Add one more...

Those of you who keep count (Marnie) of the things that scare me when I am out running, you can officially add one more creature to the list. NC has kamikaze squirrels. Twice last week out running I had a squirrel literally run right in front of me across the trail. Both times I screamed and then laughed. The second time I was on a trail that has a lot of traffic so I even called out, "I'm fine! Just a squirrel!" In case someone heard and thought I was in trouble. This happened to me once  with a snake in City Creek Canyon. A kind soul came racing up the mountain from the road to the trail on a rescue mission and I had to sheepishly say, "Sorry, just a snake." Marnie was with me to laughingly witness this event. Reminds me of that insurance commercial where some animals make a car crash for kicks. I am pretty sure they were squirrels.