Coyote double with 2.5 yr old son on my shoulders

Spurchaser said:
See I was the opposite…I wanted to be in the dark to see the ghosts, werewolves, paranormal activities that everyone talked about. I learned young that the darkness is not evil and scary.
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I don't find darkness itself evil and scary. God can be just as present in the darkness as in the light. But I have heard many stories of people who were confronted by spirits manifesting as ancestors, deceased friends, ghosts, etc who present themselves as harmless and just wanting to be helpful or comforting. After communication is started....often through the process of many years, these people become tormented by these spirits. Other people, doing what you suggested: seeking out paranormal activities, have become slaves to the spirits of the occult world. I want to maintain on my guard and have nothing to do with these evil deceptive spirits. I've seen the damage and harm they can do to people; and what a struggle it often is for them to become freed from them. I take comfort in the dark because I believe the Spirit of God and His angels are with me and they are more powerful than the evil spirits. I am also more in-tune with them in the stillness of the night because, as it was said: "When every other voice is hushed, and in quietness we wait before Him, the silence of the soul makes more distinct the voice of God. He bids us, "Be still, and know that I am God.""

Thankfully there aren't rattlesnakes in my region. I do have to watch out for them if I cross over to the east side of the cascade mountains though.
 
Ok, let me rephrase, I wasn’t seeking anything, just wanted to see if anything like that was true. I’m 56 and have never seen or could even think I’ve seen a ghost, spirit, UFO, aliens, werewolves, vampires, black panthers, etc, lol. I’m not one to hear about something and believe it, I have to experience it and I’ve never experienced anything like that. It could be because I don’t believe in it. I’ve never been one to hear a bump in the night and turn on lights, if they’re on I turn them off.
 
Oh, ok. I see. I'm not quite sure how I'd describe myself in that regard....some things I definitely want to experience myself. But for other things I'm perfectly content to keep my distance and learn from others.
 
Spurchaser said:
I learned young that the darkness is not evil and scary.
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oh yes it is...especially when you are predator hunting alone, use a prey distress sound and something very close and unseen in the waist high weeds starts making sounds like it wants to eat you and is very capable of doing it. :ROFLMAO:
 
Spurchaser said:
A rattlesnake sounding off in the dark will have you second guessing your decisions, lol.
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You betcha!
I'll use a flashlight in the dark where I hunt, thank you, but not much I can do about daylight in tall grass, but that's where the shooting sticks are nice.;)
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I remember seeing those pics before Clarence. Makes me glad to live back East. In my 'pert near' 74 years I have only seen 2 timber rattlers and no copperheads.
 
bohunr said:
oh yes it is...especially when you are predator hunting alone, use a prey distress sound and something very close and unseen in the waist high weeds starts making sounds like it wants to eat you and is very capable of doing it. :ROFLMAO:
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I used to be a little worried walking back to the truck after an evening archery hunt. What was I worried about???
HOGS!!
The only time I’ve ever been “chased” up a tree was by a sow with piglets and I’d unknowingly walked into the middle of them. I was just thankful she didn’t destroy my bow cause I dropped it when I needed both hands to shimmy up that tree!!
 
22magnum22 said:
No worries about the snakes Clarence has, they have no heads!
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Yup. I disarm them all before handling! Have heard several stories such as the linked report below and have made it a practice not to handle "armed" snakes, dead or alive. ;) :)
A man nearly died when a severed snake head bit him. The scary part? It’s not uncommon

ETA: Been doing so for many years. First time I recall specifically was in the mid 60's when my son was 8 or 9 years old and I killed a small (about 3') rattler at hunting camp and my son asked if he could skin it for a hatband. I cut the head off, gave him a knife and sat him down at an old cable spool we used as a cleaning table. He and a friend played with that snake for at least an hour before he started skinning it. If they slapped it, it would coil up and strike out just as it would have if alive. After an hour or so, he showed up at the camper door and asked his mom if she would cook the snake..........her reply was, here's the skillet, if you want it cooked, have at it. :LOL: He fried it in butter and it was pretty darn good, tasted like frog legs.
 
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