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In reply to the discussion: Most unusual encounters with a wild animal (any kind that isn't someones pet) [View all]BigMin28
(1,149 posts)8. I take my dog Max
walking every night at a park down the street. It has a creek running through it with woods that have been left natural. One night last summer we were walking after dark because of the heat. I saw something move in the field in the darkness. When I turned on the flashlight I saw two pairs of golden eyes running across the field in front of us. We got a little closer and I could see two coyotes at the tree line. Amazing.
Also have bobcats in the neighborhood. Have seen these on several occasions hunting rabbits.
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Most unusual encounters with a wild animal (any kind that isn't someones pet) [View all]
Stuart G
Jan 2018
OP
Yes, wild goats count.. Met a mother goat and its child on a trail in Glacier National Park once
Stuart G
Jan 2018
#4
A friend was gored and bled to death by a mt goat. I wasn't there, but they are not small tame goat
uppityperson
Jan 2018
#29
I brought my kitten sam up to the cottage. I put food out for her at night. She was inside
applegrove
Jan 2018
#2
About 20 years ago, my late husband & I went whalewatching on a zodiac in the AuAu Channel
catbyte
Jan 2018
#6
another one--dead of winter, out in woods looking for a cow about to have a calf....
lastlib
Jan 2018
#32
Oh...I forgot one..I was walking on a trail in the Everglades National Park once.
Stuart G
Jan 2018
#10
Oh...just about wild animals...disclaimer.....we think that the ones discussed here are extremely
Stuart G
Jan 2018
#13
Walking down a trail in SE AK bush when I came to a sudden stop because something unseen was
uppityperson
Jan 2018
#34
There were lots of black, but I was near the ocean where there are also brownies
uppityperson
Jan 2018
#53
I know there's a big difference, just don't know from those tracks that time
uppityperson
Jan 2018
#57
i speak chipmunk. would sit out on our lake cottage 'patio' w/ seeds + being a food station.
pansypoo53219
Jan 2018
#45
Reading through this is reminding me of several encounters I've had.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jan 2018
#50
I was in the back part of the house when I heard something hit the front of the house.
bullsnarfle
Jan 2018
#65