A routine fishing trip in Maine took an unexpected turn when a couple used their pickup truck to help a moose calf escape a charging bear, allowing the young animal to reunite with its mother. According to Fox News …

A routine fishing trip in 🦞Maine took an unexpected turn when a couple used their pickup truck to help a 🦌Moose calf escape a charging bear, allowing the young animal to reunite with its mother.

According to Fox News, Todd and Elvia Malcolm were traveling through Telos Township on Thursday when they spotted a female 🦌Moose near the edge of the woods.

Todd Malcolm told The Associated Press the pair stopped in hopes of taking a photograph.

"I said to Elvia, I said, ‘Grab your phone because you’re going to get a chance to get a picture of a 🦌Moose,’" he recalled.

After pulling over, the couple noticed the 🦌Moose appeared unusually distressed. Within moments, they learned why.

A bear and a 🦌Moose calf suddenly burst from the woods and raced directly toward the couple's truck.

Todd Malcolm said he believed the bear was about to catch the calf if he did nothing.

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"I knew what I had to do, and I just did it," Malcolm told the AP.

He put the truck in gear and accelerated, steering the vehicle between the bear and the calf. Malcolm said he had no intention of striking the bear and only wanted to interrupt the chase.

The maneuver worked.

"Boom, gone, right in the woods," Malcolm said, describing how the bear veered off the road and disappeared into the forest.

Elvia Malcolm said the encounter unfolded so quickly that she feared she was about to witness the calf being killed.

"My heart was racing because I did not want to witness the bear catching the calf," she told the AP. "As soon as the calf got past the truck, and we were able to get the bear to give up the chase, I looked up the road and saw that they were together, the mom and the calf."

Despite the tense moments, Elvia Malcolm managed to snap several photos from inside the truck.

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"I really thought I probably got like a bug on the windshield when I started to look at them," she said. "I took them through the front windshield of the truck. I wasn’t outside the truck. No way was I getting outside the truck."

After confirming the calf had safely reunited with its mother, the couple continued on with their fishing trip, ending a day that turned into an unexpected wildlife 🚒Rescue.