On my paper route, I don't encounter many people, since most are sleeping. I do encounter plenty of nocturnal wildlife. Here's a couple recent ones.
Between mother and child...
I pulled into a driveway to deliver to one of my customer's porches. There was a fawn in the driveway. Mama doe and another fawn were a little further down on the sidewalk.
I was hoping the fawn would dart towards Mom, but instead it went the other way. Wonderful.
Hubby handed me my newspaper and said "Good luck."
I got out, and if deer could give the stink eye, that doe sure was. I was between it and its kid. I delivered the paper. As I went back to my car, the doe had its head down, in ready-to-attack position, and was approaching me.
Me: "I swear to God, I'll be out of your way in a minute!"
It worked. The doe popped her head up and tilted it when I spoke to her. I got in the car and drove off without being assaulted.
Deer Butt Smack
My last section of customers is so easy to deliver to. There’s no porches; no boxes. I just cruise downhill and toss them into walkways and driveways. I deliver to about every other house, and I don’t have to stop until I reach the bottom. It’s great.
So one morning, I’m cruising downhill at a fair rate of speed, tossing papers out my window. Toss. Driveway. Toss. Driveway. Toss…
I didn’t see the deer until it was too late. That paper hit the deer smack in its hind end.
Now, Hubby says I just startled the deer, and it just happened to be running the same direction I was driving. But he didn’t see it. He didn’t look into its eyes, and see the hate. That deer f***ing charged at me!
It came running at me. I’m pretty sure its eyes were glowing red. Yes, thinking back, I’m sure they were, and smoke was curling up from its nostrils as well. It was pissed off and out for blood! I gunned it (frantically continuing to toss newspapers out my window the whole time). That deer chased me and kept up with me all the way to the bottom of the hill, at which point it decided I wasn’t worth it after all and turned off to go munch on someone’s landscaping.
Between mother and child...
I pulled into a driveway to deliver to one of my customer's porches. There was a fawn in the driveway. Mama doe and another fawn were a little further down on the sidewalk.
I was hoping the fawn would dart towards Mom, but instead it went the other way. Wonderful.
Hubby handed me my newspaper and said "Good luck."
I got out, and if deer could give the stink eye, that doe sure was. I was between it and its kid. I delivered the paper. As I went back to my car, the doe had its head down, in ready-to-attack position, and was approaching me.
Me: "I swear to God, I'll be out of your way in a minute!"
It worked. The doe popped her head up and tilted it when I spoke to her. I got in the car and drove off without being assaulted.
Deer Butt Smack
My last section of customers is so easy to deliver to. There’s no porches; no boxes. I just cruise downhill and toss them into walkways and driveways. I deliver to about every other house, and I don’t have to stop until I reach the bottom. It’s great.
So one morning, I’m cruising downhill at a fair rate of speed, tossing papers out my window. Toss. Driveway. Toss. Driveway. Toss…
I didn’t see the deer until it was too late. That paper hit the deer smack in its hind end.
Now, Hubby says I just startled the deer, and it just happened to be running the same direction I was driving. But he didn’t see it. He didn’t look into its eyes, and see the hate. That deer f***ing charged at me!
It came running at me. I’m pretty sure its eyes were glowing red. Yes, thinking back, I’m sure they were, and smoke was curling up from its nostrils as well. It was pissed off and out for blood! I gunned it (frantically continuing to toss newspapers out my window the whole time). That deer chased me and kept up with me all the way to the bottom of the hill, at which point it decided I wasn’t worth it after all and turned off to go munch on someone’s landscaping.
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