EPISODE 616 just try and get by me..buffalo block road Elk Island
alan skeoch
“IS THAT BUFFALO CHALLENGING US…DARING US TO GET CLOSER?”
We were idling along, alone, enjoying the wilderness
at Elk Island when we met this guy…this big bison who was walking right
up the middle of the road as if he owned it. Which was probably true.
Then an odd thing happened.
An older man on a racing bike passed us then braked…turned around and
came back to our car. We had stopped as we weren’t sure the buffalo was friendly.
If he took a run at the car there would be a bill to pay.
“Could you put your car between my bike and that buffalo.””
”Dangerous?””
“Well he seems to believe he owns the road. and maybe he
can outrun my bike.”
“Sure we’ll act as a buffer.”
All went well. the guy on the bike was hidden from the buffalo. Our car
was vulnerable however.
“No problem … the bison is just looking for shady place to lie down.
July 2022
WE GOT PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE BUFFALO WHO DID NOT REALLY CARE. PICTURE TAKEN BY MARJORIE.
That was the closest we got to a buffalo.