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Yes, like moose or bears? We've had both as some others on here have had.

A couple Christmases ago, we had a rabid skunk that one of our kids almost stepped on and then got chased by before it tangled with the dog.

Then another time one of our boys almost pulled another skunk's tail that was poking out from under a shed while thinking it was one of our fluffy cat's tails. I think he had two run ins with strange tails.

We had a dog catch one of our flyaway wild turkeys without hurting it. There were a lot of feathers flying!

We had another fly off a bale toward me when I was heavy at 9 months pregnant. 😳 I could hardly walk & suddenly found out that I could still run! Boring...

Or when a piglet prematurely jumps out of a wagon, gets chased by husband who gets chased by big uddered milk cow. The commotion all immediately stops when husband yells, then starts immediately up again when piglet decides to run. This happened in one direction across our little pasture, then across the other way.

Then there is the tracking down & disposing of all manner of predators, and also the excitement of new life, trying to save a life and the disappointment of a death.

Being snowed in for days or having roads washed out so that you have no in/out access.

Having the dog herd back, on her own, the livestock that got out, or bring in someone else's horses.

Finding a bunch of kittens after an intense "private eye" search, a new calf in the morning, or newly hatched babies...

Exploring in the bush or in a creek...making a fort or teepee out of the fallen trees...

Things gone bad or experiments that worked!

We have so many stories. Yep. I'd say that's boring. 😂

We have so many stories to tell other than...one day when I was walking in the mall...

Lets keep this non-political, but I do need to express my frustration... the Census Bureau is driving me crazy!!! First the form came in the mail; I filled it out an sent it in. Then a guy came to the door.... I told him I'd already sent it in. He asks me questions anyway.. I had to get back to work and asked him to leave. He argues with me, sat in the driveway and made a 20 minute phone call, obviously reporting me for non-compliance. Then, they send me a letter telling me I have to fill out the long form, under penalty of law. So, I start and after nearly an hour and well over 100 really personal questions, I just didn't have time to do it or even all the answers. So, I canceled that out... had to call in and ask them to reset the online form and send me a paper form. It was a BOOK! I spent most of a day filling it out and mailed it in 3 weeks ago. I got a letter today saying because they have not received my form, they are scheduling another census taker to come speak to me in person. Well, what if I'm not in? What if I'm the phone with a client? These letters are like IRS level threatening and I'm actually getting very angry.... I do have an Irish temper when pushed. How much is a person supposed to take? Honestly, I just want to be left alone.

When I had my one career I lived in cities. I walked away from that one job and returned to the country.

My work related friends would ask, "How can you live in the country - its boring." Boring? If I told half the stories of what happened around here they would lock up.

My one rooster one spring went from nice to total nasty. He broke the screen door off a smaller chicken pen and held the homestead hostage for 4 days. He would not attack me with this claws but would run into me and knock me on the ground. He was quite big. He could out run me too.

My one friend told me to get it drunk then I could catch it. Two thimble fulls worked and I caught him. But he still had a nasty attitude. I was thinking of chicken stew when my Amish friends came to fish in our back yard. They fished for a few hours but did not have the luck they wanted, so I told Andy if he could get that rooster out of the pen he could have it. You have heard the wild fish stories people tell, well this man went out to fish and came home with a massive chicken