This is the moment a snowmobiler narrowly-avoided injury as he was forced to dodge - a charging MOOSE.

Jeremiah Bigelow was snowmobiling with his brother, son and other friends in Palisades, Idaho, USA, when they came face-to-face with the huge creature, who ran straight at them.

Footage begins with the moose lingering on the snowy path looking towards Jeramiah.

His brother is seen trying to draw the animal towards him away from Jeremiah and his son.

Eventually, the moose turns around and suddenly charges at Jeremiah's brother at high-speed.

He tries to start his snowmobile to make a getaway, but is forced to jump off in the nick of time, narrowly avoiding injury.

Jeremiah said: "A moose came onto the trail and got in between us. I had my son and two other friends with us. "

"We stopped, but moments before I started filming, the moose charged us but stopped 20 feet from us. "

"That scared me, moose are huge and I had put my snowmachine in reverse but I could not back up because my boy was right behind me on an older sled that did not have reverse. "

"My brother saw what had happened and was trying to draw the moose’s attention away from us."

"Well… he did. It looked like the moose was going to step off the trail into the woods for a minute, but it changed its mind and did a sudden charge. "

"My brother thought he could hit the throttle and get out of there but the engine died when he did. "

"Had my brother not jumped when he did, he would have been crushed under the full weight of the moose against the handlebars. "

"I raced ahead in case he attacked again, but the moose decided it was done and ran off as I approached. "

"Lesson learned… brother should have continued on and given it more space. "

"We should have gotten our sleds turned around as well. Bad scenario with an okay outcome."

Jeremiah confirmed that his brother and the moose both escaped without injury.

The incident happened on March 5