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Old 27-06-2005, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by fringe_dweller
LOL Houghy, a smart kid! :p
Ok I have a story i dont know if it was super embarressing tho.
Heysen trail/trackl mid north SA, 2001 leonids meteor storm. It was a group session with other 3 friends. One friend who tagged along, a non-astronomer who didnt dress for the cold despite advice to (naturally). he was in and out of car all night due to feeling cold. At one stage I noticed his silouhette in the pitch black, 3 or 4 feet from me, I thought he must of got out of the car again. I started chatting to him on and off about the show "did ya see that AAAARRR WHHHOOOAAAA WOOOHHOOO" ect.- i was distracted by the show a bit - after I had been talking and standing near him a little while , i was saying Ross? Ross is that you? whats the matter? silence i thought he must of been POed from the cold? then my friend Ross turned and started to gently hop/skip away slowly into the dark? i was confused as to his behaviour - then i yelled ROSS at him as padded away, louder, and the real ross answered me from the car "YER WHAT?" I had been thinking and talking to a large Kangaroo as if he was indeed my friend Ross for maybe as much as 10 min!. LOL I can never figure out how the kangaroo got so close without me noticing?? and why it stayed still so long?
Kearn

Obviously you must have had its ear with the knowledge you were dispensing
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