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Figarosmom

(11,350 posts) Sun Feb 1, 2026, 03:59 AM Feb 1

Wow,when hikers run into a charging wild animal

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Wow,when hikers run into a charging wild animal (Original Post) Figarosmom Feb 1 OP

... 2naSalit Feb 1 #1

"walk faster please" markie Feb 1 #2

As a mom, when I saw those little kids in the same frame as the bear, my blood ran cold. Nope nope nope chia Feb 1 #3

Me too. Figarosmom Feb 1 #6

I was having lunch on a hiking trail in NY. A rattlesnake came at me. Intractable Feb 1 #4

Yeah, I've come across rattlers and water Figarosmom Feb 1 #5

I'm guessing that guy came too close to the mountain lion's cubs Skittles Feb 1 #7

2naSalit

(101,926 posts)

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Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 05:02 AM

Feb 1

"Can we play dead now?"

markie

(23,983 posts)

2. "walk faster please"

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 06:39 AM

Feb 1

as a hiker and having been followed by a bear in the Smokies.... I take this stuff seriously, but fun to watch on video

chia

(2,790 posts)

3. As a mom, when I saw those little kids in the same frame as the bear, my blood ran cold. Nope nope nope

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:06 AM

Feb 1

Figarosmom

(11,350 posts)

6. Me too.

Reply to chia (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 06:30 PM

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Intractable

(1,933 posts)

4. I was having lunch on a hiking trail in NY. A rattlesnake came at me.

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 05:36 PM

Feb 1

I heard it before I saw it. I got up and moved fast.

Figarosmom

(11,350 posts)

5. Yeah, I've come across rattlers and water

Reply to Intractable (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 06:29 PM

Feb 1

Moccasins on fishing vacations. And once a copperhead while picking wild blackberries in a big bramble on my greatgrand parents land near Cheat Mountain in West Virginia. That was scary because my Uncle grabbed me and pulled me back real quick and just in time before I would have stepped on it.

Skittles

(170,925 posts)

7. I'm guessing that guy came too close to the mountain lion's cubs

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Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:00 PM

Feb 1

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