“Listen, did you hear that? I am sure I heard a bell. Yes, a tinkling bell!”
And so a search might began, a frenzied search to discover the source of that lonely sound.
Many years ago In a bygone era before the embalming process was practiced it was the customary to dig up the remains of the [...]
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HIGH VOLTAGE TREATMENT FOR SNAKE BITE
It must be remembered that the following described technique is still under a lot of attack but there are many cases where the efficiency of the technique has been tested on snakebite vicims especially in third world countries with positive results.
If you research the treatment you will find many articles, pro and con. It must [...]
A SHOCKING EXPERIENCE
I was following a wilderness trail back on the state land near my home searching for bear sign.
As a naturalist and a wildlife photographer I have spent countless hours observing bears and I have concluded that of all creatures bears really are such interesting folks.
The similarities between bears and humans are quite remarkable.
Think [...]
WITHOUT WARNING
The large snake was warm and for the moment that was all that was important.
Lying in the grass as he was he was well hidden though there were not many that would dare to intrude upon the reptiles solitude.
In six years of life he had never been threatened by another predator except [...]
FRIEND OR FOE
Running for her life, endeavoring to escape the terror that was fast approaching the doe was already fatigued.
Her ragged breath and rolling eyes indicated her primordial fear for she instinctively understood the inevitable outcome of the contest if she was to so much as falter.
The snow hampered her progress, dragging at her, holding her back [...]
THE OLD DOG AND THE PUP
The pup had reached the end of the trail. With no idea what he had been following he had come face to face with his quarry. Yes, he had reached the end of the trail and it could very well be his last, for the formidable creature that he faced could kill, horribly. The young [...]
HURRAH FOR GOD!
“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying: ‘This is the way, walk ye in it.’ “ (Isaiah 30: 21)
We were fighting forest fire in Northern Michigan. For three days we dug fire breaks only to have the fire sweep around us. We [...]
THE GOOD LORD TAKES CARE OF OLD MEN, CHILDREN, FOOLS AND WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS
As soon as I glimpsed the small group of whitetail deer approaching the river I beached the canoe and quietly stepped into the shallow water. I was wearing cutoffs and an old pair of sneakers as well as my well-used camouflage gear.
The water was cool as I moved quietly to the downstream side of [...]
FELINE MIND CONTROL
I don’t want to alarm you by what I am going to say but I want you consider the implications carefully. Civilization as we know it might be, probably is, definitely is, nearing an end.
I have never considered myself a conspiracy theory nut, or, contrary to popular opinion, any sort of nut. Just because I [...]
THE DARKER SIDE # 2
Another episode in: THE FINER ART OF HOUSE KEEPING FOR DISCRIMINATING GUYS
As is usual with things of this magnitude it all started quite innocently enough. I decided to clean the refrigerator. Why I felt that this was necessary I can’t imagine, after all, when a thing has gone ten years without being cleaned there can’t [...]
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Writer / Public speaker / naturalist / bear walker /wildlife photographer, providing wildlife footage for educational purposes to such fine organizations as Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, Equinox Documentaries, Jim Fowler's 'Life in the Wild', Conservation Biology Magazine, Florida Department of Natural Resources, and various universities.