[at-l] Wildlife sightings this weekend

[AThiker at smithville.net (Felix)]

David Hicks wrote:

>A trail-maintaining thruhiker friend of mine tells a tale of having a great 
>horned owl killing a rabbit on a pine limb just a couple feet above his tent 
>one night.
>
>I can't do the tale justice, but you well get the idea, if you have ever heard 
>a rabbit's death scream, coupled it with the sight of a great horned flushing 
>at about eye level, as you burst from your tent on a moonlit night.
>

I'll tell it, if you want...

>BTW -- IMHO a bobcats child/woman cry/scream is far more hair standing than a 
>screech owl.
>

I agree. When you get a bunch of screech owls yellin' at each 
other...it's scary at first...then, it sounds like a bunch of monkeys 
trying to get your car keys out of your pocket. That bobcat scream, 
though....good lord. Reminds me of the time me and Jake Shakleton went 
down Murphy Hollow Road. We got about six miles in and old Jake 
remembered that Murphy Hollow Road was only two miles long. We started 
hearing some noises that had never been heard by man nor beast. About 
that time I pointed out to old Jake that there wasn't even a Murphy 
Hollow OR a Murphy Hollow Road.  The more we talked about it, the more 
we realized that there wasn't even a Jake Shakleton. Next thing I knew, 
I was realizing I was sitting on my couch by myself with a bag of Cheetos.