Re: [APML] Critter stories (Was NGC7000 in Tech Pan)

[George Anderson <georgea@cam.org>]

We have a lot of feral cats in our neighbourhood, they prowl around day
and nigh. The lot next to us was vacant and so they used to search there
for food as well as use it as a throughway.
I got fed up with them coming around while I was observing so I used to
throw rocks in their general direction. Never tried to actually hit any,
but as long as it was close they would shoot off and leave me alone for
an hour or so.
One night one was vary brazen and even though I would throw rocks he
would only move a little bit each time. I could hear him coming up the
small hill to the driveway and I decided I'd teach it a lesson. I
grabbed a handful of smaller rocks with the intent of nailing it in the
hindquarters to teach it a lesson. I could vaguely make out its
silhouette as it came over the top and wound up in  a full major league
pitch reday to nail it. I danm near ripped my shoulder apart clenching
the rocks tighter in my hand and stopping the windmill action when I
realized it was a skunk and he was less than ten feet away. When I
bolted in through the front door my wife asked what was wrong and I
simply replied skunk. We turned on the outside light and watched him
sniff the scope and other its I had out there for ten minutes before he
finally buggered off.
Next summers big astro project is a small observing deck with a pier,
reachable only by a short ladder.

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health

Alan Voetsch wrote:
> 
> Hey Stuart,
> 
> --- Stuart Heggie <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > under the tummy and I'm thinking "You know, I don't recall her having
> > this
> > big wide white stripe on her back YIKES!!!". Backing away quickly but
> > the
> > skunk never even acknowledged my presence or proximity!
> 
> That could've been nasty. They tend to be pretty stoic, but if they are
> startled, well, you know...
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