outsiderunner wrote:
Dogs are the worst. Even a leashed dog is a threat. And those retractable leashes are really bad.
Just last night, a big fat lady on the sidewalk had one of those leashes and just let her dog run towards me and push me into the street. I smiled at her and said, "good evening, ma'am." I think she wanted me to get mad, so I gave her the opposite.
Gaggles of Canadian geese can be pretty intimidating, no joke
Dogs sometimes. Usually they just chase after but I have had them attempt to bite before.
Once by a Raccoon but that wasn't during a run. It ran at me where I was sitting. At the last second averted attack, a lot of the time it is a bluff. Mosquito if that counts, running fast seems to be enough movement usually, but they can draft and fly in wind currents. Horseflies as well, they seem not to be able to land well while you're running but if you stop for a moment.
Owl, left six little holes in my scalp
IndyJ wrote:
Red-winged blackbirds all the time. I've had to change my typical running route during their nesting season, because they attack during a particular stretch. They seem to have finally disappeared now, typical for late July/early August.
Funny this was a very early reply, as it was on my mind. Putting up with them for a few years. They get awfully close to your head (always attacking from behind) if you’re not paying attention, and I’m still wondering if they’d ever make contact ? If an expert could tell me they won’t, I could stop worrying about them!
Not by a wild animal,but by wild humans. Was running on the shoulder of a busy road when a dog came growling after me from a yard. I turned and growled back and chased it back toward the property a few yards, it yelping all the way. 1/2 mile up the road a couple in a car pulled in front and tried to stop me accusing me of trying to hurt their dog. I started screaming at them to keep the dog chained up or it would get run over. Several motorists stopped and backed me up and the couple bailed in a hurry.
Female horse flies. Very persistent.
In 1989 I got charged by a lioness while running a 4 mile loop from Serengeti Research Center to Moses Rock. She had a cub and I got close without noticing them sacked out in the shade, even though it was only about 2 inch grass.
NRR: I was trompled by an African buffalo in the Selous Game Reserve a couple of years later while trying to get it unstuck from drying mud - they sometimes punch through the crust and just get stapled in by all 4 legs. I pulled him out with a landrover by roping his horns with a tow rope, and while I was trying to get my tow rope back it became clear that despite being bogged for several days he had a little more energy than I thought (and was less grateful than I hoped).
I don't get too worked up over dogs enjoying their own run. 99% of the time, if I leave them alone, they leave me alone. Live and let live.
Canadian Geese are no joke
I was chased for 400 meters by two very large turkeys on a trail. Had to fend them off with a stick. Highly unpleasant.
Beware wrote:
Gaggles of Canadian geese can be pretty intimidating, no joke
Tis true. Especially in spring when breeding and then protecting the young by pooping on everything in sight.
a pack of feral dogs was the most scary animal encounter i ever had.
but a mockingbird was the most annoying... pecked my head a couple times.. hurt like a @#*%! bled like crazy
I was living in Detroit attending University of Detroit Mercy, which is located in a pretty sketchy hood, and on multiple occasions came across stray pitbulls while running. Never got attacked, but it was scary and had locals telling our team to watch out for them. It was actually quite a problem in Detroit.
Detroit vs Everybody wrote:
I was living in Detroit attending University of Detroit Mercy, which is located in a pretty sketchy hood, and on multiple occasions came across stray pitbulls while running. Never got attacked, but it was scary and had locals telling our team to watch out for them. It was actually quite a problem in Detroit.
So the thread question is "...ever been attacked...?"
and you post your story with the line "Never got attacked...".
Reading comprehension is not your best skill is it?
Ever been attacked is a question. It's perfectly valid to answer in the negative saying you've never been attacked but ...
Learn to read yourself.
Richard Gozinya wrote:
Detroit vs Everybody wrote:
I was living in Detroit attending University of Detroit Mercy, which is located in a pretty sketchy hood, and on multiple occasions came across stray pitbulls while running. Never got attacked, but it was scary and had locals telling our team to watch out for them. It was actually quite a problem in Detroit.
So the thread question is "...ever been attacked...?"
and you post your story with the line "Never got attacked...".
Reading comprehension is not your best skill is it?
No need to be a dick...just thought I would share for fun since it is a "fun" thread
Detroit vs Everybody wrote:
Richard Gozinya wrote:
[quote]Detroit vs Everybody wrote:
I was living in Detroit attending University of Detroit Mercy, which is located in a pretty sketchy hood, and on multiple occasions came across stray pitbulls while running. Never got attacked, but it was scary and had locals telling our team to watch out for them. It was actually quite a problem in Detroit.
So the thread question is "...ever been attacked...?"
and you post your story with the line "Never got attacked...".
Reading comprehension is not your best skill is it?
Also it is a question: have you ever been attacked? I answered with no...
Reading comprehension is not your best skill is it?
Geese, definitely.
Redwing blackbirds, definitely.
Dogs, definitely. And bitten 4 times, 3 times broke the skin, including during a trail marathon at around 22mi...owner let the leash slacken too much and the dog lunged and got me good.
Running in the dark, a bat came out of nowhere and flopped across my chest. Felt like someone threw a leather glove at me.
Not exactly "attacked", but followed...twice by young whitetail fawns that hopped out of the woods along the road where I was running and followed me down the road for a bit. One time for maybe 50 yds or so, the other time, quite a bit longer than that.
Never attacked by a human while running - just the classic hand gestures and catcalls - but once had a homeless guy hop in behind me and run next to me in bare feet for quite a ways, almost a mile I'd say. Just silent, never said anything, then just dropped off.
mockyeahbirdyeah wrote:
a pack of feral dogs was the most scary animal encounter i ever had.
but a mockingbird was the most annoying... pecked my head a couple times.. hurt like a @#*%! bled like crazy
Does an ex-wife count?
There were a couple occasions when I had a raccoon lunge at me from behind some bushes. I sidestepped both of them and they gave up. It wasn't much of an attack. When I was in Nelson, NZ there were seagulls that attacked from behind on many runs.