Excepting dogs, what animals have you been chased by?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Me: geese, a bull, pigs. 😬 Oh yeah, the police!

[PikaBlue]

1. A rooster. He treed me.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. 😬

[SARose]

61. Me too

My great grandmother’s rooster was the meanest thing that ever lived. He loved chasing kids and pecking their legs. Brrrr nightmares 😂

[yellowdogintexas]

124. I forgot about the bantam rooster!! He was one mean sumbitch nt

[bobalew]

69. I had to use an 6ft by 5 in board to ward off the Rooster from Hell

That chased me. He ripped a 2 foot gash down my pants. He was subsequently replaced by a Banty rooster after that incident. So much for Auricana roosters… The hens did lay pastel colored eggs, though.

[unblock]

3. Cockroach. Terrifying!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. 😬🪳

[leftieNanner]

4. A five point buck

Protecting his doe when I was walking my dogs

Scary.

On city streets no less.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. 😬

[grumpyduck]

5. A squirrel.

Wanted more peanuts.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

12. 😬

[Dave Bowman]

6. Wasps and a cow when I was a kid.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. 😬

[Lunabell]

8. A swan.

Those birds mean business when they chase you!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

14. 😬

[Ocelot II]

9. Cats, but in a friendly way; they wanted petting.

Many insects.

A wild turkey chased my car once.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

15. ☺️😬

[DURHAM D]

10. Quarter horse. nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

16. 😬

[ret5hd]

17. Guinea hen...i was about 5...

i had been dropping feed corn on its back. It did not think that was as funny as i did.

Guinea hens can be mean.

[DURHAM D]

18. lol Yes they can be mean.

My grandmother raised them to keep predators out of the barn yard.

[ret5hd]

23. man, that story brings things back...

grandmothers house, deep deep rural, no running water, hand pump and draw well outside, a pond, baths in a metal tub on the porch, goose down blankets and wood stove in the winter, chickens and those guinea hens in the coop, dad and uncles slaughtering a pig, rabbit and squirrel hunting for dinner fare, picking wild blackberry and poke, planting strawberries…man.

[DURHAM D]

32. Oh my...

We might be related.

I would add a 'fradie hole, a wash house and an outdoor toilet with a Motgomery Ward's catalog for toilet paper.

[ret5hd]

36. A documentary was once made...

about us. Funny, i don’t remember any interviews but here it is:

[Floyd R. Turbo]

42. 😬

[catrose]

155. Guineas are fierce!

[unblock]

19. a barrel of monkeys

For reals!

It was at "la montagne des singes" somewhere in France

My parents gave me a bag of popcorn and they swarmed me!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

43. 😬🐵🙈🙉🙊

[brush]

20. A big goose...as a kid.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

44. 😬

[rogerashton]

77. Me too

I was literally stumped -- got on a stump to get away from that bird.

[happybird]

21. Bull, goat, a mean-ass alpaca, but the worst was Virgil Caine

our old Rooster from Hell. Here he is lurking outside the front door, waiting for humans and/or dogs to terrorize. He liked cats, though.



My biggest fear (besides spiders) is now Ostriches, Emus, and especially Cassowaries.
Thanks, Virgil!


Edit to Add: The cops. Oops.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

74. 😬

[Niagara]

22. I've been chased by both a cat and men!

This handsome guy was named Bermuda and I adopted in early 2012.



He had been my cat until I moved in with my SO. Then Bermuda became daddy's little boy.


At one time, SO worked 3rd shift and as my SO was walking out the door and I was walking back into the house, my own cat would chase me and attack my legs. I believe that Bermuda thought that I was kicking SO out of the house? This event started to become a 5 night a week event. I found another exterior door to get into the house sop that I wouldn't be attacked.


He was a very loving cat, liked pets, liked cuddling, liked spooning, he just didn't like that his "dad" would have to leave for work.



Obviously, I don't have to explain why I've been chased by men. *wink, wink*

[Floyd R. Turbo]

75. 😁

[sinkingfeeling]

24. A buffalo, a bull, and a rooster.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

76. 😬

[Bayard]

25. Wasps

If they can be considered animals. Hate those little boogers, and right now they're in major nest building mode around here. Just about any other species is encouraged by running away from them. But, I've never met a bear or a moose.!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

85. 😬🐝

[niyad]

26. None. No matter how wild, every animal I have ever encountered wanted

to be petted or fed, including deer, fox, raccoons, and bobcats.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

86. 🤗

[central scrutinizer]

27. Mosquitoes

[Floyd R. Turbo]

87. 🤬

[wildflowergardener]

28. Blackbird

Red wind blackbird. Maybe not so much chased as dive bombed

[rurallib]

48. Me too - damn thing chased me for about 5 miles dive bombing me all the way

[Floyd R. Turbo]

88. 😬

[Yonnie3]

29. Young stallion, cow, rooster, hog, black bear, goose, burro, yellow jackets

none of 'em caught me ...

more correctly, none of them injured me badly.

[Dear_Prudence]

65. Yikes!

Glad you are still here!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

89. 😬

[True Dough]

30. Hold on a second!

You were chased by the police, Floyd? What happened? I hope this isn't another indecent exposure story!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

110. It pays to advertise! 😁

[rockbluff botanist]

31. Trackdown, my daddy's really mean roping / cutting horse,

Trackdown, my daddy's chestnut American Quarter Horse, lived to be 43. He died in good health and maintained his attitude until the end.

Trackdown was the ultimate professional and was a champion athlete. He adored my daddy and would perform feats of brilliance in cutting contests, but only with my dad in the saddle.

He never hurt any of us, but we always went armed with a bucket of feed when we ventured into the pasture. My dad just called him and he came galloping.

I just know that he and my daddy are out there together, checking fence lines on Florida's Okeechobee County prairies while keeping an eye out for those recalcitrant steers.

Floyd R. Turbo, thank you for bringing this wonderful memory to my mind!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

111. 😃

My pleasure!

[QED]

33. A momma javelina and her kids

That was scary! They smelled my lunch from ~100 feet away and came running. Luckily, my building was close enough that I was able to reach it safely.

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

116. 😬

[KarenS]

34. chickens,,,,

I was a kid, visiting a friend on her Gramma's farm,,,, we were gathering eggs,,,, the hens did not like it.

I ran and they chased me

[Floyd R. Turbo]

117. 😬

[Jilly_in_VA]

35. Not me, but my best friend in home health

She was mobbed by a small flock of turkeys that came around her patient's house. She retreated back across the creek until the son rounded them up.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

118. 😬

[hot2na]

37. A moose

It wasnt really a chase but a charge that scared the daylights out of me and my friend. We were backpaking in Baxter State Park in Maine n 1980 and this moose wandered into our campsite. I tried to get closer for some pictures when the moose charged. It was more of a shot across the bow, but we got the message loud and clear.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

119. 😬

[captain queeg]

38. Geese. A swan.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

120. 😬

[ColinC]

39. Goats!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

121. 😬

[gopiscrap]

40. my mom was chased and bitten by a goose once

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

122. 😬

[Luciferous]

41. My aunt's bull, geese

[Floyd R. Turbo]

131. 😬

[wyldwolf]

45. chickens, a goat, and a snake.

A big black racer. We expected it to run away from us, but it came towards us—fast. It was only 10 yards or so old, but when you're 8 years old, that might as well be a mile.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

132. 😬

[BluesRunTheGame]

46. Elk, marmot...

…not so much chasing, more like looking for a handout.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

133. 🤗

[Elessar Zappa]

47. A goose.

It was fucking terrifying.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

134. 😬

[BOSSHOG]

49. A Bull on my Dads farm in Arkansas in the late 70s

[Floyd R. Turbo]

135. 😬

[Hikerchick57]

50. Geese and wasps(although wasps are not animals, they are vicious!)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

136. I do believe wasps are animals! 😬

[blm]

51. Wild turkey

[Floyd R. Turbo]

137. The bird or the booze? 😁

[blm]

139. The bird

[samnsara]

52. a rattlesnake..i ran into the house and LOCKED the door

[Floyd R. Turbo]

138. 😬

[Demobrat]

53. A howler monkey.

He was pissed and he was throwing tree branches and coconuts.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

140. 😬

[badhair77]

54. Our neighbor's goose, when I was a kid.

It bit me at my belly button. Very traumatizing.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

141. 😬

[lpbk2713]

55. An angry territorial bull.

I never stepped foot in that pasture again.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

142. 😬

[brewens]

56. Canada goose and she wasn't f-ing around either! I was wondering why I didn't spook this goose near the edge of this

pond I was fishing. Then one step closer and it was like four times as big and gonna eat me if it could! LOL

It must have been on its nest I guess. I didn't go back to look.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

143. 😬

[sdfernando]

57. When I was in like 5th grade

I was once charged by a Bull Moose. It was BIG and moved FAST!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

144. 😬

[WheelWalker]

58. Yellowjackets and bald-faced hornets.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

145. 😬

[Intractable]

59. Once, I saw this guy running down the street screaming "What did I do? I didn't do anything!" ...

while a mockingbird chased and pecked at him.

I was chased (more like displaced) by a rattlesnake on a hiking trail.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

146. 😬

[yourout]

60. Holstein cow...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

147. 😬

[CanonRay]

62. A goose when I was 4

[Floyd R. Turbo]

149. 😬

[womanofthehills]

63. A red tail hawk who had a baby up in a tree on my land

Before I built my house, I would go up to my land to hang out. When I hiked around it, a red tail hawk followed me dive bombing me to chase me away.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

150. 😬

[GPV]

64. Geese, turkeys, chickens. A milk cow.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

160. 😬

[Marthe48]

66. Roosters, and a menacing herd of cows

I was attacked by a pig when I was 3.
Do bees and wasps count?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

161. 😬Yes!

[Laffy Kat]

67. Both of these are unlikely culprits:

A big ole terrapin (according to my sister), and a mamma possum. Oh, and also a rooster. I still think the so-called terrapin was a snapping turtle. The opossum was crossing the road at night with her babies on her back and I pulled over to shoo her off the road, lest she get squished, and she ended up chasing me around my own car. Supposedly, none of these critters are aggressive, but it happened.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

162. 😬

[LudwigPastorius]

68. Rooster, duck, mockingbird...

I was about 4 years old when a duck at the local pond got real interested in my shoelaces, and tried to eat(?) them. At any rate, it was unsettling enough to make me want to get out of there fast.

At 6 years old, there was a mockingbird in our backyard that would swoop down and peck at my head. I don't know if it was attracted to the bright, copper colored hair that I had back then, but it made me run back inside every time.

The banty rooster, Pete, that my mom owned, was just an asshole that tried to spur me any time he could.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

163. 😬

[Chipper Chat]

70. A 6' blacksnake

Audobon Park Henderson Kentucky.in 1960 while mushroom hunting.

[yellowdogintexas]

125. I have been there!!! No snakes but it was hot and humid since it was Kentucky and near the river nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

164. 😬

[Starry Messenger]

71. Swans!

Beautiful but aggressive!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

165. 😬

[Figarosmom]

72. I had a baby squirrel

Climb up my leg in the garden and I put it back down by the tree stump in the garden where I figured it's nest was and walked away only to have the little one follow me and climb my leg again. Over and over this happened. It's mom finally came back and yelled at the baby to get back to its nest. I was beginning to wonder how to get the little baby to go home so I could go in the house and eat the tomatoes I'd just picked. I was worried it was abandoned and I'd have to adopt it or something.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

166. ☺️

[Hermit-The-Prog]

73. Geese, bull, cow, hog (sow), rooster, turkey (tom)

Nobody will ever convince me that chihuahua who chased me up onto a piano stool was a dog -- dogs don't have teeth like needles.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

167. 😬

[MrWowWow]

78. Flying Monkeys

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Oh wait. They were actually just trumpanzees canvassing my neighborhood. Never mind....
.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

168. 😁

[applegrove]

79. I broke up a cat fight between my cat and a neighbours.

I had my cat in my arms when the neighbour's attacked me and dug his four claws into my leg. He was literally attached to my leg. So I pumped that leg back and kicked. High. The cat went flying. My cat was in my arms the whole time.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

169. 😬

[FeelingBlue]

80. A male seal. NT

[Floyd R. Turbo]

170. 😬

[Lochloosa]

81. Cottonmouth down a riverbank while fishing. Nasty Snakes

[Paladin]

83. Me too, when I was a teenager.

My own stupid fault. I should have never nudged him with a stick.

[Lochloosa]

84. Yeah, thats never a good idea with a cottonmouth.

They have a nasty temper.

[Paladin]

90. I should have referred to that snake as "it" rather than "him" in my earlier post.

I never learned the difference between "he" and "she" cottonmouths. And I sure as hell wasn't paying attention to the difference, on that long-ago day when that pissed-off snake had me dancing around in that Hill Country stream. Valuable lesson...

[Lochloosa]

94. The big ones are male. But they all look big coming at you. 😆

[Paladin]

96. This one was full-size.

And it was fast. The teenage friends who were with me that day are now old men (as I am)---and they still laugh at the display of watery choreography I exhibited, on account of that cottonmouth. I hope the remainder of that snake's life was long and happy.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

171. 😬

[OldBaldy1701E]

182. BINGO!

Those things are mean as a sn.... well, you get it.

That thing came up out of the creek behind my uncle's house and decided that it did not like me being there. It literally chased me all the way back to the back deck of my uncle's. I did not do anything to it and was not eve aware that it was in the creek. Regardless, it came after me like water running down hill. I ran like that as well.

As someone from the swamps, I can tell you they are the only snakes I have been around who can be completely unintimidated by humans. So while most snakes will run and hide rather than deal with humans, these bastards are a breed apart.

[Lochloosa]

187. Its the only snake i saw Steve Irwin use a stick on.

You could see it in his face. He didn't enjoy messing with it.

[ShepKat]

82. goose

good thing they're puntable. I have a right to defend myself !

[Floyd R. Turbo]

172. 😬

[KC Shell]

91. 3-toed rooster & sow pig

A 3-toed rooster and a sow pig. That pig scared the hell out me every time I had to slop it.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

173. 😬

[WestMichRad]

92. Mute swan

Nasty hissing creature!

Wasps and hornets. Got stung badly, both times. Don’t whack their nests!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

174. 😬

[birdographer]

95. Water moccasin when I was in a kayak on a river

[Floyd R. Turbo]

175. 😬

[CCExile]

97. A beefalo bull.

Never had trouble with a normal bull! Oh, and bill collectors, 4 decades ago, and only by phone!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

183. 😬

[sarge43]

98. Geese and bees n/t

[Floyd R. Turbo]

184. 😬

[lark]

99. Big ram and mamma pig, both at 2 of my cousins' houses in Texas.

Both were very scary. My cousins and I were playing in a field when we saw this giant ram running at us and looking mean. My cousins and I climbed trees to avoid him, but my younger sister was struggling and couldn't get up the first limb of the tree she had chosen. I had to get out of my tree, run over to her and give her a boost up her tree, then run back to my tree. Before I could get up, he was at her tree and I had to climb listening and watching him butt her tree and her screaming. Me and my 2 cousins were screaming too. It didn't take my uncle long to come and rescue us. He'd forgotten to close the gate all the way in the back pasture.

With the pig, we were at another cousins' house and they asked if we wanted to see some baby pigs. I was probably 7 and Brenda was 5 and we went over there with 4 other older cousins. We were trying to catch the baby pigs when the mom escaped from wherever she was and came after us with murder in her eyes. We were younger and slower than all the rest who easily made it over the 6 ft fence. We were in a total panic and the pig was breathing on my sisters' heels. We got to the gate and my oldest cousin was leaning over to help us. I told him get Brenda and I somehow sailed over the fence while he was pulling her up. I did it totally unconsciously, just knew I had to get over and then I was in the dirt on the other side.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

185. 😬

[Mad_Dem_X]

100. My sister and I were chased by geese once

We were camping with our parents and we tried to cross this small bridge at the campground. These geese chased us away; we were laughing but were scared at the same time.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

189. 😬

[58Sunliner]

101. A lizard. Ring necks (collared), have a lot of attitude.

Also a horse, I flew over a fence. Didn't know I could move so quickly. When we were kids we used to go down to a neighbors field who used to have an older bull. We would get him to chase us for kicks.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

190. 😬

[Mr. Scorpio]

102. Yellowjackets.

One caught me. It wasn’t fun at all.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

192. 😬🐝

[soul kitchen]

103. Excepting dogs, what animals have you been chased by?

Raccoon!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

193. 😬🦡

[emulatorloo]

104. A bunny! Never a dog!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

194. 😬

[PJMcK]

105. Respectfully, the police are not (generally) animals

I’ve been chased by a bear, a snake, a raccoon (huge!) an eagle and a shark. Also by two drunk idiots who thought I was someone else.

I’ve only been pulled over by the police once for making a red-on-right turn illegally. The officer was polite but firm. $50 fine.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

195. In actuality, all humans are animals!

[MuseRider]

106. I was a zoo keeper

You name it, I have likely been chased by it

[XanaDUer2]

107. That sounds like the coolest job ever

[MuseRider]

112. It was.

I loved every minute of it. Learned a lot. Worked hard. Seriously, never get close to a Cassowary.

[XanaDUer2]

114. I'll be "wary" lol

[Floyd R. Turbo]

196. 😬

[oregonjen]

108. Hummingbirds

We have feeders and they guard them fiercely! I certainly don’t want to get pierced by their beaks! Intimidating for sure.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

197. 😬

[GreenWave]

109. Each time I turned to see, it vanished. But I swear I was being followed by a Moon Shadow.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

199. 😬

[Emile]

113. Insects love attacking me. I been chased by Bluejays

geese, snakes and snapping turtles.

[duckworth969]

158. Blue Jays can be mean 'ol birds

[Floyd R. Turbo]

200. 😬

[pansypoo53219]

115. run? oh hai!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

202. 😬

[yellowdogintexas]

123. A herd of whitefaced red cows. My mom and I had gone fishing at the pond in that field

and we thought we had sneaked past the cows....well something spooked them and we tore out across the field and managed to escape! I have never seen my mom move so fast

[OldBaldy1701E]

191. Ahh yes... the Herefords.

My father had about 1500 head on our farm. Most were Herefords. They can be rather gentle and easy going, but they are also jumpy and 'followers'. My father used to go into the bull pen to feed them and inevitably one of them would start pawing and lowering his head. Dad would just whack it on the snout with the bucket. It seemed as if he was unafraid of them, but it was my dad being smart. He could tell when they were being a threat or not. I have watched him haul ass out of the pen many times because the bucket did not work. (He did not carry it either. He would go back for it once the bulls had wandered away from that part of the pen.)

I was on good terms with two of the bulls so they would always come over to me and I could pet them and we would play 'push war'. For some reason, the bull always won...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

203. 😬

[Botany]

126. An Italian girl from Cleveland

[Floyd R. Turbo]

205. 😁

[Sedona]

127. A momma moose! 😳 May 2005

Me and Ex Mr Sedona and two kids walked around a corner at Jackson Lake Lodge cabins in Wyoming and surprised all of us.

She charged and covered 20 yards in seconds, we ran, of course.

She lost interest when we were a comfortable (for her) distance away from her baby.

We heard later from lodge employees she was well known to them. She lost two babies in two years to a car collision and a grizzley.

After that she started hanging around the lodge with her third. Poor momma, I hope that baby made it thru the summer.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

206. 😬

[SWBTATTReg]

128. Blue Jays. When I walked too close to their nest on the way home from School. Actually pecked me on the head,

and made me bleed a little. I still laugh about it today many years later. When you have baby birds around, be careful!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

207. 😬

[coprolite]

129. Moose, a grizzly bear and a fur seal beachmaster.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

208. 😬

[viva la]

130. My cat

Chases my ankles.

And yes, geese! And a male swan.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

209. 😬

[Prairie_Seagull]

148. Amoung others

most memorable was a wolf eel. 10 footer. I stuck my hand in it's cave and it was having none of that shit. Chased by other creatures under water but none with the real intent of doing me harm.

Completely my fault.

The natural world is truly amazing and we need it. However it demands our knowledge and respect.

IMO

[Floyd R. Turbo]

210. 🤗

[ThreeNoSeep]

151. A bear

Philmont Scout Ranch, coming down from the Tooth of Time.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

211. 😬

[Think. Again.]

152. you mean like this?...

https://m.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

212. 😬

[Joinfortmill]

153. Technically, insects. A swarm of hundreds of bees

which had built a nest inside a cushion in our garage. Had to call an exterminater. Nest was the size of a car hubcap. I kid you not.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

215. 😬

[Cirsium]

154. Red Wing Blackbird

Red Wing Blackbird, Common Tern, Canada Goose, and Tree Swallow come to mind.

There used to be a Gray Tree Frog who would follow me into the house. Then there are the Yellow Jackets...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

216. 😬

[bucolic_frolic]

156. Snakes, snapping turtle, bill collectors

[Floyd R. Turbo]

217. 😁

[duckworth969]

157. Birds guarding their nests

Seagulls if you have food in your hand.

A pissed off rooster.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

218. 😬

[duckworth969]

159. Canadian Geese

Nasty things chased my daughter

[Floyd R. Turbo]

219. 😬

[Permanut]

176. Black bear in Yellowstone Park..

That is, until Dad and I dropped the fish we had just caught.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

220. 😬

[yesphan]

177. when I was a kid

I was walking my horse around the edge of a pond. A muskrat came out of its hole and chased me for a ways.
the horse spooked and stomped the muskrat and that was the end of the chase.
Bees
Wasps
Various birds
A girlfriends cat, but that was for fun.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

221. 😬

[cbabe]

178. Crows flying so close their wings flicked my hair. Also watch donkeys people use in rural areas like dogs or geese. Ran

to my car for safety and it kicked a huge dent in the side by the door.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

222. 😬

[frogmarch]

179. cow, hog, moose,

and a little bull snake. My neighbor had caught him in a jar for me to look at. When I let him go, he chased me home.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

223. 😬

[onethatcares]

180. a rabbit

when I was 7 or 8 my friends and me thought it would be fun to chase a rabbit around the fields and hillsides where we live while shooting at it with bb guns......After about a half hour of that the rabbit got really pissed off, turned and attacked me with me running about a block before he/she stopped chasing me.

Have you ever heard a rabbit growl? Trust me, you won't forget the sound.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

224. 😬

[ProfessorGAC]

181. A Swan

A golf course about an hour south had swans to keep geese off the course.
Must have been nesting season, because one charged me. I didn't want to hurt the bird so I hustled away.
I was in the fairway & a good 30' from the bird when it got mad at me.
I dropped a ball about 30 more feet left, hit my shot, then drive the cart over & picked up the ball while driving by.
Didn't know swans were THAT territorial!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

225. 😬

[nealr]

186. farm life

Banty roosters are mean af.

One does not mess with domestic geese, they, too, are cobra chickens.

Cows don't so much chase as follow with curiosity, it's intimidating to non-farm folk.

Bulls are another matter; you stay out of their space, they're potential killers.

A sow with piglets is nothing to mess with, they can and do kill people if they can knock them down.

I spent some time on a farm with a guard llama who would immediately attack anyone wearing sun glasses.

A couple years ago I had a regular hike that crossed a pasture. Fairly urban area, not cattle used to contending with coyotes. A cow with nursing calf looked right at me and stomped, but they do move like that, I have lots of cow experience. Then she kept staring and did it again, so I stopped. Third stomp. I've never had a cow act like that, so I backed up about fifty yards, then turned and walked quickly, looking over my shoulder to make sure I wasn't about to get run down.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

226. 🐮

[PlanetBev]

188. A bear, a goat, a goose and some angry bees

Luckily, I was still young and agile.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

231. 🤗

[electric_blue68]

198. None, BUT I had to Stay Statue Still while a yellow jacket, or wasp parked it self on my sweaty nose for like 10+ mins..

while sitting outside in a rural area during a lecture on a summer day.
It finally flew away, no damage to me!

Oh, just remembered I'd gotten some flowers at our biggest Greenmarket next to a 3 block by one short ave Park; so a bee or two followed me around.
I respect them, and smart enough not to swat at them, so they flew away eventually.

So far I'm lucky!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

232. 🤗

[Gaytano70]

201. Swan in Stratford-on-Avon

It chased our whole tour group. Probably tired of foolish tourists!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

234. 😁

[FirefighterJo]

204. You name it :-D

Chickens, roosters, cops, geese, horses, cows, bulls, musk rats... I was quite adventurous in my teens

[Floyd R. Turbo]

235. 😁

[dai13sy]

213. A Mama Bird who was guarding her babies

She was very tough. We stayed away as best we could until the babies fledged. Now she comes back every year, she tidies her nest, adds to it, settles in and lays her eggs, usually 3. She lets us peek in to the nest so we get to see the babies grow. She must trust us

[Floyd R. Turbo]

236. ☺️

[NNadir]

214. I was going to say something but thought better of it.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

237. 😬

[sl8]

227. I was chased by an *exceptional* dog when I was a kid. nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

238. 😁

[woodsprite]

228. Canada goose

He was in love with his reflection in a window and I guess I disturbed him.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

239. 😬

[MrWowWow]

229. Adult Male Black Bear in Yosemite

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We were hiking back from Orange Lake. One of the hikers pulled out a dried sausage roll, and began passing pieces of it around our small group. The bear came barreling down the trail for it. Frank threw the sausage off the trail, and the bear followed it. We scrambled down the trail, and got safely to family camp (near the Ahwahnee Hotel). Fun and games in Yosemite. Never eat while hiking in bear country. 😁😁😁

Sort of like this.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

240. 😬

[doc03]

230. Canada goose, rooster, ram, yellow jackets and wasps.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

241. 😬

[vishnura]

233. Chasers

Tom turkey, goat

[Floyd R. Turbo]

242. 😬