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.

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.