Quote Originally Posted by artificer View Post
I nearly widdled myself....
I too live in the country and love the open space and the abundant wildlife, though it's only my 5 acres! About two months ago, I was up at about 3:00 AM (a night owl like Artificer) and had gone out into the front yard under a new moon to...well, 'widdle.' Standing in the dark, part way through my assignment, a rhinoceros charged at me from across the lawn, crashing through the cedar break and heading right toward me!!

Or...that's what it sounded like. If you are familiar with the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), you will know it to be small, nocturnal, common to Texas...and incredibly noisy when frightened.

I leave to your imagination the sight of an old man running for dear life, unzipped, before the snarling giant glyptodon.

[Even my wife doesn't know the whole of this story.]