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I was running a trail near sunset and surprised a raccoon coming out of some tall grass. He let out out a sort of growl and it scared the crap out of me.
Another time some teenager yelled out Weirdo!" It bothered me for a moment but then I was wondering. How did he know me?
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Since there seems to be an animal theme going, here's my share, nothing too exciting though. I run at night in the suburbs, so I'm easily startled.
- Spooked by deers, racoons, skunks, cats, big overly-friendly dogs, and plenty of humans (throwing things or just swearing out the car window)
- Almost twisted my ankles a couple times leaping around turds that suddenly jump before my footfall (toads)
- Ran next to a shoulder-height backyard fence/wall and spooked by a possum running along about 2 feet from my face
- Saw a yard(meter)-long snake sunbathing in the middle of the trail. It's in the morning so I spotted it before getting too close. I stopped to take pictures.
- There are mountain lion sightings where I run, fortunately I haven't run into one yet
Last summer while cycling, a dog jumped out of the window of a moving vehicle in an effort to chase me.
Fool. I don't need to "break" into runners' cars. They leave their keys sitting on a rear tire so I can have easy access.
----- Hmmm,, I am guilty of leaving the keys on the rear tire. I thought I was "playing it smart" by not leaving them on the front tire.
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