Was helping look for a lost pet and saved myself looking in the wrong places because he had become diseased and bit and infected the person who found him.
Dunno why this got downvoted, not being bit by and getting sick from an animal is dodging a bullet. What, are we supposed to be "It's a poor 'lil guy, just be happy you get rabbies?"
It's because I've triggered a lot of raised eyebrows from people elsewhere who consider it their pilgrimage (because that's how much they are peeved by me) to find me in other places and vandalize/spam my stuff and experience, hence something I often say which itself also gets the same stones thrown at me. Somedays it seems I can't walk to the post office without being showered with phantom disdain.
Never been shot at but I came very, very close. My finger could've plugged the barrel.
One year, Alaska. Hiking with friend on boulder field. We stop for a break, I stand below friend on the slope. 3-foot rock rolls down at me, luckily I was balanced enough to pivot out of the way.
Next year, nearby. High speed car accident with moose. I hit the brakes just before the moose. Came through the windshield a foot to the right of my head.
Alaska's an amazing place, but it has its share of dangers too.
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