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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]handmade34
(22,756 posts)encountering both buffalo and moose can be risky... I have been near both but either in a car or with a barrier between us...
my experience... scary because of my ignorance... I was geocaching in the wilds near New Orleans and the GPS took me off the trail and towards a tree with some low hanging branches about eye level... I had my eyes down, looking for the cache and about an arms length away from the tree I looked up and was eye to eye with a very large speckled kingsnake lounging on the tree limb... not knowing anything about this snake (and he is a scary looking thing) I froze for a second and then slowly backed away until I could no longer see him... once back at the hotel I researched and discovered than I wasn't in that much danger