Cruisin up Highway 35 (I think) in Northern Alabama one Sunday morning clicking along about 75...Seen what I thought was a turkey just outside the white line of my lane...Had a Ford Ranger close in behind me. Decided to honk my horn...BIG mistake. Turns out it was some kind of vulture that simply jumped strait up into the air, spreading an 11 or so foot wingspan, and right into my lane..I was like...Oh Crap!!! I laid down on the gas tank, and felt the downwash of his impressive wings down my back, barely clearing me and my bike. I looked in my rearview, and the guy driving the truck was laughing hysterically...Would have EASILY knocked me off, then I would have been stampped to the road by the truck...Thank You God....Stay the heck AWAY from all wildlife...well, maybe not ALL......
