It was a great run until I saw something 20 yards away. Something that jumped across the trail. Something that was bigger than my dogs and had a round tail and jumped like... a cat. Stop. Turn. Run away.
Too bad I had no "handy small children."
But I'll be bringing one next time, for sure.
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Can I pick which one?
Isn't flight about the worst possible option when predators are in the vicinity? Thank goodness there was no incident!
They just had a story about a Mountain Lion being in the Oakland Hills after they found several badly mauled deer.
This is also the second funny picture of the day I found. The other was from Numi's (Mom?) blog.
Banging two sticks together will keep the mountain lions away.
Derek, yes flight is the worst thing to do. I forgot to add "walk backwards slowly until completely out of view" after "stop" and before "run as fast as I can."
Erstwild, mauled deer? I didn't need that one. And yes, Numi is Mom.
Mrs. Dub, I was actually thinking that while I ran. But I couldn't stop long enough to find two sticks!
Mrs. Dub: You don't have twin daughters that like to cause trouble (the stick thing was in "The Parent Trap")
Eris: The was a cartoon I saw, where 2 guys are on a hill in a forest. They see a guy washing his face in a creek down below, and a bear is crawling up to the guy washing up. One guy on the hill says to the other "Want to see a 3 minute mile?" ;)
And I posted those 2 funny pictures (Mountain Lion, hard drive catharsis) from both your sites elsewhere today.
Hey Erstwild!! Identify yourself and please quit lifting my images without asking permission! If I know who you are I probably wouldn't mind nearly as much!
Numi: I'm Mike H. from fMh. I'm the one that gets cluster headaches sometimes.
I didn't think it would be a big deal on those pictures.
-Mike H.
Sorry, I'm a little sensitive about stuff like that. I don't make a living from my photography but I do have a lot of $$ invested in it. Now that we know who you are that makes me feel a little better. (Eris and I had a hunch it was you.) Copyright issues are something that I'm not too stringent about if I know who is doing it and it is not claimed for their own work.
So where did you post them?
Rant over. Thanks.
I posted them on an automotive board & the outdoor siren board. Do you need the links?
-Mike H.
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