#1151 – Girth
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comics
Most of my hiking is done at small local forest preserves. I rarely run into anything larger than a rabbit there. Occasionally I’ll hear something crunching down the path that definitely sounds larger than a bunny but it always turns out to be another hiker. All that adrenaline for nothing.
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I’ve seen coyotes when I go hiking, but they never come close. Still, I should get one of those giant faces, just in case.
Where can I get a huge face like that? Would come in handy for keeping the in-laws away.
If you hear it, it’s almost certainly not a wild creature. Except MAYBE a bear.
Disguise week xD
I’ve never been hiking. I almost did once – before my sister vomited all over the place. So yeah, I didn’t.
Not to sound insulting, but is that background exactly that? A Background? Like you get on a TV-set? It looks like it, or maybe the trees are in front of rocks or something.
~Gwid
Disguise week or trickery week
Consider yourself lucky. I had bears steal my lunch several times. Have to chase ’em off with my shovel.
Oh, wow. I mean, like… Oh, wow. That is a thing to see.
Preditors and Prey Week.
Hiking, I’ve had close encounters with deer and elk, wild turkeys (the kind that fly, you pervs!), and various smaller animals, including snakes. But the biggest ‘thrill’ was turning a bend around a clump of willows and running face-to-face with Bullwinkle. I don’t know which of us was more startled, but I know I was the one boogying outta there fastest.
(Moose is dangerous)
That hit the mark on my funny bone! I need one of those to deal with door to door salespeople!
Seems like it’s always birds that startle me when I’m out in the woods hiking or hunting. It’s surprising just how much noise quail make when taking off, and if you’ve never heard one, you just wouldn’t believe the racket a turkey makes. Geese are the worst, though. Back in college, my residence was on the edge of campus, and I had to walk through a small wooded area to get to anywhere else. Canada geese liked to come gliding in silently at treetop level, then when they were directly above me, they’d let out a mighty “HONK!” I’d jump for cover, wondering what a truck was doing on the sidewalk in the woods. Then I’d look up and see a goose flying off, snickering.
@Wizard;
Just so, on the turkey. And a big AMEN on the geese. Plus, if you startle a goose on the ground, they hiss like a busted radiator. Only meaner. Not to mention, they bite, jab, and will happily beat you stupid with their wings (which are shockingly strong).
I thought that’s why his eyebrows were so…well, you know.
Also useful for ping-pong.
Chris, do you have any plans on selling these?
Sorry for the second post, but it kind of makes me wonder if Biff is Zordon.
I’m guessing predator week.
More on-the-point, the thing that scares me about hiking isn’t bears and pumas and ostriches and other predators. It’s smaller animals like mice and snakes. Once I was just walking along, minding my own business, when I almost stepped on what looked like a branch. It slithered away just in time. I feel so awful. What if I had accidentally crushed its little reptilian head?
I had a dear jump my tent once….. scared me half to death
I’ve seen a few deer in the Preserves around Brookfield when I used to live around Chicago. My most unexpected find, though, was a burnt-out pickup truck.