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I stumbled upon a marijuana grow site in the woods in coastal northern California. Didn't see the guys who tended to the plants and got out fast.

Sma

Smart move.

My ex wife.

Snakes.... I fuggin hate snakes.

I was working on a forestry crew in Yosemite Natl Park in the spring of 1967. We were checking out some down trees on the south side of Yosemite Valley under a hanging valley with a trickle of water coming over but should have been much more water. I looked up and saw a wall of mud and debris coming over the cliff above and shouted a warning and the 3 of us took off. We ran thru a creek so fast I swear my feet never got wet! I came back a few days later and saw where a boulder had hit a tree about where we were standing that almost knocked over a very large yellow pine tree.

My buddy taking a shidt. Full on turd coming out of his ass. <shudder>

Then there was the time I was in Boy Sprouts in Oklahoma. Thunder storm was coming in and we were in the middle of a meadow. I looked at my buddy and every hair on his head was standing straight up. From the expression on his face so was mine. High tailed it into the tree line.

Dead guy in a car parked on a dead end skid row trail. Suicide.

shiver...

Working in Yosemite in 1970 I was checking for White Pine Blister Rust along a stream near Hetch Hetchy. I came upon a small meadow and the grass was all mashed down. I saw a deer laying dead in the middle of the meadow. I noticed 2 puncher marks in her neck and she was still warm to the touch. I was wondering what had happened and thought she must have gotten tangled in some barb wire but there was none around. Then I realized I had come upon a fresh lion kill. Needless to say I did not stick around.

Murder Mountain, Humboldt county? Have you seen the Netflix series?

I've run across a patch a time or three myself. Some of it was pretty good stuff.

A couple times I have been walking down a ridgeline, not paying attention like I should and as I come up and over a high spot, there's a griz too close for comfort. Those have always ended up OK though.

Scariest to me was up in the Wyoming Wind River mountains at 12,000 feet with lightning striking all around me. Several strikes I suspect were within 50 yards as I laid in the fetal position under a tarp sucking my thumb crying for mommy.

This for sure

Charging grizzly. Fortunately bluff charge. He left and I left in the other direction.

Black angus bull exploding out of a small patch of pines on top of a 10,000’ Peak in Wyoming. Right as it was getting light enough to see. Had to side step him to avoid getting run TF over.

I had a pine martin stake it's claim to a moose I'd shot. It was hilarious watching his antics. He was going to have that moose no matter what.

The scariest was one Labor Day when I was bowhunting on a high ridge. A freak snowstorm moved in along with lightning. I couldn't see 50 yds but the thunder was shaking the trees. I had no idea how close the lightning was so I bailed off the top of the ridge and headed straight down into the draw.

About 15 years ago I was scouting a piece of land I had leased. It was a big open cut-over planted in short pines. I was walking thru some tall grass in a fairly open area when I took a step and felt the ground "give" a bit. I took a step back and noticed I'd stepped on an old rotten piece of plywood that was covered with dirt. I cautiously backed up and used my machete to lift the board, revealing a very old and very deep well. As I thought about it, I began to tremble thinking about what could have happened....

A darn big alligator!

+1 on the lightening
Scary.

Bears........

Even deer have spooked me.

Yikes!