Thursday, May 31, 2012

Call of the Wild

Yesterday afternoon I went for a run.  As I came around a corner, a wolf came running out onto the road.  Not  at me, just up ahead of me.  I have been worried about the wolves since we've been here.  All the men laugh at me and say there is no chance a wolf is going to attack a human and there are no such attacks on record.  But as the other Lisa up here put it, there's nothing on record because there is nothing left of the body when the wolf is done!  This may be a silly way to look at it, but it still haunts the back of my mind.  The only thing I worry about more than a wolf is a bear.  So the wolf ran out on the road and we both stopped dead in our tracks and look at each other.  I was tearing out my headphones so I could hear if he was making a noise.  I really didn't know what to do, but I only panicked for a split second, and then I felt fine.  Once he got his bearings, he ran away back in to the woods.  I grabbed a big stick and thought maybe I can poke him in the eye if he comes back.  I know, I know--as if I would be able to do that, but it's the only thing I had.  I never saw him again after that as I made my way down the road past where he was.  I had one of the dogs with me, but he was out frolicking in the woods and came back about 2 minutes after the wolf had run off.  Phew.  I have faced a fear!  Rick has only seen 1 wolf in all the time he has spent here.  So I'm hoping I've met my quota.
Later I was driving to the church for Bible study and a big fuzzy bunny jumped out in front of my car and I swerved to miss it, just like I've been told not to do.  But I was still a little on edge from the wolf sighting!  Once at the church, the ladies and I were chatting and had the doors open for some air.  2 birds came flying in and swooping all around in a panic trying to get out.  OF COURSE not just 1 bird.  It had to be 2. Oh how I hate the birds!  I was hunkered down by a pew as they frantically tried to find an escape.  Then I recovered and started looking for something to shoo them out with.  All the girls were squealing, but no one said "What would Jesus do?", which would have been pretty funny I think.  A couple of the ladies herded them out with a sheet or something.  Phew again.  This gave me heart palpitations.  Dirty creepy little claw foot things.

So I give up.  I SURRENDER TO THE WILD!   I am in their world.  I'm sure this is just the beginning.  I forget that though this place seems civilized, it is still deep woods and the animals out-number the people.  By a lot.

Sorry I have no pictures of any of these instances.  Somehow my camera was the last thing on my mind.

2 comments:

  1. Pretty sure Jesus would tell you to read Revelations 19 verses 17-21.

    Also, don't know if you read the Twilight series, but maybe that wasn't a wolf, per se, so much as Al phasing. I rather like the idea that he could be a shape shifter.

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  2. Do you run with pepper spray? I do, and it makes me feel better. I don't know if it would affect a wolf or bear or just make it mad.... Ya done good my friend.

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