'He thought I was a turkey': Man attacked by bobcat while hunting
Claude Strother isn't just talking turkey.
The 82-year-old is living his own tall tale.
Strother has been hunting turkeys since 1975 and he thought he had seen it all 맥스카지노 a new chapter is being written in his hunting story this year.
Being attacked by a bobcat wasn맥스카지노t something he saw coming.
맥스카지노Just a fluke deal," he said of the recent incident near his Alabama home.
맥스카지노I always sit by a big tree. This time I didn맥스카지노t. I sat by two little trees about as big as your arms. About 18 inches apart,맥스카지노 Strother said.
The native of Selma, Alabama, was setting up for a big day of hunting when he said he took a hit from behind.
맥스카지노I set the perfect storm for it. There I was, perfectly camouflaged in a gap, and all he could see was my head, and all of a sudden, I was knocked over, and I turned and reached back. I assumed someone had hit me with a baseball bat. It was that hard. Dazed me, but it was nothing there. I looked back around, and the bobcat was trotting down the road. It could have been a lot worse.맥스카지노
The bobcat had just missed clawing Strother맥스카지노s eyes. The bobcat did bite into the back of his head.
Strother took selfies to show his family right after it had happened.
In his nearly 50 years in the woods, this was a first.
맥스카지노He thought I was a turkey. My yelping is real good," Strother said, with a laugh. "He assumed I was a turkey with a wide head, I guess. So he tried it. I don맥스카지노t blame him at all. I got no grudge against that bobcat, I wouldn맥스카지노t have shot him if he let me.맥스카지노
While Strother, his wife and their daughter are now laughing about the bizarre occurrence, at the time, Strother did take it seriously and went to the doctor to get checked out.
맥스카지노My dad has so many unbelievable but true stories that it맥스카지노s not surprising,맥스카지노 said his daughter, DeAnn McGilberry.
McGilberry shared her father's story on social media. She said reading the hundreds of comments on has helped her father take his mind off his recent cancer diagnosis.
Nothing, not even a bobcat or cancer, is going to keep Strother out of the woods.
맥스카지노Next morning, I went to the same spot,맥스카지노 Strother said.
Strother said he맥스카지노s killed 247 turkeys in the past 50 years.
He said he맥스카지노s hunted in 18 states, including Mexico.
He said Alabama turkeys are the most challenging to hunt.
