The million year old blog
10 Mar
A few months ago, a neighbour’s cat walked right into my bedroom when I opened the flat door to come in. After inspecting my bedroom for a bit, he found himself a comfy place on a mini table under my window, and that was that. The cat didn’t seem to want to go out! =) I tried picking him up and putting him on the floor and leading him to the door, but he just turned around and went right back to where he was. Then I sat down and started doing some work on my notebook, and the cat would just circle around my chair and rub his fur to my feet. =)) Any attempts of getting him to get out was completely unsuccessful. Until finally after about an hour of playing around in my bedroom, he finally “accepted” to go back home.
If you know anything about raccoons, you probably know that they never let you get close to them. They raid people’s backyards and if one of them finds its way to your kitchen, you should probably say goodbye to any food you had in there. =) And they seem to detect human presence from kilometres away, ’cause the only thing you get to see of them is their cute behinds jumping up and down running away from you with the speed of light. =) And then, once when I was sitting under the rain, in my aunt’s backyard, I noticed one of these cute creatures slowly walking towards me… I was expecting it to just turn around and go away at some point, but that didn’t happen. It walked right to the spot where I was sitting, and then it climbed up my jeans all the way to my knee, so that it’s eyes were looking directly into mine. It was extremely odd! I even petted the raccoon’s back a bit. So it was just sitting there on my knee for some minutes.. I don’t even know how long. And then it decided to leave….. it was a very cute encounter. =)
Yesterday, I noticed that a couple of pigeons were in the balcony again… up to some mischief. I love them really, but they make a bloody mess in the balcony that seeing how I’m on the 23rd floor, is slightly difficult to get cleaned. 😉 Anyway, I knocked a few times on the glass door to the balcony… quite certain that they would be scared and leave. Well, that didn’t happen! So I stepped in the balcony, excepting them to fly away any second now. That didn’t happen either. At some point, I found myself face to face with the pigeons… close enough that I could see all the shiny pretty colours in their eyes. And I was laughing my head off too, seeing how they were just.. standing there watching me! =D So at the end I gave up… and walked back in…. it’s as if they knew the threat was simply non-exiting! =P I swear, one of them was totally giving me the “yeah, right” look! =)))))
And these are just a few….. so… what is it with animals and me anyway? Any theories? =)))
4 Responses for "My Peculiar Animal Magnetism"
Wow! That's a strange and interesting ability you have 🙂
I remember I was talking to some guy at Breakpoint several years ago. He told me that something similar happened to him, but he acquired that ability exactly the day after he had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms. Suddenly every time he walked out in the city, many cats started following him. It was like they were familiar with him, they knew him for years or they found him friendly. That's quite strange. Some times I am wondering what kind of extra senses some animals might have..
Very interesting post, I truly enjoyed it 🙂
Something to worry about with raccoons—they are generally nocturnal, and rarely wander around during the day.
That is, unless they are infected with Rabies, which affects their brains in strange and unusual ways. Mostly, they tend to show up during the day, and have no fear of humans because they are so far gone that they're like wandering zombies, with wide staring eyes, foaming mouths, and a strong desire to bite. They also like blue objects.
You're very lucky.
@ Optimus: Haha, mushrooms… and I do this even without mushrooms! =)) I have a theory that animals have a way of knowing what we think / feel towards them… I think it has to do with that.
@ Fishy: Oh I know about Rabies.. I actually saw one that had it somewhere near my university campus once.. not a pretty scene!
This one I'm sure wasn't infected though.. there's a ravine behind my aunt's backyard and a load of them live there, and they come out as soon as it gets slightly dark. This one had no foam and no hostility and certainly no interest in biting, since it could have bitten the heck out of my fingers instead of playing with them. 😉 =D
Couldn't the !cat take care of the !pidgeons? In all animal-friendliness probably not a good idea.
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