Attacked

I’ve been taking a lot of pics lately (imagine that) and really want to get some good sunset shots, but it’s hard to find good spots in the city where you can really see the horizon. I found a few spots by the water (above) but wanted something better. So tonight I went on a hike into some fields and hills hidden not far from where I live in search of a good spot to shoot from. There wasn’t a good sunset tonight, but I saw a lake hidden behind some really heavy cover and trees, and thought I’d go check it out. I walked up into the heavy brush to see if I can get down to the water when I heard something big (HUGE!) moving in the trees about 10 feet away from me. It was big, hairy, smelly…just a nasty beast. I found myself confronted by this snarling, toothy hissing blood thirsty wolverine (might have been a grizzly bear). He had blood on his snout, and I could tell he wanted to kill me. I was after all in his house. I knew the end was near, and had to defend myself and kill this beast or die….alone by the water. Before I beat him away from me with a tree branch, I snapped of this pic.

Ok. So it was just a raccoon who was sleeping in a tree, and mildly pissed off about me waking him up just before sunset. He looked at me, yawned a few times, and climed a few feet higher in the tree and went back to sleep…. But that story isn’t NEARLY as much fun as the wolverine/bear.

And no, I didn’t kill or beat the raccoon.

I added a few new pics to my random gallery tonight also here.