I would'a sworn I'd posted a reply to you kennedyh!! That, or I got side-tracked, and only 'thot' I had!! hee .... (sorry)
I just got thru reading that article you'd posted Linth .. And as cruel and unfeeling as it may 'sound' to some folks .. the first person probably deserved it!! I am appauled and amazed at the antics some folks try ... It's as if they sit on their heads sometimes!!
We had a similar incident on our Canada trip many years ago .. where a bunch of folks had gotten out of their cars to see a momma black bear and her cubs right along a lil hilly area, on the side of the road! Draggin' their children out of the safety of these vehicles to boot! Like it wasn't enough to be blessed with seeing the vermin right beside the roadway; take a few pics and exit. They just can't leave the wild critters alone! They've gotta get out and litterally chase the vermin down and have eye-to-eye contact! Fools .. in a nutshell!!
Could've been far worse than a few folks falling back down the hill, when the momma finally had enuff and charged them! If ya ask me, they should've suffered a few broken bones, to better remind them of the incident .. instead, a few folks got their cameras busted up from the tumble, and some minor scrapes! And then belly-ache and grumble when the animal ends up being forced to make HIS point!!
I'm always sorta carryin' on about my being a bit of a 'lunatict' with my cam'ra in hand .. but I don't rank anywhere near toting plain out stupidity and ignorance of wild animals! And what is so very sad .. it's usually the animal that pays the pennance .. for the humans' profuse lack of common sense !!
Well, I feel I don't 'rank' there .. any more anyway. On the same trip .. and only a day or two before ... we'd spotted a herd of buffalo off in a field .. so, I got the hubby to stop, and I opted to get out and go over and around a relatively large bushes to get in only a lil bit closer, and to try to fetch a much clearer shot .. They were still out there a good long way from me. Little did I know, when I made it to the other side of the large bushes .. there was one humongus ol buffalo just minding his own business laying on the ground on the other side of the brush. He was resting in the shade ... His movement of shaking his head (as if to say, "oh no, not anothurn!") is what I saw in my peripheral vision .. then he made a snort at me! My body just froze, then went limp, felt tears wellin' up in my eyes, .. and my pea brain went into "what have I gotten myself into this time!" mode !! All I could do was say a quick little prayer to ask God and the buffalo to forgive me for trespassing, and slowly backed myself back around the bush .. and then high-tailed it .. to our truck! My hubby teased me, and asked if I'd seen a booger ... I said, "yep, a big'un!" ... Then, that's when the panic set in ... I couldn't hold my camera still for nothin' .. for an hour or more, after that!! This feller could've easily pulverized me .. and I'd have never known what hit me ... till far too late!
Yep, this here is yore big ol yeller clucker, I tell ya! ... I hold my sign up high, and mitey proud !!!! .. LOL ..
