What is the weirdest thing you have seen on a run?

A bunch of rattle snakes, cow moose with calves, bull moose with bloody velvet hanging off its antlers, a bear feeding on a deer carcass, hippies having sex in the park, a hobo taking a bath in a river, an old lady stuck in a car in a flooded street (who I helped to safety along with her little dog, the car proceeded to float downstream about a minute later), street crime, arrests, a gay pride parade on a trip to DC (I was running topless in split shorts on the capitol mall and turned the corner), hare krishnas, etc. But the one that sticks with me was a dog swimming in a river with it's owner calling for it on the bank and it proceeded to go over an irrigation diversion dam and was recirculated around and around. I didn't stick around to see if it lived or not. Last night I was at Walgreens and there were 4 cop cars and an ambulance, evidently some guy got shot in the parking lot. Life's pretty interesting if you look around a bit.

During the winter while running down the road, I startled a group of a half dozen deer. I picked up the pace & they ran alongside me, easily keeping pace through deep snow before bounding back into the woods a hundred yards down.

Jogging on an ocean break wall, two mice jumped in front of me and started mating. As I continued forward, they too moved forward and then continued mating in my path. This continued for a good meter or so.

I saw HollyWood actresss Jennifer Lawrence walking towards a food truck in Vancouver

Not the most unusual, but rather the most amusing thing that consistently happened to me on a run. I was on a run with a companion. We were simply talking about stuff. Begun discussing this person who went in and out of town wearing a luchador (Mexican grappler) veil. Turned a corner and who was coming at us - the person in the luchador cover. We nearly fell on the ground chuckling.

Running at night at a local JC at about 10 p.m. and two folks going at it in the grass next to a parking lot, under a light. The girl was a student of mine at the JC.

A Letsrun singlet.

Definitely a cry for help.

I almost got abducted while running. He chased me and was on a bike on flat trail. I was not thinking clearly but something came over me and made me turn towards my right and try to make my way up a cliff side/ extremely steep hillsides of rocks.

Quite honestly made me believe in a higher power. He was within a few seconds of catching me and all I could think about was ‘holy sht I’m going to get raped or killed’. It was almost an out of body experience when I turned and started to climb, I sure as hell didn’t come up with it. A very guardian angel moment and I’m not one for fate and what not.

I never reported it as I was quite embarrassed (I don’t know why, maybe just shocked and ashamed). About a month later a girl was found dead on the trail I had been on. I never got a look at the guy as he had his hood up and it was dusk but I do feel guilty. I can’t even read the story online because it makes me sick so I don’t even know how the girl died or who presumably murdered her. Maybe it wasn’t the same person, maybe it was.

I think I got very close to death that day and for some reason was spared. Who knows. Weirdest thing I’ve seen/ felt/ experienced while running by far.

Officialdb wrote:

been stalked by a cougar (feline variety). Also pretty sure i've seen some skinwalkers. It was on a cold night (5 degrees F outside) yet there were people just off the trail, couldn't really see what they were wearing, but they all just stood and watched me jog by. Very eerie. I was in a super isolated running area too.

The cougar thing is scary but the the people off the side of the trail in the dark is straight up WHACK!

Once a neighbor took his dog for a run, he held him in his arms while he ran. He said he needed to walk the dog, but he was too lazy to just walk him.

You really should report your incident to authorities. There might be some incidental detail in your experience that could help catch and convict the guy.

gilt wrote:

During the winter while running down the road, I startled a group of a half dozen deer. I picked up the pace & they ran alongside me, easily keeping pace through deep snow before bounding back into the woods a hundred yards down.

When I read posts like this, it seems like the majority of people have not spent much time out of the city.

I thought of another one. I saw an adder (which is quite rare here). My coach shouted jump and I jumped up in the air over it before I saw what it was.

DGraves wrote:

Once a neighbor took his dog for a run, he held him in his arms while he ran. He said he needed to walk the dog, but he was too lazy to just walk him.

That's a bit daft, why didn't he just put him in a baby stroller?