For all the nature lovers: What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever witnessed in the woods?

Nothing too out of the ordinary except for maybe one thing that comes to mind. A couple summers ago my ex boyfriend and I were driving by a field close to dusk and we stopped the truck to look at a cat and a deer just chilling out together. I swear to god. It was the neighbors cat, tail held high, with a deer several feet away. I wanted to get a picture but my old phone camera was terrible and it was too dark to catch anything on film but two blobs.

In my short lifetime as a Maine citizen I’ve seen a few bald eagles overhead while kayaking, I’ve seen a beaver going for a swim from above in a tree stand. Close to the Canadian border I’ve seen a couple black bears take off. I’ve seen deer take off countless times. A handful of years ago my mother and I saw a raccoon with her baby in her mouth standing on its hind leg in the middle of the road. Back in 2016 I think, I videotaped a porcupine walking through a field of clover as my dad and I drove by. I’m sure there’s many more animals that I’ve seen that I’m forgetting.

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I was pretty chuffed to see emus when going on a country drive with my American partner. I think I was more excited than they were.

Going for a walk at dusk I stepped into the middle of a little group of sugar gliders, so I stayed while they leapt backwards and forwards in the trees above me

I once had a snake crawl across my lap in a park in Spain

A flying fox once landed on me. That was fun.

I have sung to echidnas 😆

One weird occurrence was these two foxes sort of doing this circular dance - coming within about 5 metres of me- but absolutely unperturbed by me

MougyWolf · 36-40, M

Well, it was actually the first time I felt nirvana through meditating in the woods, when I first learned to communicate with the plants around me.. I had just read the Celestine Prophecy, which is an amazing book which I could say a lot about, but it's premise was how to connect to "god" through nature.. and I believed

and it worked for me! I felt and saw a radiant energy from the flora around me. I felt as though they, the trees, the grass, the flowers.. they too were looking at me, with the same appreciation. I felt spiritually filled up with a healing energy, and it was incredible.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

I saw a little video recently of a cat and deer hanging out together, it must be kind of common. I’ve seen bald eagles while driving, a sparrow hawk with a mouse draped over a power line about to dine on it, a vulture shredding a roadkill skunk, a cluster of copperhead snakes sunning themselves near a foot path, deer jumping over one fence taking a couple of hops and then jumping over another kind of straddling the fence with his belly till he got over it, about 8-10 water moccasins in a cluster in the shallowest part of our spring-fed creek, they hung out there all the time, a blue heron and a white egret standing near each other on a little sandbar in a river watching for fish to catch...a lot of things but I don’t get into the country much these days.

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

A couple of things not too spectacular. Walking down a 'cut line' one day I came face to face with a cougar. It jumped out of the bush land landed about 20' away from me. We both stared at each other for about a minute before it bolted and disappeared into the thick forest. Another time I was walking through the forest at night when I found my self in the middle of a herd of wild horses. They were very calm and simply watched me as I passed by them.

Thebestof1995 · 26-30, F

Holy. We have bobcats in Maine, but it’s pretty rare for anyone to come across one. I’ve only seen pictures on trail cameras put up by hunters. 😳😳😳@hippyjoe1955

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@Thebestof1995 Yeah I have to head south and east to see bobcats. I have seen a lynx but it was in the middle of the city. I was driving through northern Manitoba one winter and just before dusk a pine martin ran in front of my truck. Pretty cool to see. I was driving through Jasper National Park when I saw some sticks lying on the road ahead of me. I slowed down so as to avoid hitting when the sticks jumped up and ran into a lake beside the road. Once they moved I realized they were otters that were sunning themselves on the pavement.

Thebestof1995 · 26-30, F

That’s cool. 😂☺️@hippyjoe1955

Longpatrol · 31-35, M

Because Singapore’s so urbanised I rarely see any wildlife outside of the nature reserves but recently they’ve been making a home in my neighbourhood. Couple of weeks ago I saw I hawk in a tree outside my window. Along the road a solitary squirrel lives in bush and I saw a fairly rare woodpecker recently.

MrAboo · 36-40, M

I’ve gotten within inches of armadillos looking for food, I enjoy seeing deer in the woods, saw a wild hog and was about 10 yards from it, I’ve seen beaver on the water and always enjoy seeing birds, nothing like watching a bass chase your lure, I’ll never forget seeing a black bear while trout fishing

vetguy1991 · 51-55, M

Saw some mink swimming across the lake

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