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Luckily the little fucker didn't bite us. Walking down the Fred Meijer trail. All we had for light was a UV flashlight for finding rocks. Talk about exhilarating. We heard something running in the woods, then we heard snorts and hisses. At that point we both knew something was about to come out of the woods after us. Didn't sound big so bear wasn't on my mind. I thought maybe cat, but this is central MI we don't have any big cats. I can't for 100% say it was a raccoon because we didn't get a good look at it. Just a small glimpse when it first breached the tree line. Fucker was fast. I grabbed my son and we both let out the loudest war cry you've ever heard. It brushed by my leg then did a half circle around us in the long grass. This is mostly from what i can hear at this point. The UV light is no help at all. I had my phone in my pocket, but there wasn't time for that. It let out a couple hisses and snorts so i stomped and yelled in the direction it was coming from. It took off and so did we.

My son (13) held his composure rather well. He didn't freak out, he didn't run. He stood his ground and yelled. After the whole thing was done we let out a big laugh. And then we realized we still had a mile left to go. Raccoon or not my ass was on edge after that shit. Amazing experience. Scary, heart pounding, nerve racking you name it. That was a crazy 15 seconds. I think we'll be laughing about this one at family reunions for years to come.

Luckily the little fucker didn't bite us. Walking down the Fred Meijer trail. All we had for light was a UV flashlight for finding rocks. Talk about exhilarating. We heard something running in the woods, then we heard snorts and hisses. At that point we both knew something was about to come out of the woods after us. Didn't sound big so bear wasn't on my mind. I thought maybe cat, but this is central MI we don't have any big cats. I can't for 100% say it was a raccoon because we didn't get a good look at it. Just a small glimpse when it first breached the tree line. Fucker was fast. I grabbed my son and we both let out the loudest war cry you've ever heard. It brushed by my leg then did a half circle around us in the long grass. This is mostly from what i can hear at this point. The UV light is no help at all. I had my phone in my pocket, but there wasn't time for that. It let out a couple hisses and snorts so i stomped and yelled in the direction it was coming from. It took off and so did we. My son (13) held his composure rather well. He didn't freak out, he didn't run. He stood his ground and yelled. After the whole thing was done we let out a big laugh. And then we realized we still had a mile left to go. Raccoon or not my ass was on edge after that shit. Amazing experience. Scary, heart pounding, nerve racking you name it. That was a crazy 15 seconds. I think we'll be laughing about this one at family reunions for years to come.

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[–] • 5 pts

Lucky for you it wasn't a Jabberwocky.

I hear those guys gan plown a Gantle Wrangle toble Twim ronts Gimbles.

[–] • 2 pts

Shit. Got my heart pumpin. Give that youngin a slap on the back n a big fixed blade.

[–] • 2 pts

He definitely carried a large stick the rest of the way home. The best thing he said after it was all done.

"I hope that doesn't happen next time."

He's not shook at all...

[–] • 1 pt

Hes gonna be a goodin! And we need goodins! Slap yourself on the back for raisin a "Goodin"

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Did you hand over your wallet or just your nuts?

[–] • 1 pt

We used to make hats out of them.

[–] • 1 pt

Maybe it was a chupacabra, but you smelled bad to it

[–] • 1 pt

Maybe. The scariest part was having my kid with me and I couldn't see the attacker. How do you keep yourself in between your child and danger when you don't know where the danger is?

but you smelled bad to it

I quite often forget to use deodorant. Very well could have been the reason I'm alive to tell the story.

[–] • 1 pt

Or, the smellz attracted it, cuz he thought you were kin?

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Was driving back from the lake today, sunset was about an hour away. Big dead road kill of a deer on the side of the road, I'm going about 60. Then this big fucking black thing jumps out of carcass and starts flying when I'm about 10 feet from this dead shit scared the shit out of me. It was a big as fuck bald eagle, about the same size as the deer, it was huge. Got grossed out by how big it was.

[–] • 0 pt

Great bonding experience for you and your son. Might be good idea to carry a regular flashlight.

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Might be good idea to carry a regular flashlight.

Not a bad idea. I did have my phone in my pocket which we use as a light if we need it. But there was no time in that situation to grab it. We do night walks quite often. This is the first time I've ever been attacked by an animal at night. I'm guessing we got too close to some babies. Other than that I'm not sure what would have provoked it.