[Tax-chick]

It’s like nature is getting back at us. Very interesting stuff.

[Vigilanteman]

True story. My wife is from California and hadn't seen much wildlife outside zoos until she married me and moved to North Dakota. We had been married about three months when I took her on an extended weekend trip to the North Dakota badlands, one of the most beautiful places on God's green earth and teeming with wildlife in late spring.

We were driving slowly on one of the roads when we became surrounded by a herd of bison. She thought the massive beasts were cute and wanted to know if she could roll down the window and pat one on the nose.

No, I told her, they could flip this car as easily as I could a wheelbarrow. Just wait them out.

After a long 20 minutes, they got bored and ambled off in another direction and we resumed our journey. I still tease her about that close encounter with wildlife.