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Stealth Ninja Dog (Read 780 times)


Tiefsa

    I went out running at dusk. By the time I was almost home it was quite dark. I was running on the sidewalk and I saw what I thought was a light rock by the sidewalk. I didn't look at it much, but when I got right up along side it, It barked at me - Dear Lord it scared me! This little white dog then started chasing me as I was running. I yelled at it, "Stay Back!" It kept following me into the road so I shouted again, "Go Home!" and then it finally went back towards its yard. I don't know if it was asleep or something before I came up to it, but what the hell kind of dog doesn't bark until it's right next to you. I think I jumped like a cat would when they get scared. After I finally calmed down, I could feel my heart beating super hard. Stupid stealth ninja dog. I know I shouldn't have been so scared but it snuck up on me. I've seen this dog before too. It usually barks at me from blocks away. It's like a mixed breed - Like half Chihuahua, half ugly. Ever been scared like this before when you have been running? What happened to me is funny now ,but man alive, that stupid ankle biter scared me.
    David44


      It isn't to hard to scare most people when they get focused or "in the zone" so to speak. Add in if they are listening to music (harder to hear surroundings) and it becomes even easier. Scare my girlfriend all the time when she has her head phones on.
      Goals: Complete Couch to 5k Lose 30lbs Be ready for a 3 day 30 mile hike with a 30lb pack in Glacier NP this August
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        Scare my girlfriend all the time when she has her head phones on.
        Is that a request? Perfesser will totally do this. He's good at popping up on street corners and from behind billboards to say Boo. He's kind of like a pilot-in-the-box.

         

          I have had dogs do that to me. The little ones scare you the most because you usually dont know that they are there
            My dog won't even bark at people (Siberian Huskies don't bark too much). She recognizes me so when I finish up in front of the house she'll let me know she's in the back yard and whines because she wants to come in. She loves kids so she whines and howls a little when they're out playing in the lawn next door or waiting for the bus. Its a different story if you are a rabbit or a bird though. She notched her 2nd kill of the year this morning, leaving nothing but a pile of feathers and some bloodstained grass. How she catches birds I'll never know! She got a rabbit on Monday. This is after 9 kills in 2008, and we didn't even get her until April when she was 8 weeks old. Dogs don't scare me too much running...most of my neighbors have those electric fences so they just run along next to me like an escort. Sometimes I'll turn around and bark at them! But once I had a 5 foot black snake slither across the road in front of me at night during high school. I saw it in the streetlight. If I had a tape measure on me I would have surely broken the county long jump record. THAT was scary.
              I saw what I thought was a light rock by the sidewalk... I yelled at it, "Stay Back!" It kept following me into the road so I shouted again, "Go Home!"
              you told a small rock to "stay back"? Big grin
                Probably a couple of years ago now, I was cruising along at dusk when I noticed a couple of trash bags moving slightly. Apparently I scared Monsieur LePew, and he was threatening to fire at me. That will get your blood flowing, no need for coffee that morning.

                E.J.
                Greater Lowell Road Runners
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                May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your SPF30, may the rains fall soft upon your sweat-wicking hat, and until you hit the finish line may The Flying Spaghetti Monster hold you in the hollow of His Noodly Appendage.

                chrimbler


                  Prairie Chickens taking off right in front of me, make me crap my pants everytime!
                  Run like you stole it!
                    Nothing really when I've been running..but last time I did night land nav I was out in the woods (middle of the night obviously) couldn't see my hand in front of my face because we are not allowed to use white light only red lens flashlights. Anyways, So I'm sitting there feeling sorry for myself because I'm lost and can't find my point, when this horrendous screeching weird ass yell started up. It was a mix between a dying cat, a wolf and a man. I seriously almost crapped myself. And it kept going. Needless to say I didn't stay there too long and got out of there as fast as I could go without killing myself. Later on I found on some swat team had come to the same place to practice land nav also and most likely were having an awesome time scaring the shit out of my poor lost platoon-mates. Undecided Anyways...that was probably the most recent scary experience I've had!
                      There is a fenced-in yard on my usual route, and there's a large dog that runs down and slams himself (or herself) right into the fence while barking and growling at me. Startles the mess out of me every time, even though I know its coming.... Lately, there has been a small white dog that has joined him/her. (OJT?) Smile


                      Mitch & Pete's Mom

                        When I run along the bay, the Brown Pelicans diving in to the water with a loud splash scare me and I go into my fake, "I know Kar-a-tay" stance. Which is really stupid because WTF is going to come out of the bay and get me?
                        Carlsbad 1/2 marathon 1/26.
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                          When I run along the bay, the Brown Pelicans diving in to the water with a loud splash scare me and I go into my fake, "I know Kar-a-tay" stance. Which is really stupid because WTF is going to come out of the bay and get me?
                          Well, a pelican for one. And pelican-style karaTAY is pretty bad ass. Also, a rogue navy seal might come get you. Or a nonpartisan seal. Or, God forbid, Seal. He's scary, man.

                           

                            Or, God forbid, Seal. He's scary, man.
                            bwahahahaha! sooo un-PC! Cool Big grin


                            Imminent Catastrophe

                              Is that a request? Perfesser will totally do this. He's good at popping up on street corners and from behind billboards to say Boo. He's kind of like a pilot-in-the-box.
                              Yes, Devil Dog and I could arrange that.

                              "Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"

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                              "The most common question from potential entrants is 'I do not know if I can do this' to which I usually answer, 'that's the whole point'.--Paul Charteris, Tarawera Ultramarathon RD.

                               

                              √ Javelina Jundred Jalloween 2015

                              Cruel Jewel 50 mile May 2016

                              Western States 100 June 2016

                                you told a small rock to "stay back"? Big grin
                                Too damn funny Reminds of the "I eat shit like you for breakfast!" You eat shit?

                                "You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas"  Davy Crockett

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