What are some weird/creepy/scary/ things that have happened to you? I'm curious.
One time my husband and I were taking a road trip in South Texas and it is all open ranch land and country side. There are these little road stops with restrooms, picnic tables, vending machines, etc for travelers. It's around lunch time and we stop at one. It's one of the older ones that's basically just a covered table and bench and a bathroom. So we're having our sandwiches we brought with us and we're the only ones there. He's sitting with his back to the brush and trees and I'm facing him. I get up to go use the restroom and while I'm washing my hands I hear him shout. I rush out and look where he's standing, his sandwich scattered and he's staring at the bushes. I ask him what's going on and he points at the brush.
There I see it. A big fucking ostrich snacking on some bread she had just snatched right out of his hand from behind his back. An ostrich just chilling out at a Texas roadstop. Now, it was funny and scary because he was not behind a fence and I'd read what sort of damage an ostrich can inflict on a human body. We slowly back up and this thing comes out, flapping her wings out and starts pecking away at the rest of his sandwich. While she's distracted we make a break for it and run to the car and get in. We take off and flag down the first highway patrol car and let him know. He tells us it's been a problem with emus and ostriches running around free because the people that bought them to cash in on what was supposed to be the next big thing in meat lost their money and can't take care of them. He called it in and said they have been rounding up these stray birds for months and some of them are breeding and creating a wild population.
One of those literal jaw dropping experiences, seeing something you least expect. I just wish I'd been there to see my husband's face when that thing reached over his shoulder and pecked his sandwich. It was definitely a weird experience.
TL;DR Ostrich appeared out of nowhere and snatched a sandwich.
One time my husband and I were taking a road trip in South Texas and it is all open ranch land and country side. There are these little road stops with restrooms, picnic tables, vending machines, etc for travelers. It's around lunch time and we stop at one. It's one of the older ones that's basically just a covered table and bench and a bathroom. So we're having our sandwiches we brought with us and we're the only ones there. He's sitting with his back to the brush and trees and I'm facing him. I get up to go use the restroom and while I'm washing my hands I hear him shout. I rush out and look where he's standing, his sandwich scattered and he's staring at the bushes. I ask him what's going on and he points at the brush.
There I see it. A big fucking ostrich snacking on some bread she had just snatched right out of his hand from behind his back. An ostrich just chilling out at a Texas roadstop. Now, it was funny and scary because he was not behind a fence and I'd read what sort of damage an ostrich can inflict on a human body. We slowly back up and this thing comes out, flapping her wings out and starts pecking away at the rest of his sandwich. While she's distracted we make a break for it and run to the car and get in. We take off and flag down the first highway patrol car and let him know. He tells us it's been a problem with emus and ostriches running around free because the people that bought them to cash in on what was supposed to be the next big thing in meat lost their money and can't take care of them. He called it in and said they have been rounding up these stray birds for months and some of them are breeding and creating a wild population.
One of those literal jaw dropping experiences, seeing something you least expect. I just wish I'd been there to see my husband's face when that thing reached over his shoulder and pecked his sandwich. It was definitely a weird experience.
TL;DR Ostrich appeared out of nowhere and snatched a sandwich.
