Not quite as scary as Art and Lisa’s Neighborhood…..
This morning, N went outside while I finished my coffee. Pete and S had left for S’s workout and N and I were going to Bates to run on the track. I had just finished the usual walk through-turning off lights and locking doors and N was at the patio door signalling for me to let her in.
She says that she is really scared and that a large animal hissed at her.
Last year, our neighbor had a rabid raccoon in her garage. There have been rabid foxes in the area. I am taking this pretty seriously. I pick up the phone.
I ask her if the animal attacked her.
No.
I ask her to describe it.
I start thinking about where we stored the phone book and move towards the den.
She says that she thinks it was a bobcat or maybe even a cougar.
Really big.
Brown.
Okay- not a raccoon. She tells me- bigger. It turned and walked away.
She points out the path and I figure- not rabid because it went away- I’ll tell Pete about it and keep the kids in. We leave for Bates.
Coyote? Maybe.
Fox? Maybe.
Oh yeah- Had a white tail.
Tan/brown.
After our workout, N verifies that deer can hiss.
On an unrelated note, her new glasses are on her face right now.
