{"id":21612,"date":"2022-07-24T21:35:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T01:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=21612"},"modified":"2022-08-30T18:44:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T22:44:17","slug":"episode-616-buffalo-scares-cyclist-in-elk-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=21612","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 616 BUFFALO SCARES CYCLIST IN ELK ISLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EPISODE 616    just try and get by me..buffalo block road Elk Island<\/p>\n

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\u201cIS THAT BUFFALO CHALLENGING US\u2026DARING US TO GET CLOSER?\u201d<\/div>\n

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We were idling along,  alone, enjoying the wilderness <\/div>\n
at Elk Island when we met this guy\u2026this big bison who was walking right<\/div>\n
up the middle of the road as if he owned it.  Which was probably true.<\/div>\n
Then an odd thing happened.<\/div>\n

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An older man on a racing bike passed us then braked\u2026turned around and<\/div>\n
came back to our car.  We had stopped as we weren\u2019t sure the buffalo was friendly.<\/div>\n
If he took a run at the car there would be a bill to pay.<\/div>\n

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\u201cCould you put your car between my bike and that buffalo.\u201d\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201dDangerous?\u201d\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWell he seems to believe he owns the road. and maybe he<\/div>\n
can outrun my bike.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSure we\u2019ll act as a buffer.\u201d<\/div>\n

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All went well.  the guy on the bike was hidden from the buffalo.  Our car<\/div>\n
was vulnerable however.   <\/div>\n

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\u201cNo problem \u2026 the bison is just looking for shady place to lie down.<\/div>\n

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July  2022<\/div>\n

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WE GOT PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE BUFFALO WHO DID NOT REALLY CARE.   PICTURE TAKEN BY MARJORIE.<\/div>\n

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That was the closest we got to a buffalo.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EPISODE 616    just try and get by me..buffalo block road Elk Island alan skeoch \u201cIS THAT BUFFALO CHALLENGING US\u2026DARING US TO GET CLOSER?\u201d We were idling along,  alone, enjoying the wilderness  at Elk Island when we met this guy\u2026this big bison who was walking right up the middle of the road as if he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}