Strange Sights in the Woods

[HOCOLITE]

Whilst taping sites today for an event my better half saw a couple of llamas on a lead. It might be New Years Day but it was a genuine sighting.

[deebee]

Are you sure they were llamas and not alpacas?

[grubby]

There again, they could've been 'pushmepullyou's' as featured in 'Dr. Doolittle'

Whilst collecting controls from a Western Night League event some years ago, (same place as this years BNC) I saw a very large black Puma-like cat. I've also spoken to a farmer who shot a Lynx in the process of annihilating his chickens.

I don't go out alone anymore, - send the kids instead.

[Oldman]

When I saw this thread's title, I thought it would be about people in pyjamas!

[EddieH]

I have also seen what I take to be a puma - in the woods behnd my house. I saw the back legs and tail flying at speed into thick forest with my dog in hot pursuit Fortunately she was well behaved and came back as soon as I called

For those who know my ancient dog this was many years ago now.

[Adventure Racer]

Is a candle in a jar sufficient to scare off a Puma?

[ifor]

That will be Eddies dog that after a week in the hills with Eddie had stoped jumping gleefully out of the car and chaceing stuff because it had blistered pawes from the 50 odd munros done it the week....

[deebee]

And just to tie two parts of this thread together, wasn't it the same Eddie who many years ago was photographed in 'The Orienteer' orienteering in his pyjamas?

[Gross]

Anyone travelling to EOC in Latvia in mid May this year might be lucky enough to run into a brown bear.... there are non in the country just now but since the 3 Baltic States joined Schengen in December & there are no more border controls then the 500 who reside in Estonia don't need passports and can freely move south if they wish:)

[grubby]

Is a candle in a jar sufficient to scare off a Puma?

Let's hope so !!

There again,. . . . . . .

[Barny of Blandford]

We had three alpacahs at the night event at Inside Park - very nosey and watched and followed us along the fence line as you were running along.

[Foreman]

My favourite strange, to me, sighting was a group/gang/bounce of kangaroos bounding through the forest at WMOC in Oz.
Locally, I startled a VERY amorous couple in a wood where they thought they'd be undisturbed. My poor wee dug was quite embarrassed. I should have said ,'it's a nice day for it!', but I just coughed and ploughed on.

[greywolf]

About 5k downwind of Dounreay there are a couple of alpacas in a field of sheep. Scares the crap out of tourists...

[DM]

Bearing in mind the time of year are you sure they weren't camels just out for a training run?

Field and fountain,
Moor and mountain,
Traversing near and far....

[Stodgetta]

I bumped into the bloke who regularly walks his pet goat on a lead on the Chase this morning....
Wrong time of year for snakes, though (phew!).