Ramjet159
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Not really a woo woo story but a scary one for me anyway .
I was working in the Pilbara region ( far NW Australia) which is basically where arid desert land meets the coast , harsh mining country in about 2008 . We’d do our 12 hr shift then spend 12 hrs back at the work camp in amongst the scrub land .
Anyway every evening I’d kit up the sweat gear and go for a walk out of the camp and up the highway a few kilometres and then back to the camp .
I’ve paced a few Ks up the road and am just thinking about turning around when suddenly hear from the bushes this mad asses stomping towards me noise and as it stopped a load Hissing like some giant pissed off serpent .
I’m frozen . Fear has frozen me solid . I know reasonably well my native animals but this had me cold .
What animal of this obvious size hisses at you while boss stomping through the bushes ?
Has a frickin Circus been to town and some big assed exotic animal escaped ?
Do I move or will it aggravate it even more ? Will I become it’s game?
I make the decision to slowly turn and attempt to slip away quietly. Nope that isn’t happening , I barely take a couple steps and it’s stomping closer to me while hissing even loader like I ate it’s fucking fries .
Shit !!
I’m going to get dragged into the bushes and eaten by an angry unidentified Desert monster .
How do I get out of this ? Will I get out of this ? Can I get out of this ?
I’m spinning right out and I can hear my heart jumping out of my chest .
The ‘Thing ‘ has stopped moving toward me but it’s still hissing but to a lesser degree now so I get a few moments to make a decision even if it’s a shit one .
I’m legging it . I’m reasonably fit so what the fuck .
I’m off bolting up the road , not looking back until I’m totally spent .
Adrenaline took me another couple hundred meters further than I’d ever ran in my life before stopping and looking back .
I can’t see anything but I couldn’t even at close range , it’s pitch black .
I can’t hear anything.
I wait a few moments then keep walking and waiting for my heart to get out of heart attack BPM .
I get back to camp and walk into the wet mess where my crew are having a few beers .
You,ll never guess what just happened to me . I told them the story and they’re all pissing themselves laughing .
One of them says to me you my friend just got bailed up by a big red buck Kangaroo protecting his women . They apparently get nasty when you get close and the male will staunchly protect his harem . He says your lucky it didn’t kick the feet and tear you open .
I knew they fought each other and could be aggressive but I never counted on me being the possible opponent .
Unless I was Jackie Chan I would’ve got a right hiding .
I never walked outside the camp again during my stay .
@MacGydro your story reminded me of my unknown creature in the dark .
I was working in the Pilbara region ( far NW Australia) which is basically where arid desert land meets the coast , harsh mining country in about 2008 . We’d do our 12 hr shift then spend 12 hrs back at the work camp in amongst the scrub land .
Anyway every evening I’d kit up the sweat gear and go for a walk out of the camp and up the highway a few kilometres and then back to the camp .
I’ve paced a few Ks up the road and am just thinking about turning around when suddenly hear from the bushes this mad asses stomping towards me noise and as it stopped a load Hissing like some giant pissed off serpent .
I’m frozen . Fear has frozen me solid . I know reasonably well my native animals but this had me cold .
What animal of this obvious size hisses at you while boss stomping through the bushes ?
Has a frickin Circus been to town and some big assed exotic animal escaped ?
Do I move or will it aggravate it even more ? Will I become it’s game?
I make the decision to slowly turn and attempt to slip away quietly. Nope that isn’t happening , I barely take a couple steps and it’s stomping closer to me while hissing even loader like I ate it’s fucking fries .
Shit !!
I’m going to get dragged into the bushes and eaten by an angry unidentified Desert monster .
How do I get out of this ? Will I get out of this ? Can I get out of this ?
I’m spinning right out and I can hear my heart jumping out of my chest .
The ‘Thing ‘ has stopped moving toward me but it’s still hissing but to a lesser degree now so I get a few moments to make a decision even if it’s a shit one .
I’m legging it . I’m reasonably fit so what the fuck .
I’m off bolting up the road , not looking back until I’m totally spent .
Adrenaline took me another couple hundred meters further than I’d ever ran in my life before stopping and looking back .
I can’t see anything but I couldn’t even at close range , it’s pitch black .
I can’t hear anything.
I wait a few moments then keep walking and waiting for my heart to get out of heart attack BPM .
I get back to camp and walk into the wet mess where my crew are having a few beers .
You,ll never guess what just happened to me . I told them the story and they’re all pissing themselves laughing .
One of them says to me you my friend just got bailed up by a big red buck Kangaroo protecting his women . They apparently get nasty when you get close and the male will staunchly protect his harem . He says your lucky it didn’t kick the feet and tear you open .
I knew they fought each other and could be aggressive but I never counted on me being the possible opponent .
Unless I was Jackie Chan I would’ve got a right hiding .
I never walked outside the camp again during my stay .
@MacGydro your story reminded me of my unknown creature in the dark .