Hey y'all, my story's not nearly as scary as Dogmama's but I had a weird thing happen on Saturday.

I was riding my brand new mtn bike on a busy footpath near the house. Since it was new I was trying to dial in while paying attention to all the roller bladers, kiddos, etc. Then, coming up behind a girl walking her dog, I started to pass to her left at about the same time the dog ran right in front of me and to my left off the path; he was on one of those retractable leashes that, when let out, goes forever. (And yes, I did politely annouce, "on your left." and I was not going recklessly fast.)

I thought, well, here goes me, the new ride and the poor dog in a clothesline wreck. I don't know how I managed to avoid this, but I do recall looking straight into the dog's eyes and both of us being equally terrified for a split second. I sort of fell slow motion to the ground but no damage done. The doofus girl with the Ipod plugged into her ears just sorta chuckled and said, woo, I'm sorry!

I was glad to get home without me and new bike all scratched up.