swan
I got attacked by a swan. I was on a canoeing weekend (I was never going to admit that to anyone…) in Wales last year. Minding my own business, paddling along (quite a way ahead of everyone else cos they were pissing about), and there it was. Paddled straight past it as we were told, so I could get out of its territory but it obviously didn’t like me at all…next thing I knew it was flying at my head! I was very, very scared. Anyone who tells you swans aren’t the most frightening thing ever is lying. I had nowhere to go, middle of a very deep river with a MONSTER flying at me. Lucky for my skull the swan didn’t want to hurt me, just to scare me, so it swerved at the last moment. It did proceed to do this twice more though. This swan must have had the biggest territory ever cos I was paddling like crazy for about 10 minutes to try and get away from the thing. It finally left me alone but has left me emotionally scarred. I used to think they were beautiful but now whenever I see one I see the devil.
(hmm., Thu 2 Jun 2005, 15:53, Reply)