Some people wonder how the moose in the lodge go there. It all started over fifteen years ago when Dr. Edwin Theideman had a resort here. “Doc” Thiedeman was also a taxidermist (one who stuffs animals).

One day while he was in the woods he found a badly injured moose. So, he put him to sleep and stuffed his head. He hung it in his house, which is now the Hiken house.

When H.H. moved here and the lodge was built, he moved the moose into the lodge and it has been there ever since Camp Timberlane has been in operation.

You will find around camp various other stuffed animals like the sailfish in “H”’s house and the hawk in the Hawk cabin-- both of which were stuffed by Dr. Theideman. Lots of jokes have been played with the moose over the years, like some people have put cigarettes in it’s mouth and once it was raised up the flagpole.