Well... That was strange.

[JagermanXcell]

Just the other day I drove home and found a stray cat under my Dad's car. It came out when I asked it to and started to cuddle with me, and there I was sitting with a cat outside my house at 8pm for almost 30min, petting an animal which I am allergic to. I decided to leave the cute thing a bowl of water, then I rushed into my house to annihilate the cat from my arm which thankfully didn't make contact with my face, which could have possibly ruined my night sleep. I'm too nice sometimes.

Also when I was 12 I went to SeaWorld, bought a churro which a seagull snatched out of my hands a minute later.
What a douche.

 

[Mr_Universal]

I once ended up leading a train of ducks for quite a while on a sidewalk...apparently they thought i was cool and wanted me to be their leader. Duck-Man!

 

[shootthebandit]

I remember one time I was on a train. At one point, a pigeon hopped on the train and rode it for a bit. It hadn't hopped on by accident, it wasn't panicking and looking for a way off. It stood by the door, waiting for it's stop. We actually passed a couple of stations and it stood aside to let people on. When we did reach it's stop, it didn't even fly out of the train. It hopped onto the platform, waddled around for a sec to make sure it was at the right stop, then took off.

Also there was this one time when I saw a bee trying to get through a glass pane to get through some flowers, even though it could have flown around the pane quite easily, the little guy bonked it's head against the glass like thirty times and then buggered off.

Im not surprised about the pidgeon thing they are very good navigators. Its reckoned that they have a in built "compass" to tell directions. It doesnt surprise that its followed the route of the train and knew when to get off

 

[Estranged180]

When I was younger, I had a run-in with a pack of timber wolves. Instead of dying, and being eaten pretty much on the spot, I was accepted into the pack. That was when I was 17. I'm 43 now, and I went back a few months ago. The pack is different, but there's one that remembered me (he was a pup when I showed up) and get this... he's the alpha now. But he remembered me, and accepted me as an (here's the surprise) equal.

As a side effect, dogs everywhere think I'm just perfect. I haven't been attacked by some of the most out of control fighting dogs (e.g. pit bulls, dobermans, etc.). Instead, I get snuggled, licked, and in one case, defended. The owner of the dog (the douche that trained him to fight in the first place) came at me with a baseball bat. His dog (a monster of an Akita) had a go at him, got him down, and bit the guy in the throat. Didn't break the skin, but it was enough to let me get the fuck out of there, and when I went, the dog followed me out.

Coincidentally, I now have an Akita.

 

[Jack Joe Tip Toe]

When I was younger, I had a run-in with a pack of timber wolves. Instead of dying, and being eaten pretty much on the spot, I was accepted into the pack. That was when I was 17. I'm 43 now, and I went back a few months ago. The pack is different, but there's one that remembered me (he was a pup when I showed up) and get this... he's the alpha now. But he remembered me, and accepted me as an (here's the surprise) equal.

As a side effect, dogs everywhere think I'm just perfect. I haven't been attacked by some of the most out of control fighting dogs (e.g. pit bulls, dobermans, etc.). Instead, I get snuggled, licked, and in one case, defended. The owner of the dog (the douche that trained him to fight in the first place) came at me with a baseball bat. His dog (a monster of an Akita) had a go at him, got him down, and bit the guy in the throat. Didn't break the skin, but it was enough to let me get the fuck out of there, and when I went, the dog followed me out.

Coincidentally, I now have an Akita.

I remember seeing a pack of wolves while riding my bike near where I live. They looked at me aggressively as I rode by. I tried to act like I wasn't afraid on the outside, but on the inside I was crying like a ***** hoping they wouldn't attack me. And they didn't. I probably wouldn't be typing this right now if they did.

 

[Extra-Ordinary]

So I was walking outside when a dog started to follow me. The dog seemed friendly, so I let it follow me. When I made it to my house the dog was still with me. I digged through my pocket to find my key, until I felt something on my shoe. I looked down and saw the dog sniffing at my foot. I just ignored it and kept digging for my keys. I found the keys and I felt some on my foot again. I look down to see that the dog loved my foot so much that he decided to piss on it. I shooed the dog away and yelled fuck in every single way possible at the dog while it ran away to piss on some other guys foot.

So have you ever had any strange encounter with a man or animal?

I have almost an identical story of some Sheepdog following me home from the bus stop.
Didn't even know he was there for a while, just looked over and jumped because OH MY GOSH, DOG! Don't sneak up on me like that!

And I have a cat story kind of like this one:

I've had a cat that I passed which followed me and purred like a mother f****r. It was acting all sad, desperate for love and hungry that I went to a local shop, bought a plastic fork and a tin of cat food I went back.

When this cat saw me (and the catfood) it came towards me like a ballistic missile and was overjoyed. I dropped the food onto the ground, the cat ate it, and was then like "yeah cheers bro, see ya." and left me.

Thought I'd made a friend, instead got manipulated by a hungry cat :-/ I am not a smart man.

We found a cat in our backyard the day after Thanksgiving. Hey, we got some extra turkey, I bet she'll love that! And she did, except she actually stayed.
She was affectionate too, coming home from school, she would walk out and meow and roll around like a madman.

 

[Little Woodsman]

I was walking to work very early one morning, so early that the streets were deserted. I spotted a dog some yards in front of me, and thought "Wow, what a pretty dog." Then I realized that this very pretty dog was also very large, and also not in the company of a human. I wasn't sure whether to keep walking towards her, but before I could make up my mind about it she spotted me and bolted straight for me. I was much younger & quicker then, but even so barely had time to turn and bring my arm up in to a defensive position. When she reached me, instead of attacking she just put her fore-paws on my arm and looked in to my face. Relieved, I scratched her behind the ears and looked to see if she had a collar and tags. She did and her tags showed that her address was less than 2 blocks away, and I decided to lead her home. She followed me happily, and as I approached the address I saw that there were several similar dogs in the back yard of the house. Dog left me and went to socialize with the other dogs through the fence. As I was walking up the walk to the front door, the door to the house opened and a man stepped out. I informed him that I had found the dog less than 2 blocks away, and her tags said she lived here. He looked at me in amazement and asked "How did you get her to come with you?". I told him that she had run up to me and had followed me gladly. His face showed even more amazement, so I asked "Why, isn't she friendly?". After staring at me for another moment he said "I suppose she's friendly enough, but *wolves* just *don't* do that." (Turns out she was a wolf/German shepherd mix)
So I made friends with a wolf thinking she was a dog.
No idea why the man was allowed to breed half-wolves in town (suspect the authorities just didn't know about it).

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

I was driving through a neighborhood on like 3 separated occasions and I've had a black cat just casually walk across the road. I'm not typically a superstitious man, but when it's almost 11 at night and you're driving and black walks onto the road, stops, looks you dead in the eyes with its freaky yellow cat eyes, its time to pull the good luck charms out of the glove box

Also, my neighbor once fed an abandoned baby robin. I didn't know this at the time and when I went to her house (I had a paper rout and it was collecting time) and I knocked on her door and this wild bird seriously flew down from a tree and hopped right onto my shoulder. Needless to say, I was surprised

 

[Leemaster777]

I was on holiday in florida and went to busch gardens (which incidentally is an amazing place, its a theme park and a zoo rolled into one) anyway i was watching the gorilla which is in this massive pit about 30-40 feet deep and you look down into it. I was sat there for a while watching him and a few other people joined me all of a sudden he shat on his hand and he tilted his head and admired it for a few seconds. Luckily i knew what was coming next so quickly darted round the corner some old lady looked at me with confusion as to why i darted and she got hit in the side of the face by a shit which had been thrown a good 40 feet (at least)out of this pit with pin point accuracy

I'm a native Floridian, and I can say with relative certainty that Busch Gardens is pretty much the best theme park in the whole state.

Everyone goes nuts for Disney and Universal and all that, but Busch Gardens is REALLY where it's at, and pretty much everyone I know agrees with me. The animal exhibits are awesome, you can actually buy beer in the park (unlike some others), and it has pretty much all the best roller coasters (the only roller coaster in the entire state that's better that what you'd find in Busch Gardens is pretty much just The Hulk in Islands of Adventure). Not only that, but Busch Gardens also has Howl-O-Scream, which happens around Halloween time, and turns the park into a huge collection of haunted houses at night. Universal does the same thing with Halloween Horror Nights, but Howl-O-Scream is way better, IMO.

...not sure where I was going with this, but I'm glad to see that someone not from America on holiday in Florida didn't immediately gravitate to the obvious Disney and Universal options.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I got a hug from a stranger once for wearing a Porcupine Tree shirt.

 

[Evonisia]

There's a three-legged cat that constantly comes to my house for some reason, it always wants a stroke but obviously I'm hesitant because I don't know who owns it and as such, whether it is diseased or not.

 

[shootthebandit]

I was on holiday in florida and went to busch gardens (which incidentally is an amazing place, its a theme park and a zoo rolled into one) anyway i was watching the gorilla which is in this massive pit about 30-40 feet deep and you look down into it. I was sat there for a while watching him and a few other people joined me all of a sudden he shat on his hand and he tilted his head and admired it for a few seconds. Luckily i knew what was coming next so quickly darted round the corner some old lady looked at me with confusion as to why i darted and she got hit in the side of the face by a shit which had been thrown a good 40 feet (at least)out of this pit with pin point accuracy

I'm a native Floridian, and I can say with relative certainty that Busch Gardens is pretty much the best theme park in the whole state.

Everyone goes nuts for Disney and Universal and all that, but Busch Gardens is REALLY where it's at, and pretty much everyone I know agrees with me. The animal exhibits are awesome, you can actually buy beer in the park (unlike some others), and it has pretty much all the best roller coasters (the only roller coaster in the entire state that's better that what you'd find in Busch Gardens is pretty much just The Hulk in Islands of Adventure). Not only that, but Busch Gardens also has Howl-O-Scream, which happens around Halloween time, and turns the park into a huge collection of haunted houses at night. Universal does the same thing with Halloween Horror Nights, but Howl-O-Scream is way better, IMO.

...not sure where I was going with this, but I'm glad to see that someone not from America on holiday in Florida didn't immediately gravitate to the obvious Disney and Universal options.

I really like animals and i prefered the natural theme of the park rather than one based on movies. It also seems more mature and you are never rushed. I went to the other parks and was genuinely disappointed with disney (apart from the water parks). Disney and universal just seem to rush the guests around theres no time to take everything in, where as at busch gardens theres far more time to relax and enjoy whats going on. Everything at the other parks seems to be a movie cash-in which just makes it feel a bit cheap. Overall id recommend it more than any of the others i can genuinely say that its probably one of the best days out youll have and i mean a full day. We got there at opening time in the morning and left in the evening

 

[Mr Fixit]

When I lived in Florida we had a squirrel that would sit on one of our window sills & eat peanut butter that my mom fed it. Then about a year or so later it came back to the same window with a few baby squirrels.

I've had so many stray dogs & cats come up to me that it's not even strange anymore. One of my cats was going to fight with a 5 foot long snake one time, luckily he listened when I told him to back away.

 

[Miyenne]

Our mother's cat used to sit on the seat of her walker when she went for walks around the neighbourhood with our dad. He'd hop right up and sit looking ahead and have the time of his life apparently. I never saw, but she thought it was fantastic.

 

[Private Custard]

The other week I was sat in the garden. A blackbird was sat on our TV ariel (bungalow, not too high up), constantly making that 'chirrup chirrup chirrup' mild-alarm call. This went on for about 20 minutes, until I turned around and shouted up at him,

"For Christs sake, you're a songbird, sing something awesome if you're gonna sit there and be noisy".

He then proceeded to burst into a seemingly never-ending song of amazing complexity, the like of which I've never heard before.........and I've spent a lot of time photographing birds over the years.

I. am. Dr. Fucking. Doolittle!!

 

[VodkaKnight]

A barking Labrador once jumped up and licked me when I was walking to my friends house a few days ago.
Then cuddled me for a while.
It was pretty nice.

 

[That Annoying Guy]

I was on holiday in florida and went to busch gardens (which incidentally is an amazing place, its a theme park and a zoo rolled into one) anyway i was watching the gorilla which is in this massive pit about 30-40 feet deep and you look down into it. I was sat there for a while watching him and a few other people joined me all of a sudden he shat on his hand and he tilted his head and admired it for a few seconds. Luckily i knew what was coming next so quickly darted round the corner some old lady looked at me with confusion as to why i darted and she got hit in the side of the face by a shit which had been thrown a good 40 feet (at least)out of this pit with pin point accuracy

You good sir have just made my day!

 

[WindKnight]

I've had a cat that I passed which followed me and purred like a mother f****r. It was acting all sad, desperate for love and hungry that I went to a local shop, bought a plastic fork and a tin of cat food I went back.

When this cat saw me (and the catfood) it came towards me like a ballistic missile and was overjoyed. I dropped the food onto the ground, the cat ate it, and was then like "yeah cheers bro, see ya." and left me.

Thought I'd made a friend, instead got manipulated by a hungry cat :-/ I am not a smart man.

Cats are like that... had mine own one get very snuggly out of nowhere because I was eating some cold beef, and she was off as soon as we'd finished the plate between us.