Peggy, I am a country girl, always have been and always will be. I am used to all kinds of scary critters. The thought of being scared never crossed my mind. I get so preoccupied when I am "discovering" new territory..I guess I don't have the good sense to be scared. I have a one track mind, and can not do 2 things at once. LOL! Last Spring when we went on search of old cemeteries and actually found some...we had to walk miles & miles into dense underbrush without any clue what would be there to greet us. Honestly, I was so excited about the hope of finding my dead ancestors' graves, my safety was the last thing on my mind. I did have a very strange encounter at an old cemetery recently. While I was down checking out a tombstone, a lady stepped out from behind a tree..It really startled me because I had no idea anyone else was in the cemetery. This lady approached me & started talking. I would go into detail about the conversation, but you all would think I was totally craz! y. That really scared me. Let's just say I have not been back to that cemetery since. Critters don't scare me Peggy...people do!! I can outguess, or hopefully outrun a critter...but no so sure about a person..LOL!! Joan Broach Morris