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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