• MuhammadJesusGaySex@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    This happened to me 2 nights ago. I was fishing for catfish and it was 9pm. The sun went down at like 5. I’m in the woods with a bright headlamp on, and there is an old service road behind me that I’ve never seen anyone drive down before.

    So, imagine my surprise when I see 2 headlights coming down the service road. When I realized it was coming towards me I cut off my headlamp. I don’t know if it’s like this everywhere, but in the south everyone I know was taught to always assume people in the woods are up to no good and to be avoided.

    Anyway, the truck stops on the hill 30 meters above me. I grabbed my machete in preparation for whatever is about to happen and continue fishing in case they are lost or something. I can hear rap music blaring from the radio. So, I’m pretty sure not a game warden, and about that time I see a second truck coming down the road. It stops behind the first. They get out and talk for a few mins then leave in opposite directions.

    I was incredibly relieved that nothing happened, but I also went ahead and packed up and left after that.

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        11 months ago

        That was actually the second crazy thing that happened on that trip. The first happened earlier while it was still light out. I was at a spot where a long country straight away was up above where I was fishing.

        I heard a car go by really fast. Then I heard the tires scrr short pause scrrr long pause then scrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr BOOM!!! The boom was so hard and close I felt it in the ground. A few mins go by and a cop car goes by then a fire truck then another fire truck. After a few more mins an ambulance with siren on goes by. A few more minutes later I saw that same ambulance leaving without sirens and not in a hurry.

        So, either the driver was completely ok, or…

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    11 months ago

    Dude! You’re doing it all wrong! Colorado TOADS are hallucinogenic, not bullfrogs! Stop slabberinf the poor insect-munchi-boiis!

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      11 months ago

      Pretty sure bullfrogs will eat whatever it can get in it’s mouth.

      Also, I’m pretty sure I have no idea what the difference between a toad and a frog.

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        11 months ago

        Toads can live outside of water for longer, and generally have bumps all over their skin. Frogs live almost entirely in the water and have smooth skin.

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    11 months ago

    I began reading The Dunwich Horror last night and he makes mention of piping bullfrogs, and it sent me down this intense nostalgia trip over how well I know (and miss) that sound since leaving the Midwest. Who would have thought all those swampy BUNKS and GUNKS and BwwAaahhHhh-bwAaaAaahh-BwwAaaHhhh-BwwAaAaaaahhs would become such a cherished part of my past?

    Gotta get me a plane ticket next Spring and go bullfrog hunting.

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    11 months ago

    I’ve been out until at least 4am looking for frogs and I have no regrets