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Originally Posted by Phoenix
I have been fairly close to several wild animals. Black bears three times, but I was never worried because each of those three times I had two very large King Sheperds with me. The bear just walked away, also usually black bears do not mess with humans. We were about 100 m away each time.
The closest I ever came to being killed by a wild animal was by a moose. I was out in our back with my one dog, who used to love to chase moose and deer. That is illegal but try telling that to a dog with an almost untouched by humans backyard that stretched for many many miles. We only had 33 acres, but after our land it just went on forever as crown land.
Anyway, my one dog was chasing a moose that day and i heard it coming through the trees, and i just got out of the way in time. I can remember it clearly now, it ran past at full speed a kind of wild desperation in its eyes. It was huge and massive and moving like a freight train, i stepped into the lee side of a large tree as it passed, I could have reached my hand out and touched it's side. My dog was about 3 seconds behind running like an idiot..lol
One kick from the moose could have killed both of us, but the moose won't risk it because one bite from a dog is not good for it either.
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My encounter was with a black bear as well, but likely more comical looking than yours. I was camping with some friends and one of those friends and I went for a hike. We came down off this hill and around a corner to this creek and as we stepped out from behind some trees we were face to face with a black bear that was likely getting a drink. It was about 5 feet from us. All three of us (me, my friend, and the bear) jumped because we were startled then hauled ass in different directions. I think we scare the shit out of that bear as much as it scared the shit out of us.