Hey All
Animal stories seem to be the rage on other forums. I thought maybe some animal stories might be sort of up=lifting.

So anyway lets keep em as short as possible and stick to one story at a time so they're readable.

I was 14 or 15 and ast. senior patrol leader of our scout troop that was camped at a lake in Wisconsin. There were several square miles of "wilderness" surrounding the camp. I was alone and hiking into a strong wind when I came out of the woods and entered a huge clearing with a low rock wall about 100 yards away. I hadn't hiked far through tall grass when I see a cow moose less than 20 feet from me looking into the wind. I hit the dirt and my instincts and my tracking & stalking skills took over and next thing I'm crawling through the grass like a cat toward this moose. Suddenly it turned towards me and I froze and it stared at me with these huge ears pointing around its head like radar antennas, but it couldn't smell me or hear me so it looked away and I moved in closer.

Now sometimes you must wonder what goes through the head of a young fearless immortal as they approach one of the most dangerous animals in north America. I decided to raise up slowly and swiftly and to jump on her back and wrap my arms around her neck and lay low on her back as she ran. Anyway I ran and jumped and threw my leg up over her back and threw my arms forward around her neck as she turned her head and saw a creature pretending to be a mountain lion jumping onto her back.

She reacted so fast that I didn't touch her and as soon as I hit the ground (because there was no moose under me anymore), I looked up and the moose was clearing the rock wall. I'm sure I would have hit that rock wall going 45 MPH, maybe faster. An animals true maximum speed depends on its motivation.
Jim
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