Attacked while cabbing

titaniumkid If I ever see a kangaroo while out for a walk (zoo doesn’t count), that’ll be a pretty cool day. I’ve been northwest and west coast all my life. At one point I was on a road trip to Texas via the coast and then Arizona and New Mexico. I saw armadillos and roadrunners for the first time. Coolest thing ever. And, Road Runner and Wile E Coyote were always my favorite Looney Tunes. I was surprised at how small the roadrunner actually is! The cartoon sort of corrupted me. AND, he was ACTUALLY running down the side of the road!🤣 It really is neat, the differing scenery and critters here. Never encountered a tag checking creepoid, thankfully.

khara I've tried to respond twice but a glitch has caused problems. Third time's a charm, I hope.

Yes, it was a black bear. It was a sneak attack, probably motivated by hunger. The victim had no warning at all. It started to eat the victim while neighbors tried to scare it away. It was killed by the authorities, who said it wasn't rabid. Very unusual behavior for a Black bear.

Bears often wander through our area and seldom cause problems. A notable recent incident was a bear checking out the Safeway store parking lot where I shop. No shoppers were injured during that incident although a number suffered from increased heart rates. One brave person took a head-on image of the bear from about 15 feet away.

We live next to a wild land area and have lots of animal visitors: coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, deer, various snakes and especially javelina. Lots of birds too, it's raven paradise and we have hordes of hummingbirds and lots of migratory species as well as your roadrunners. We call them Little Dinosaurs (named by hummingbirdstones ) and keep them away from our yard because they devour our little skinks, my wife's pets. We also have to shoo tarantulas out of our garage and sometimes they pay us visits in the evening as we sit outside enjoying Arizona's spectacular sunsets.

The javelina are trruly ugly creatures, something similar to wart hogs, but the babies are adorable. The only time they seem to be dangerous is when they perceive a threat to their young or when they're interrupted while scavenging through tipped-over garbage cans.

Until its recent demise from unknown causes, a giant King snake made its home in our little courtyard. It grew so large by eating rattlesnakes, rodents and other pests. We were vary sad it died. It had many benefits, among which were its appearances when door-to-door salesmen were calling on us.

When we lived in southern California there were numerous incidents of mountain lion attacks on hikers and bikers in the L.A./San Diego areas. They were mostly hungry young cats. I seem to recall a couple of people being killed. Many cats were tagged and tracked, especially in the Santa Monica Mountains. A couple I recall were killed trying to cross the busy 101 Freeway when we lived there.

I’m in a trailer where I do all my work. So never have issues with anything like that. Left the door open as I usually do. Damn thing flew in and decided to tag me. Hopefully that’s a first and last

When I originally read this I was kind of poo pooing your sting.  Not any more.  On Sunday, one of those bald face suckers got me on the arm in the barn.   I think that is the first time I have been stung by one of them.   Blood started flowing out right away and I ended up with an inch and a half streak of blood on my arm.   The thing still itches worse than an oak mite bite.