OMG Muduh, that is scary and the woman totally downplayed it. That is dangerous and you should call the sherriff's office and report it. If they get enough reports of dangerous animals, they have to do something. Especially before someone gets seriously hurt.
I'm glad your hubby is ok. But I had to laugh at what you said about the gun. No one's ever asked me that either and its kind of disappointing in a way. I have this mental picture of you running out of the house with a shotgun kind of like Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies (not that I think you are as old, ugly or hillbilly as Granny
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