Could he be called a 'fox whisperer' ?
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:52 pm
Chris and the fox.
We were just sitting and having a chat about all sorts of stuff, then Chris, my hubby, remembered the fox that trotted by our back garden fence one night. It was fairly late one balmy summer evening, when most sane people had retired to their beds. Chris was just standing in our small back garden, which over-looked a kiddies play park. At the outside corner of our ranch-type fence was a street light, one of 3 which lit a public pathway that went all along the outside of the gardens of the line of houses.
While Chris was standing there looking at the night time view, a male fox came trotting along this pathway, slowing to a walk as it approached the street light by our garden fence. It was aware that there was a human being standing on the other side of the fence, and seemed a little nervous. Chris didn't move but started to talk to the fox in a quiet voice, (almost a whisper even ) , and the fox stopped. He was standing beneath the street light and he looked towards Chris. He made no move to go away, but after a minute or two sat down. He seemed to be listening to Chris's quiet soothing words and Chris said he noticed that the fox's eyes were half closed. Chris carried on with his quiet, soothing talking and after a few more minutes the fox curled up under the street light and appeared to go to sleep !! Chris kept on talking in quiet low tones and the fox remained curled up and obviously unafraid. Fortunately nobody wanted to walk along that pathway or along the road the other side of the play park, and strangely there were no vehicles at all passing by to disturb this delightful scene. Chris stood there for nearly 20 minutes talking quietly and the fox remained curled up, and for all the world, asleep !!
There was the sound of somebody putting some tins into their rubbish wheelie bin and closing the lid. This sudden noise made the fox instantly stand, he glanced at Chris through the fence then quickly trotted away and out of sight.
There are often foxes wandering the area at night , but we have no idea if our friendly fox is one of them. I hope so, and I hope he thinks kindly of the humans that lived near that street light.
We were just sitting and having a chat about all sorts of stuff, then Chris, my hubby, remembered the fox that trotted by our back garden fence one night. It was fairly late one balmy summer evening, when most sane people had retired to their beds. Chris was just standing in our small back garden, which over-looked a kiddies play park. At the outside corner of our ranch-type fence was a street light, one of 3 which lit a public pathway that went all along the outside of the gardens of the line of houses.
While Chris was standing there looking at the night time view, a male fox came trotting along this pathway, slowing to a walk as it approached the street light by our garden fence. It was aware that there was a human being standing on the other side of the fence, and seemed a little nervous. Chris didn't move but started to talk to the fox in a quiet voice, (almost a whisper even ) , and the fox stopped. He was standing beneath the street light and he looked towards Chris. He made no move to go away, but after a minute or two sat down. He seemed to be listening to Chris's quiet soothing words and Chris said he noticed that the fox's eyes were half closed. Chris carried on with his quiet, soothing talking and after a few more minutes the fox curled up under the street light and appeared to go to sleep !! Chris kept on talking in quiet low tones and the fox remained curled up and obviously unafraid. Fortunately nobody wanted to walk along that pathway or along the road the other side of the play park, and strangely there were no vehicles at all passing by to disturb this delightful scene. Chris stood there for nearly 20 minutes talking quietly and the fox remained curled up, and for all the world, asleep !!
There was the sound of somebody putting some tins into their rubbish wheelie bin and closing the lid. This sudden noise made the fox instantly stand, he glanced at Chris through the fence then quickly trotted away and out of sight.
There are often foxes wandering the area at night , but we have no idea if our friendly fox is one of them. I hope so, and I hope he thinks kindly of the humans that lived near that street light.
(actually, gmc, I thought that was very funny LOL ) It hadn't got any lippy on, or mascara and he wasn't carrying a handbag ! :yh_rotfl (mind you that isn't always a pointer these days, is it ? :wah: )