were practically shaking Americans being like, "DO U UNDERSTAND???? DO NOT MOOSEUNDERSTAND ME OK":
Then moose-truthers came out of the woodwork:
So now this thread fully has the attention of Americans. They're so intrigued:
But then Finland comes in, shaking, being like, "uh-huh, I gotchu, Canada. The moose is not to be messed with":
And then moose-less Americans are like, "They're that big? Really??":
Which led traumatized Canadians to reiterate, "YES, REALLY O_O. LISTEN TO US":
Which led Americans to ask: