(meteorobs) Meteor Watching and Wild Animals
al mitt
almitt at kconline.com
Sun Nov 1 08:49:44 EST 2009
Greetings Dave, Paul and all,
They sell bear/cougar spray similar to pepper spray only bigger can. I use
this when out hunting meteorites or observing on my own. Cougars are sneaky
and will stalk you so only effective if you can catch them before they
attack. I suppose you can be caught off guard when you are concentrating on
counting meteors per hour or looking at the ground as you swing a metal
detector. Still a piece of mind having the spray though. Best!
--AL Mitterling
----- Original Message -----
From: <pmartsching at mchsi.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Meteor Watching and Wild Animals
>
> Dave,
>
> Probably there was something wrong with these coyotes. At least one of
> them was "insane" or rabid or whatever. In the case of bears, any food
> attracts them, more so if they are "garbage can" bears - accustomed to
> eating people food. There are rare bad-tempered animals, which are much
> more dangerous than usual for their kind. Maybe keep a baseball bat while
> observing? or mace? Mace might just make a bear madder. So far in this
> part of the country mountain lions are rare and they usually do not attack
> people, but sometimes they do. But there is some risk in every activity.
>
> Paul
>
> -------------- Original message from "David Oesper"
> <oesper at mac.com>: --------------
>
> The heartbreaking death of young Canadian folksinger Taylor Mitchell from
> an extremely rare coyote attack this week makes me wonder what the risks
> are watching meteors, alone, at night, on a lawn chair (prone and two feet
> off the ground), in a remote area. Are mountain lions, bears, wild dogs,
> coyotes, etc. more likely to attack you in certain areas of the country
> under those circumstances? Have any of you had (or heard of) incidents,
> and do you take
>> precautions? Recommendations?
>>
>> Just curious.
>>
>> One more thing to worry about, I guess.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> David Oesper
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