[at-l] Weirdest night noises

[askowronek at mindspring.com (Amy Skowronek)]

On Mar 15, 2006, at 4:24 PM, Gary Ticknor wrote:

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>
> In Shenandoah, I was awakened at 3:00 am by something bumping into  
> my tent guy ropes. After 60 seconds of visualizing how I was going  
> to deal with a bear, I looked out in bright moonlight to discover  
> it was two of the clumsiest deer I have ever encountered. They  
> wouldn't shoo, either, but just kept looking at me with, well, doe  
> eyes. They didn't leave until just before dawn. I mentally referred  
> to them at the time and ever since as Bambi and Thumper.
>

A very similar thing happened to me, except it was hours after a bear  
had threatened my hiking partner and I.  I was sure we were toast.   
Looking out of the tent is one of the bravest things I've ever done.  :)

-amy