Strangest animal you've seen driving?

Alix B · Post by **Alix B** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:31 am

I'm proud to say I've now seen my FIRST GATOR IN THE WILD!
This is why it is worth driving the backroads folks! In one day I saw a gator, herons everywhere, a boar, and the Gulf of Mexico. Oh, and I ran out of gas, but who cares, I SAW A GATOR.

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:45 am

Where were you? Are you by me?! (Pensacola, FL)

babblefish · Post by **babblefish** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:19 am

I saw a dog once. Not that unusual most of the time, but this was a small breed and his feet barely reached the gas pedal.

Alix B · Post by **Alix B** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:23 am

I was on the Creole Nature Trail, through Cameron, Louisiana. I told all the locals fishing that it was coming their way and they just laughed.

The Trail ends with a ferry ride over to Pleasure Island and a long desolate drive along the Gulf Of Mexico, but further from you, this is near the Mississippi River, so the water was more brown.

Did I mention the boar? Or the massive snake? One of my favorite rides so far.

schlagle · Post by **schlagle** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:24 am

Wild boar. Ran out into the rode and scared the hell out me. I thought I was going to hit it.

Alix B · Post by **Alix B** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:25 am

babblefish wrote:I saw a dog once. Not that usual most of the time, but this was a small breed and his feet barely reached the gas pedal.

Wow, is this dog available to be the DD?
We can all hit the gas, but whose gonna steer?

heavypetting · Post by **heavypetting** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:37 am

My chicken is an excellent driver. Excellent driver.

babblefish · Post by **babblefish** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:40 am

Hmm, don't how I got a double post...

Seriously, I've seen bats, racoons, opossum and skunk. Ok, so you guys living in the sticks are saying so what, them thars common as ticks on a flea...or was that fleas on a dog...oh never mind. Remember, these are sightings in San Francisco...

KABanshee · Post by **KABanshee** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:43 am

Saw one of these belly up on the way home from work tonight!

babblefish · Post by **babblefish** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:44 am

Is there an echo in here? Hello? Hello? Hello?

Post by **ericalm** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:49 am

Heh. It's a server error. If you post and get a message saying something about a debug or mail error, chances are it submitted your post. No need to go back and re-submit it.

Post by **ericalm** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:50 am

I used to see coyotes all the time in Griffith Park here in L.A. My wife was convinced a pack of them, or maybe one of the rare mountain lions, was going to come after me one morning. For me, it's kind of cool that we have that kind of wildlife in the middle of the city.

KABanshee · Post by **KABanshee** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:53 am

ericalm wrote:I used to see coyotes all the time in Griffith Park here in L.A. My wife was convinced a pack of them, or maybe one of the rare mountain lions, was going to come after me one morning. For me, it's kind of cool that we have that kind of wildlife in the middle of the city.

When I was in Glendale I remember the coyotes coming down from the hills at night and laying into peoples garbage cans and even heard stories of peoples dogs and cats coming up missing.

babblefish · Post by **babblefish** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:21 am

ericalm wrote:For me, it's kind of cool that we have that kind of wildlife in the middle of the city.

Wildlife in the middle of the city? You want to talk about wildlife, I was at a local pub the other day and saw this lady who must have been at least 6'5" with green hair holding on to this gigantic....oh wait...we're talking about animals and things aren't we? Ok, never mind...

Oh yeah, and thanks for fixing my double posts...that I didn't repost, it just sorta did it on it's own.

Might be my computer...

KABanshee · Post by **KABanshee** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:29 am

There was that one time......

Alix B · Post by **Alix B** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:40 am

Oh, yea, I didn't count the guy who would loose in an IQ test next to the gator. I didn't want a photo of him! But anyhow.

Speaking of sasquatches, did you ever read about the moped trip to find a Sasquatch. Crazy good reading.
http://www.crappylittledreams.com/expedition.htm

Elm Creek Smith · Post by **Elm Creek Smith** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:44 am

I've seen three beavers (the critters, you dirty-minded scooterists!) in the last six months. They were dead, having lost out to cages, but this is Oklahoma. I lived here most of my life and have never seen any in the wild, let alone in the area right around Tulsa.

ECS

Drumwoulf · Post by **Drumwoulf** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:50 am

Driving an old, small Dodge Colt, one time we came around a hill in Cape Briton N.S. only to end up face to face with a giant angry momma Caribou.

She absolutely refused to budge, and we had to (nervously) back down the hill a ways until she made uip her mind to move on...

Post by **ericalm** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:02 am

KABanshee wrote:
ericalm wrote:I used to see coyotes all the time in Griffith Park here in L.A. My wife was convinced a pack of them, or maybe one of the rare mountain lions, was going to come after me one morning. For me, it's kind of cool that we have that kind of wildlife in the middle of the city.
When I was in Glendale I remember the coyotes coming down from the hills at night and laying into peoples garbage cans and even heard stories of peoples dogs and cats coming up missing.

There are a couple of stories of the Griffith Park coyotes attacking people. And some coyotes snatched a kid once, a story that was lovingly recreated in the movie Suburbia. (If you were ever interested in West Coast punk, Repo Man or anything like that, check out this movie!)

When I see the coyotes, they're usually just standing there, watching traffic.

Waiting on a crate from ACME.

Alix B · Post by **Alix B** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:29 am

meep meep

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:11 am

One stretch of 2-lane road I enjoy riding on (Blackhawk Road) winds through a state park. Hardly ever see much wildlife there ... but it eventually turns into John Deere Road (4-lane, business area), and there is where the wild turkeys roam.

louie · Post by **louie** » Mon May 19, 2008 12:16 pm

ericalm wrote: When I see the coyotes, they're usually just standing there, watching traffic.

Waiting on a crate from ACME.

i'd love to run into that wiley coyote!

DennisD · Post by **DennisD** » Mon May 19, 2008 12:50 pm

Alix B wrote:I'm proud to say I've now seen my FIRST GATOR IN THE WILD!
This is why it is worth driving the backroads folks! In one day I saw a gator, herons everywhere, a boar, and the Gulf of Mexico. Oh, and I ran out of gas, but who cares, I SAW A GATOR.

You only have to be concerned about the ones you DON'T see.

Dennis

DennisD · Post by **DennisD** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:00 pm

The scariest was a wild turkey. Not a scary critter, but I was on a country road doing about 80mph on my motorcycle and surprised him. Instead of flying into the woods he jumped up and flew along the road ahead of me then finally angled off into the woods. I was never sure which way he was going to go.

Riding along a bicycle trail on Fort Pickens once I raised my feet up to avoid a snake that was crossing the path. I couldn't see his head or his tail. The trail was about 3 feet wide. Very pretty pattern on him but did not stop to investigate. Either a rattler or a big ole moccasin. Lots of them out there.

Dennis

Quo Vadimus · Post by **Quo Vadimus** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:42 pm

Alix B wrote:Oh, and I ran out of gas, but who cares, I SAW A GATOR.

Let's hope these two things didn't happen in too close of succession. How are your limbs?

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:31 pm

Just your regular stuff:

bats, cats, dogs, seagulls, possum, armadillo, squirrels, pelicans, and on my ride yesterday I saw a big nasty roadkill turtle that looked like a seaturtle! It was near the water too, but still pretty unlikely... The shell had to be about 2 feet across. On the same ride I saw what looked like a really big falcon, but then I was staring closer and was a huge brown bird with a white head and a fish in it's talons!!! I know some of you northerners see bald eagles all the time, but here in Florida, they are few and far between.

ERik3tb · Post by **ERik3tb** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:47 pm

I drive thru the mountains all the time so I see all sorts of critters.

Bison, Elk, Moose, Deer, Antelope, Coyote, Wolf all sorts of raptors, porcupines, skunk, pine marten, badger, beaver, the list goes on and on but I'm feeling too lazy to continue it.

AJB · Post by **AJB** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:30 am

Most interesting think I've come across are bobcats. I saw two on separate occasions in South Texas at National Wildlife Refuges. I got within 4 feet of one of them (he was quite sick) and shot two rolls of film as he ignored me.

I live in Chicago now and what I miss most besides the warm weather, is being able to travel for 10 minutes and then get lost in the natural beauty of that very unique environment. Green Jays, Chachalacas, packs of Collared Peccary and Crested Caracaras - you don't see those by Lake Michigan, as beautiful as it is.

Link below to bobcat photos if anyone wants to look.

http://andrewberg.blogspot.com/2006/08/ ... iends.html

jrsjr · Post by **jrsjr** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:47 am

Tarantulas. Hundreds of them. Crossing the road. Under my scooter wheels. Tarantulas.

brimstone · Post by **brimstone** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:52 am

jrsjr wrote:Tarantulas. Hundreds of them. Crossing the road. Under my scooter wheels. Tarantulas.

i certainly hope you didn't stop or at least tried to get as many of them as possible.

ERik3tb · Post by **ERik3tb** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:41 pm

There is a small wildlife refuge in Nebraska that you won't want to ride in.

Wildlife refuge #19 in north central Nebraska is a rattlesnake refuge. I've driven thru there in a car and you couldn't help but run them over, the place was that thick with them.

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