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Being Eaten Alive!

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There has been a couple of TV reports today about people narrowly escaping the jaws of some most unseemly creatures.

A) Crocodile
B) Great White shark

Both escaped with their lives..... phew! :o

I was wondering if any members of the forum have ever been attacked by gargantuan predators and if so, would they care to share their experiences with us?

Blimey, it's been a bit slow on here lately. :roll:

Just trying to liven the proceedings up a bit.

To get the ball rolling and to help people get over their embarassment, I was once attacked by a wildebeest on the way home from the pub .......

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Hi, Flighty!
Never got attacked but I did have a 20 ft GW shark swim over me once whilst snorkel spear-fishing off the coast of Monopoli! Waited till it passed with bursting lungs, surfaced to warn the other 4 in my party only to see the wake from their fins 500m inshore from me as they power-finned to safety! They did a fair impression of a cross channel ferry. Must admit it was a few days before I ventured back in!!! :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Had a run in with a black bear in Canada. Not a nice experience with a mag full off blanks, a few rounds went missing the next time I was on the range.

A sheriff was sitting on the porch and saw this guy enter the village being chased by a grizzly.
Just as it got close enough to take a swipe at him, it fell over.
The sheriff picked up his rifle and shot it just as it had tried to take another swipe.
The guy gasping for breath thanked the sheriff.
The sheriff said "if that had happened to me I would have sh*t myself".
The guy replied "what do you think it kept falling over on ".
This is a true story, honest. :roll:
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Post by fatboycedric »

chased by black bear in Canada too, went a bit too close to take a pic, guess teddy-bear didn't agree with being a model .

last year got chased by Flippy, male adult elefant,
and later on got chased by Fumpy, other male adult elefant, in Sath Iffrika. Good job ranger had done an F1 course, otherwise we'd have been minced meat.
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oh forgot about this one :
got chased in Riyadh, by some Imam, for not covering my hair while exploring the town.
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Post by Chappy »

Get Phileas Fogg there ^


:wink: :lol: :D :)
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Post by sneaky beaky »

Hi Jayne, who was that wild beast that chased you on the way home from the pub - or aren't you saying!!
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Post by flighty »

'Twas your good self, Sneaky...... in me dreams! :lol:

I posed the same question on the 'other' forum I use last night (a bit slack on there at the moment, as well.)

You will be pleased to know that your collective close encounters are winning hands down so far.

On the other side we have had; mosquitoes, a shredding machine and a very small ink-squirting squid.

No contest! :wink:

And Mr Negotiator.... I spent a month back-packing round the Greek islands shortly after seeing 'Jaws.' I only ever went in the sea up to my ankles that holiday despite temperatures hot enough to fry eggs on car bonnets! :o

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Excellent!! Don't suppose there is any video foootage of that? :roll:

Nasty so-and-sos, wild pigs. They lurk in the woods in my favourite holiday hotspot in Turkey. I ate one once (well, a bit of one) as part of a fantastic Sunday lunch in Normandy. Got galloping food poisoning and puked all the way home. Several hours on the Dieppe/Newhaven ferry, train to Euston and then, having missed the last train to Crewe, a complete night on Euston station top with the tramps. :o They were such gentlemen .... woke us up when the police kept coming to move us on.

My mate and self took it in turns to vomit in the various receptacles round the station. Aaaahhhh ..... happy days.
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I was once chased by a load of Maltese in 78.

Me and an Oppo were walking past a TV shop when we sussed all these Malts crying their eyes out.

Me Oppo Spud asked them "Whats up, the Pope dead or summut?" (he was) As it was the Old Pope had Popped his clogs a few weeks before and the new one Popped his about 4 weeks into the job. I then suggested that it would be best if they "Buy one get one free". Not the best thing to say to a Mob of "VERY" keen Catholics in hind sight.

I reckon to this day that if they had caught us they would have eaten us alive! :D

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Post by flighty »

I remember that! I was working in Crete at the time. We thought a 'Pope of the Week' was a pretty cool idea. :roll:
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Post by Wholley »

I had a Mako bump me just to see what I was.
Back when I used to do some night dives in the Carribean.
An old buddy of mine had two fingers removed by a Conger eel that he'd been feeding for a couple of years.He went back down and speared the bastard.
Conger is not the best eating IMHO
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Next time when being attacked, try this for self-defence :

http://www.jokaroo.com/ecards/funnymovi ... ml?afsrc=1
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