Touched by a Wild Mountain Gorilla

[CMD]

At one point in this clip, the subject of interest is heard to say "my heart is racing". A close encounter of the gorilla kind hmy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg2hCuDy2wg

[greywolf22]

I saw this the other day, its pretty neat.
Jack

[cgode]

wow, that was pretty cool.....If I was that guy I'd be changing my shorts! He did the right thing, stayed quiet and kept still....wasn't a threat at all....and was rewarded with something few have experienced before.
Thanks Charlie.

[CMD]

Yeah, he was really smart not lookin those guys in the eye!

[roustabout149]

That is far out, Charlie!  Amazing to watch...and what I wouldn't do for that touch.  Looked to be a kind and gentle touch.  Scratch and sniff!   The fella was conscious of the necessity to, "freeze!" hmy: Wonder if his legs were like jelly after the fact!

[turkeytail]

Very cool Charlie! Notice he kept his head down showing submission. Lucky they didnt see him smiling.

[rmartin]

Great one Charie, I really enjoyed that.

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roustabout149 wrote:

That is far out, Charlie!  Amazing to watch...and what I wouldn't do for that touch.  Looked to be a kind and gentle touch.  Scratch and sniff!   The fella was conscious of the necessity to, "freeze!" hmy: Wonder if his legs were like jelly after the fact!

  I agree Pam, would love to have such an experience, but I'd be laying limp on the ground after :S

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turkeytail wrote:

Very cool Charlie! Notice he kept his head down showing submission. Lucky they didnt see him smiling.

Ain't that the truth! Try smiling at a mad dog and see where that gets ya :unsure:

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rmartin wrote:

Great one Charie, I really enjoyed that.

Glad to hear it, Ray. It's apparently gone viral in the past week, Jack saw it earlier, my wife found it on the web today and I've since sent it along to a few friends. I don't know if I could have kept my knees from knockin :lol:

[Hoss]

The only way I could do that is if I knew I could out run the camera man! LOL :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:
Great post Charlie

[CliffJ]

Wild!!!
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[ksrocks]

Thats a great one Charlie! Don't think I could do that. :unsure:
Joe.

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ksrocks wrote:

Thats a great one Charlie! Don't think I could do that. :unsure:
Joe.

Joe, showed this to my nephew today and we both agreed it would be hard to volunteer to "go sit over there while a troupe of gorillas toys with ya"! But, still wish I was that guy and lived to talk about it B)

[ksrocks]

OK Charlie u the MAN!! :woohoo: I guess after the fact it would be ok, not sure my heart could handle that! Would be something to write home about! :unsure:  Good post!
Joe.