I fell asleep on the hammock by our lake, and woke up in the middle of the night to a coyote digging 15 feet from me. The dogs were closer to the house, but they started barking and the coyote ran off. I was so scared to move, let alone get out of the hammock and run for my car (which was about 150 yards away) that I just stayed as still as I could...a few minutes later I heard heavy panting to my left. I slowly peeked my head out of the hammock and saw two coyotes laying about 20 feet from me. I didn't want to call for the dogs (I didn't know how the coyotes would react), and I didn't want to shine the flashlight on them (again, didn't know how they would react), so I just laid there...as still as I could. It was a good part of an hour before I made the decision to just run and chance getting chased and eaten alive by wild coyotes, rather than laying there all night getting no sleep. So I said in my mind "now or never," and stood up and ran as fast as I could. Once I got in my car I had to take a breather before I could drive. I was shaking so bad I couldn't quite grasp the wheel. I soon drove up the road to my house and fell asleep in my bed (INSIDE...away from wildlife). I've learned that hammocks are for daytime use when you live in the woods!
Lynn thinks it's a "good omen" and that the coyotes were watching over me. Maybe, but it was scary as hell being there!
