I've just had the most amazing experience !!!?

Question

I was standing outside,taking in the night life and a deer strolled into my garden..He looked a little startled but i spoke softly to him and he carried on pottering around..Wow,that's the closest i've ever been to a deer and i've lived in the countryside all my life..Anyone else had such a fantastic experience ??

Answer 1

exactly the same as you, when a deer wandered into my garden. I agree, it was totally fantastic!

Answer 2

I was visiting Glacier Park and went way too close to a moose. She was very forgiving. I stayed for a while just watching. I have been near moose since, but never so close.

I have had deer come up near me when I was throwing hay to the horses. A buck, doe and fawn watched me from about 8-10 yards away.

My daughters have been really close to black bears, by accident, really because the bears were getting close to people by the river two years ago. Bears come up behind people unloading groceries here and try to go into their houses sometimes.

Close encounters with wild animals can be magical or terrible accidents!

Answer 3

Yep,

When I was a girl I feed them grass out of my hand, in the forest across the road from my house (I was never told not to feed wild animals, i guess they thought i wouldn't be in a situation to do so!) I have held many kinds of birds, even a humming bird. I have called a giant squirrel within ten feet of me by knocking on the tree i was sitting beside.....the list goes on (I once walked up to a big horn sheep and petted it! My family was on vacation in the Rockies and my dad turned his back...i snick over and it let me touch it....not to smart by my current thinking.....I also showed no fear then so who knows??) The list really does go on.

I was singing and praying in the forest last year and came across a great Grey owl. I had my camera with me and was able to talk to the majestic bird to get close enough for an amazing photo (20 feet away in broad daylight)

These experiences are why I am a believer in the supernatural world, creation, GOD and animals as sacred. I believe we did come from Eden and one day maybe people will care again.

I am so glad to hear of an up close encounter....as an adult now I stay my distance....peace

Answer 4

I work at Yosemite in the summer months. The deer in my area are so used to us they will come right up to us. One girl was having her lunch break outside one time, she felt something over her shoulder, looked and saw a deer standing right there. I don't remember who jumped higher, her or the deer.

Answer 5

I was swimming in the sea off Cornwall years ago and a basking shark swam past me about 20 feet away.

It was incredible. I just floated there and watched it.

It was such a huge animal to be near, it was totally awe-inspiring.

Cant say I would have been so relaxed if it had been a great white!

Answer 6

It is a lovely story, and since you live in the countryside it's a positive story. What's unfortunate, though, is that I've noticed since I was a kid that I see more and more deer, all the time, in places I really shouldn't be seeing deer - backyards, shopping centers - because of the encroachment of suburbia on their habitat. It's a lovely feeling to suddenly come upon them and to have that moment of gentleness - but unfortunately everywhere I've seen them (Suburbs of several different cities) it's always because a new office plaza or home development got built in what used to be a lovely little creek area or open field. They've simply got nowhere good to go.

I have done a lot of traveling and outdoor hiking so I have lots of hiliarious up-close encounters with wildlife (like the moose I almost pedaled right into riding my bike on a street in Fairbanks AK.) However, I recently had one that freaked me out - I went for a short walk around sunset by myself on some of the back trails near my boyfriend's house in LA. (NEVER DO THIS.) I walked up to the end of the road in his neighborhood and then proceeded maybe 100 yards into a parkland area accesible by foot. Within full view of 5 houses, in the middle of this field by a clump of trees, I heard a movement and suddenly found myself staring down a mountain lion. It stared at me and seemed just as surprised to see me as I was to see it. I turned around and walked back out as calmly and quickly as I could and it didn't follow. I felt very stupid and very lucky. Dusk and Dawn are, of course, prime mountain lion hunting time, Mountain lion (aka cougars) are pretty common sights in the low mountains around LA, and petite women are NEVER supposed to hike in mountain lion country by themselves. I just didn't think they would venture that close to the houses - we were within sight of houses, the road, and within shouting distance of a couple of dogs and a few people walking on the street.

Answer 7

That is a lovely story and, yes I have one which is along the same lines. I was offering peanuts to some squirrels in my aunt's backyard when a pure white one came up to me, looked at me with inquisitive black eyes and took the peanut right out of my hand!

Answer 8

I've had deer come up and lick salt right out of my hand. It's incredible how trusting they can be.
I have one question though. How did this wind up in Books& Authors???

Answer 9

No, but I like your story. I love animals, and I think gaining the trust of an animal is special, and it's not too hard. The key thing is leave them be, give them space, don't intrude, let them come to you. Sadly homo sapiens on the whole tend to do the opposite.

Answer 10

Deer are creatures of habit, chances are he`ll be back tomorrow night,so be prepared, have your 12 bore loaded and under your arm.