Sweden: A Swedish man who spotted a rare white moose returned the next day and managed to capture video of the creature taking a dip in a local lake.

Hans Nilsson said he has been trying to catch a glimpse of the rumoured white moose — sometimes known as an elk in Sweden — in the Eda region for several years, but he never actually found one until last week, reports UPI.

Nilsson posted a video to Facebook showing his second encounter with the alabaster moose, one day after his original sighting.

‘This white elk bull is local to the area. I saw it the evening before too, that was the first time. On Friday evening when I shot the video everything fell into place, the location, the light and the calmness,’ Nilsson told The Local.

‘It was an experience to meet such a stately animal up close,’ he said.

There are believed to be about 50 white moose in western Varmland. The animals are believed to receive their color from a genetic trait and are not albino.