Dingos, Dinosaurs and Demonds
Is Australia's wildlife friendly or ferocious?
Yesterday I felt as thought there was a natural conspiracy when I nearly died of fright 3 times.
I have to explain that we are staying in a National Park in the middle of nowhere, in a place called Treatchery Camp (I know I know, might as well be called Cape Fear!!!).
So it's early afternoon and I'm having a Sound of Music moment & sprinted back from the toilets towards Chris. Suddenly from between the trees a bird almost flew into my face but I dodged it and kept running through the woods. I stop. Immediate instinctive breaks...I feel danger. And there, right in front of me & hissing REALLY loudly at me, is a 2 meter long lizzard!!!
The poor dinosaur must have thought I was charging straight at him, he can't hear Julie Andrews so he is in defense mode, ready to jump at me.
So I hesitate for a moment with the lizzard & his mouth wide open just a meter away from my face and then common sense takes over. I slowly back away and when it's safe I turn and run away from it letting out an expletive.
The 2nd time Chris & I where playing hide and seek in the woods @ dusk. It's our last game and so far my hidding has been rubbish so I want to make my final attempt a good one. Chris starts counting and i run as fast as my legs would take me into the forest. I stop to hide behing a tree and I'm about to crouch down when I hear a crunch (like a twigg being stepped on). I slowly turn my head to the left, and there they are...two dingoes with their legs open, staring at me! I was paralysed for a moment and thenI walked back facing them & shouting "Chriiiiiiiiiissssss!!!!!" in a low but very loud voice. Chris came running over and at the sight of his boofhead they ran away.
The 3rd event was at 2am. I was fast asleep when I felt Chris uneasy between myself and the blonde. I asked if he was ok and he shushed me and told me to listen. It took me about 2 seconds to tune into what was happenning, and I can't believe it hadn't woken me up. In the pitch black, emmanating from just above our heads was a sound. Imagine the following sounds mixed together: Darth Vader, the girl from the exorcist, and the devil. It was a loud heavy breathing with a dirty snarl to it. My heart was in my throat and I felt like I was going to have a heart attack with fear. We worried even more when Chris banged the van & unlike most normal animals of reasonable size , it didn't run away, it carried on breathing demonically.
Eventually it stopped very suddenly and we still haven't found out what it was, but I didn't sleep after that.
So, is Australia's wildlife friendly or ferocious? I think you know my answer.
Yesterday I felt as thought there was a natural conspiracy when I nearly died of fright 3 times.
I have to explain that we are staying in a National Park in the middle of nowhere, in a place called Treatchery Camp (I know I know, might as well be called Cape Fear!!!).
So it's early afternoon and I'm having a Sound of Music moment & sprinted back from the toilets towards Chris. Suddenly from between the trees a bird almost flew into my face but I dodged it and kept running through the woods. I stop. Immediate instinctive breaks...I feel danger. And there, right in front of me & hissing REALLY loudly at me, is a 2 meter long lizzard!!!
The poor dinosaur must have thought I was charging straight at him, he can't hear Julie Andrews so he is in defense mode, ready to jump at me.
So I hesitate for a moment with the lizzard & his mouth wide open just a meter away from my face and then common sense takes over. I slowly back away and when it's safe I turn and run away from it letting out an expletive.
The 2nd time Chris & I where playing hide and seek in the woods @ dusk. It's our last game and so far my hidding has been rubbish so I want to make my final attempt a good one. Chris starts counting and i run as fast as my legs would take me into the forest. I stop to hide behing a tree and I'm about to crouch down when I hear a crunch (like a twigg being stepped on). I slowly turn my head to the left, and there they are...two dingoes with their legs open, staring at me! I was paralysed for a moment and thenI walked back facing them & shouting "Chriiiiiiiiiissssss!!!!!" in a low but very loud voice. Chris came running over and at the sight of his boofhead they ran away.
The 3rd event was at 2am. I was fast asleep when I felt Chris uneasy between myself and the blonde. I asked if he was ok and he shushed me and told me to listen. It took me about 2 seconds to tune into what was happenning, and I can't believe it hadn't woken me up. In the pitch black, emmanating from just above our heads was a sound. Imagine the following sounds mixed together: Darth Vader, the girl from the exorcist, and the devil. It was a loud heavy breathing with a dirty snarl to it. My heart was in my throat and I felt like I was going to have a heart attack with fear. We worried even more when Chris banged the van & unlike most normal animals of reasonable size , it didn't run away, it carried on breathing demonically.
Eventually it stopped very suddenly and we still haven't found out what it was, but I didn't sleep after that.
So, is Australia's wildlife friendly or ferocious? I think you know my answer.
posted by Chris at 3:10 AM
1 Comments:
You two tell the most fantastic stories.
Scary moments!
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