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Jeremy Cheng
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Jeremy Cheng

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Did I do anything wrong? Many years before COVID, I was camping. I walked to a cabin in the area I was camping at around midnight and standing a few feet away was a coyote. I stopped walking, faced the coyote and stood there without looking at its eyes. Eventually it ran away back into the woods. I stayed silent throughout this encounter. It didn't bark or howl, it simply stood there for a bit. Anyone else encounter them while camping? What did you do? And I didn't have any coyote spray that time.

12-Jun-2021 05:43:25

Dong U Dead

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Wow, what an experiment :O Not many people can have that story to tell :)

Were you afraid for you life, or afraid of being attacked??

We don't have dangerous wild animals in my country so I don't know the answer even so it sounds like you did the right thing as a lot of wild animals like the chase.

I didn't know there was such a thing as a coyote spray.

You are very brave to experience such a thing and to survive it :)
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12-Jun-2021 06:35:32

Jeremy Cheng
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A little scared yeah. At least it wasn't a wolf, since it was shorter than a wolf. Based on its fur color it wasn't a dog, and no one camping with us then brought their dogs. A dog would have chased it away.

12-Jun-2021 12:07:20 - Last edited on 12-Jun-2021 12:07:51 by Jeremy Cheng

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Nope, no Coyote, but I did have a Raccoon encounter. I usually camped alone in a 2-man Pup Tent in the mountains with a shotgun, just in case.

It was dark and had started raining. There was a nice breeze blowing so I left the flaps open, crawled into my sleeping bag and settled in to do some reading. My shotgun was beside me, loaded with the safety on.

At some point, I turned my lantern off, though I don't remember doing that, and fell asleep. I was rudely awakened by a loud chattering. At first I couldn't place what type of animal was in my tent. I took the safety off the shotgun with one hand and turned the lantern on with the other. There at the foot of my tent was a Raccoon soaked from the rain. I told him, "You may stay the night, but you have got to be quiet." I secured the shotgun, turned off the lantern and settled back into my sleeping bag. Next morning he was gone.
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13-Jun-2021 07:52:32

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