scariest anaimal u have come upon during outdoors?

[help4john]

I had the opportunity to visit Costa Rica a few years ago. Came up close and personal to Boa's, poisonous frogs, lizards, etc. They were no problem. Spent a day fishing with a few fellas from Holland along a river bed. The Caymen Crocodiles would literally fly out of the water to bite our bait....whether it was on our hooks, in our hands, or lying at our feet. I nearly soiled myself on several occasions!!!

The monkey's were also a bit intimidating....not in appearance but in actions. They would shit in their hands and fling it on us as we walked through the Rain Forest. It was raining fecies! Are we really from the same gene pool?

Enjoy!

 

[Aeoleon]

Hiking through some brush behind my Uncle's property on the Rio Frio, just outside of Leakey, TX.
From about 200 yards away, I could smell a mix of dead rotting frog, stagnent water, and some of the worst BO I've ever come across. I kept walking towards it, like a moron, into the thick brush, uphill, until I heard a snort and some huffing behind some brush, not 5 yards from me. Expecting to run into a whitetail, I stand waiting for it to strut by. All of the sudden, out walks a putrid, mud-encrusted, Russian Razor-back hog, at least 6 feet from snout to rear, probably 3-4 feet at the shoulder, with a huge hair spiked hump on his back, and 2 faded ivory tusks about 3 inches long. Definately one of the scariest moments of my life, I thought he was gonna tear me a new asshole. He stood perpindicular to me, sniffing the air, snorting and staring at me. I slowly stepped back until I put an oak tree between us, and then he seemed to lose interest, or maybe got spooked, and trotted off.

 

[Griz1]

You mean aside from my ex-wife?

Lots of bears Grizz and black. Moose in rut...scary! Elk (bucks and does) in rut or calving season (does arre worse!), rattlesnakes, and in the city...god damn mean assed dogs running loose! Getting charged by the grizzly was the worst though, had to change my fuckin shorts AND my shoes!

Best of all but not so scary was having a wolf sniff my boots as i was lying on my back with my legs out in front of me (propped up on my elbows). I looked right into her yellow eyes with my face about 4 feet from hers. Very very very cool.

Got the pics to prove it too, my ex was shooting the whole roll while it happened.

 

[theoak01]

post those up bro,I def wanna see that

 

[help4john]

You mean aside from my ex-wife?

 

[Griz1]

post those up bro,I def wanna see that

did this work?

Wow! It did!

You can't see my boots unfortuneatly but the tip of my boot (had my legs crossed - crotch protection! LOL!) is just below and out of the pic.

Interesting thing, the wolf was moving fairly quickly when we spotted it and when she got even with me, she stopped dead in her tracks, lowered her head (submissive) and edged nearer and nearer til she sniffed my boots. Then my ex muttered something about her camera and film (I think she said she was out and needed to reload) and the wolf "started" a bit and then just kept on going down the road. Funny, that always seemed to be the reaction when my ex would open her mouth...lol!

Too bad the image had to be shrunk in resolution to post it. Zoom in on the eyes and you'll get an idea of just how fucking freaky it was staring into them from 4 feet away (or whatever the distance was to my boots from my eyes at the time - I was propped up on my elbows).

I got this idea to do this from a National Geographic from years ago where the naturalists in Alaska would lie on their backs when wolves were around and the wolves would approach them (never harming them, just curious). Believe me, IT WORKS!

I also had a large "rambo-sized" knife stuck in the belt...just in case...

 

[gamorrah]

Tiger shark at about 14', night scuba diving in the sea of cortez in about 80' of water. Friggn froze me solid!

 

[Griz1]

Tiger shark at about 14', night scuba diving in the sea of cortez in about 80' of water. Friggn froze me solid!

Yup!

Least it would be easy to wash your wet suit out in the water!

 

[gamorrah]

Yup!

Least it would be easy to wash your wet suit out in the water!

I was on a boat one time before that experience, and some mexican hookah divers were down scavenging lobster and scallops off their 12' ponga. All of the sudden they came shooting out of the water scared sh*&less. They had seen a 20' or so whale shark, which is actually harmless, but it sure scared the hell out of them. It was about 1:00 am and we all suited up with our camera's in tow, but could not see anything.

 

[rbtrout]

Bears can do a S**T load of damage - ruin boots and gear. Ruin a car/truck. You never know when they're around. I've had a few occasions where we set up a night watch for bears. Makes for a long night.

Racoons are cute and cuddly, but if you piss one off, look out. They're as mean as a bobcat when angry.

Rattle snakes are the worst, but they let you know that they're there. When you hear one, stop. NO sudden moves and see if you can spot him. He doesn't want to see you any more than you want to see him. Where ever he's at, back away in the opposite direction very slowly. If you still need to head in that direction, make sure you give that area very wide berth.

You've probably heard the joke about the 2 guys out backpacking. They stopped to take a break. One whipped it out and took a leak. A rattle snake bit him right on the end of his unit. His friend, not knowing what to do, ran back to the ranger station and asked what to do for a rattle snake bite. "Take your knife, make an X shaped incision on the bite and suck the poison out."
The buddy runs back to his friend. The friend asks, "What did the ranger say?"
He said "You're gonna die!"
Sorry, couldn't help it.