I got attacked by a feral cat in my back yard one time. Had to get a rabies shot at the wound site and on my ass.
But I have seen and not been attacked by the following, all within NC:
□ A bear (150# size, treed by my dog, about 30' from my cabin, Avery County);
□ a cougar (northern Wilkes County, crossed the road about 200 yds from my truck);
□ a bobcat (crossing a field on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Wataugua County);
□ an eastern rattlesnake (next to hiking trail in Stokes County);
□ a black snake (fell from a tree limb into my canoe);
□ a wolf (hit by a car, Rte 421, Watauga County);
□ brown recluse spider (my basement, Forsyth County);
□ flying squirrel (one of the coolest things ever, in my backyard)
□ black widow spider (my old work, Winston-Salem).
We had coyotes and coy-dogs as common as cats in New York. Also red fox and black squirrel.
My old boss got bit by a brown recluse once and could not fully use his arm for 6 weeks. They are more poisonous than black widows.
Snakes have butts?
