Trail attack story - harrowing...and true.

[tvashtarkatena]

Two years ago I went for a trail run through the Fifth of July Peak area above the Chiwawa River. As I traversed the trail just below Carne Mountain, I was confronted by an enormous bull porcupine; peerless, fearless, and leashless. He crawled down from his tree and began advancing at a menacing pace of a third of a mile per hour or so, maintaining full eye contact, all the while snorting aggressively like an deflating bagpipe.

 

As anyone who's been charged by a 40 pound rodent can tell you, I was terrified as I stumbled backwards to escape the onslaught. Had been carrying the trusty Desert Eagle I'd been thinking about impulse buying, I could have blown his quills over half of Entiat County. Instead, I had only my instincts for protection.

 

Finally, it dawned on me; I began to walk away from him.

 

I still wake up nights thinking about what might have happened had I tripped, hit my head on a rock, and been rendered unconscious during that desperate moment.

Edited March 19, 2007 by tvashtarkatena

[Weekend_Climberz]

Make sure to carry spare brake and power steering hoses and fluids next time Tvash. I hear they love munching on that stuff :tup:

[Blake]

In the Bugs, is there chickenwire laying around the parking lot, or must you supply it yourself?>

[AlpineK]

It's been a long time since I was there, but there was plenty of spare chickenwire at the parking lot when I was there.

[Winter]

Chickenwire comin out yer arse in the parking lot for the Bugs.

[tvashtarkatena]

Jesus, I'm almost killed by a porcupine and all you guys can talk about is protecting your vehicles! If they can chew throught the better part of a tractor trailer tire, imagine what they can do to the soft parts of your face!

[AlpineK]

I know a thing or two about porkies in the bugs. We didn't have any protection the first time I was there. On our return we started to drive out of there till my truck started to spew water. Porky has chewed through a radiator hose on my rig.

 

I walked to the lodge there where they were guiding heli hiking. One of the guides let us borrow his rig. I drove to Radium and bought some new radiator hoses. We thanked the guy and fixed our truck.

[mtn_mouse]

As anyone who's been charged by a 40 pound rodent can tell you, I was terrified as I stumbled backwards to escape the onslaught.

 

And don't you forget that!

[tvashtarkatena]

Just keep your relations out of my compost pile. That's where I become the aggressor.

[archenemy]

Jesus, I'm almost killed by a porcupine and all you guys can talk about is protecting your vehicles! If they can chew throught the better part of a tractor trailer tire, imagine what they can do to the soft parts of your face!

Might be an improvement.

[tvashtarkatena]

Ducky.

[mtn_mouse]

Just keep your relations out of my compost pile. That's where I become the aggressor.

 

I'm getting a hankering to shit in your butter dish.

[tvashtarkatena]

Just keep your relations out of my compost pile. That's where I become the aggressor.

 

I'm getting a hankering to shit in your butter dish.

 

Stand in line. We've got two dogs and two cats.

[cj001f]

I was almost raped by a Weka. Being almost fucked by a flightless fowl is no joke

[tvashtarkatena]

Get between a weka and his empty tuna can and find out who's boss.

[cj001f]

Get between a weka and his empty tuna can and find out who's boss.

 

The female kakapo is always boss

[tvashtarkatena]

That's where an attack stoat comes into its own.

[cj001f]

I only have one trained performer in my pants and it's not a ferret or a stoat.

[Blake]

I was almost raped by a Weka. Being almost fucked by a flightless fowl is no joke

 

Better than almost getting killed by a weTa.

[tvashtarkatena]

Now a weta; that CAN eat the soft parts of your face.

[wayne]

So your rig is ok Tvash?

[billcoe]

Two years ago I went for a trail run through the Fifth of July Peak area above the Chiwawa River. As I traversed the trail just below Carne Mountain, I was confronted by an enormous bull porcupine; peerless, fearless, and leashless. He crawled down from his tree and began advancing at a menacing pace of a third of a mile per hour or so, maintaining full eye contact, all the while snorting aggressively like an deflating bagpipe.

 

As anyone who's been charged by a 40 pound rodent can tell you, I was terrified as I stumbled backwards to escape the onslaught. Had been carrying the trusty Desert Eagle I'd been thinking about impulse buying, I could have blown his quills over half of Entiat County. Instead, I had only my instincts for protection.

 

Finally, it dawned on me; I began to walk away from him.

 

I still wake up nights thinking about what might have happened had I tripped, hit my head on a rock, and been rendered unconscious during that desperate moment.

 

One more reason they should allow hunting with dawgs. Now that, I tell you, would be some serious sport.

[tvashtarkatena]

So your rig is ok Tvash?

 

My rig is fine. These aren't the white trash, lowland Canadian porcupines that hang around parking lots we're talking about, these Cascadian monsters are the real deal. I can't even look at a chia pet now without shuddering.

Edited March 20, 2007 by tvashtarkatena

[archenemy]

Me either, but that's a different story...

[G-spotter]

Porcupines is good eating under the pricks

So pulling the spines off gives culinary kicks

All the cougars agree

Its porky for me

And have their own rodent-devouring tricks