Not the one pictured. He didn’t even see me when he wandered out of the forest. I let out a loud “Yesssss!” because I had ridden up there hoping to see a bear. (Both black and grizzly country.) That caused him to stop and check me out, which gave me time to fire up the camera. After about 2 minutes he got bored with me and headed into the forest towards a creek. When I got back to camp I showed the host the photo. He told me he and his girlfriend had taken a drive up a nearby road and saw a mountain lion. Jumped down from a cliff and ran in front of his truck for a while.

In 2018 I was riding back to my campsite in a NJ campground when a young cub walked across my path about 15’ in front of me. Mom was nowhere to be seen. Now that was scary.

I'm sure at least some of you have seen this:



This animal encounter takes the cake and has a happy ending:

Take the land, lol.

Ostriches are badass. They can also disembowel a lion.

I just figured he was out for a jog and decided to mix it up a bit.

Well, this thread is now on its merry way!

Fun fact: Over distance, the pronghorn “antelope” (It’s not a true antelope.) is the fastest land mammal. Also, its eyes are the same size as those of an elephant, giving it incredible vision.

I had a deer jump out of a marshy area and across the rail-trail right in front of me. Had I been there one second earlier I'd have been hit broadside by it. The rail-trail was extremely narrow at that point and pretty well overgrown. Again, it was at dusk. I've seen many deer on the trail or just off it grazing and I keep a close eye open for them. However when they're in t all grass or other tall growth and are spooked, it can be like they just appeared out of a wormhole and you're very lucky if you miss hitting them or they miss hitting you. It's also quite surprising at how quickly they can move down a steep slope like a railway embankment.

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