I started a run at 5am. Ran up a mountain. I was running along a trail, minding my own business, when I saw a deer on the path up ahead of me. I took out my camera, started a video, and walked towards it. I got closer to it and realized that it was a wild boar, and it realized MY existence and made a loud scary snort and jumped off the trail. It freaked me the fuck out. He had big horns. It was making snorting noises off in the bushes, and I was just standing there on the trail, paralyzed like a deer in headlights, convinced that he was going to come stampeding towards me any second. I slowly backed away down the trail, thinking 'shit shit shit shit.' I finally stood behind a tree and decided that if he came towards me I could either hide behind the tree, or climb up it.
He didn't make any noises after that, and I was pretty determined to get to the top of the mountain, so I slowly tip-toed my way up the trail. As soon as I was convinced he was behind me I started running as hard as I could to get away from him.
I didn't quite make it to the top of the mountain. There was a vertical cliff in my way. But I still had some amazing views of Grenoble at sunrise. Grenoble is really the Golden of France.
omg i'm glad you didn't have a run in with that boar. they kill people at fort benning all the time - when my mom used to do work there she had to get trained to avoid them.
ReplyDeleteit looks beautiful though!
Anthony! Wild boars are dangerous number 1, and number 2, I LIVED IN GRENOBLE!!!! That's crazy that you are there now! Crazy awesome!
ReplyDelete1. I definitely realized that wild boars are dangerous, especially ones with big horns that are making grunting noises. Adrenaline was pumping hard, so I was super ready to sprint up a tree if I had to.
ReplyDelete2. Eva. That's crazy you lived in Grenoble!