man that's alotta eyes stareing back at me!

[Car Doc]

Red Fox is our outside cats nemesis they are so thick here I shoot every one I get a shot at. Id sure shoot coyotes also but they dont come around close to the house or shop I hear them but rarely see one.

On second thought last year or year before a little one all mangy with almost no hair did came walking by me and a customer within a couple feet while we were standing outside my shop in bright day light surprised the dickens out of both of us. But I didn't know how the guy would react to me pulling my 45 and killing it so we just watched it walk on by. That was the only coyote I have seen in awhile we have been in a drought for so long the food is all gone is my guess.

 

[dmccarty]

Years ago while tranversing Alligator Alley, one of my Brothers and I had our van break down. This was before Alligator Alley was widen and improved. It was two lanes back then. You could see the Gators everywhere. We couldn't sleep because of the Bull Gators "Croaking". We didn't see one Highway Patrol Car. I learned later that few cars traveled the Alley back then at night. This was before Cell Phones. We were so glad to be towed to the Seminole Shell Station.

My car broke down on Alligator Alley, on a Friday the 13th, during the summer, back when the alley was still two lanes. That was a really dangerous road back then, especially on a Friday or Sunday afternoon, as people went east/west for the weekend. Too much traffic, with too many impatient drivers. I saw a real bad accident were a small Ford Bronco lost control and ran into the tracks on one of the huge cranes that were being used to dredge limestone to widen the alley into I75. The alley was shut completely down and the people airlifted to the hospital. Seems like at least two of them died. My car broke down on the west side of the alley and I was lucky enough to get under the only overpass on that side of FLA. The overpass kept us out of the sun and I had a bit of water to get through the day. It took AAA FOUR hours to send s truck. None of the tow companies wanted to send a truck to take us to Ft. Lauderdale. One guy eventually came and I tipped him all of the cash I had.

I ALWAYS travel with extra water on a trip as a lesson learned from that break down.

There were far more dangerous critters than gators on the alley when our car broke down. We only saw FHP twice and one did look at us to see if we needed help. We were in the shade under the overpass but it still was summer in south FLA, meaning it was hot and humid. Sitting in the car was not really an option and you either sat down by the road, or do as I did, and climbed up to the top of the incline under the over pass. While we spent FOUR hours waiting for AAA, we had not one, but TWO, tractor trailers stop at the overpass. One was on our side of the road and the other truck was on the other side. The drivers did not get out to ask if we wanted help. They just sat there. I used to drive the alley frequently and I never saw a truck pulled off the side of the road. Yet, here were TWO trucks pulled off the side of the road at this one spot Why? Could it be that when they pulled over, they could ONLY see my wife and not me?

I think if my wife had been there alone, she would have disappeared.

Later,
Dan

 

[oosik]

In our area the coyote is top of the food chain. I see them every day as I travel around the property. I've lost dogs and cats to them because at night the pets go outside the influence of the yard light. Supposedly we have cougars and bears but I've never seen evidence of their activities. The remainder of the animals -coons, porcupines, skunks etc are just a nuisance.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I was walking around the house before dawn this morning with my blacklight searching for scorpions, and when I got to the front corner, I spooked a handful of deer about 20 yards away. They all snorted loudly and took off running. I don't know if the deer or me was spooked the most.