Not really weird, but kinda funny.

I was in a treestand during archery season one year. I was a little bored so I was watching a squirrel busily going up and down in the trees gathering his nuts. He was sitting on a branch for awhile as the sun was shining directly on him. I think he dozed off and all of a sudden he fell to the ground, about twenty feet or so.

And this is the truth. He hit the ground and lay stunned for a sec. The he raised up and looked around as if to say, I hope nobody saw that. Then he ran up a tree and disappeared.

He actually looked sheepish, if it is possible for a squirrel to emote.


Another time in the stand...

I was sitting there and felt a movement of air. As I turned my head to look, a large owl swooped directly at my head veering off at the last possible second. Nearly fell out of the stand. Scared the crap out of me.

I have long brown hair and it was in a ponytail. The owl mistook my head for a squirrel and almost got me. Had a 4 ft. wingspan.

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