new deer friend

So I was out in the evening yesterday and just walking along as I like to do. Its kind of the space I use to release all the swirling of the day and find my way back to peace. But, smoething really cool happened. Now normally I see animals on all my journies, for whatever reason they tend to not be afraid of me. I joke that they get used to me because I am around so much while my friends are half convinced a pack of wolves is going to just adopt me one day lol. But I am sure I’ll explore that another time. But I want to talk about the deer from last night.

So, I was at the end of my 2 hour walks when I came across 4-5 deer all enjoying an evening snack. Nothin unusual, just deer being deer. So I just start to talk to them out loud like I usually do with animals. “Oh hey you guys, whatcha doing? Getting a snack, nice, anything good?” that kind of stuff. They all pick their heads up, a couple get nervous and I just go “Heyyyyy nothing to be worried about, enjoy your meal, I’ll be on my way”. A few scatter down the hill a bit and a couple more stay still. But before I realize it, I find myself only a couple meters between me and one of the deer. Strange because they tend to run off, and never get that close. But what was more curious, was that it looked at me, I talked to it a bit, and then it just went back to eating. So I laughed at it, joking how it must be somethng tasty if its just ignoring me. So I sat down to spend some time with her. After a little bit she ran down the hill to join the others and I was like, ok that was pretty cool, but I stayed just enjoying the night, watching them at the bottom of the hill.

Well, I was busy looking up at the sky and listening to the wind, enjoying myself as I do. When I noticed, the same deer came back up to me again, walking away from the herd to join me in my space. So I started talking again, and after a few looks it just kept getting closer and enjoying its meal. It was then I realized we had beenn spending quite a bit of time togather and she hadnt noticed that the rest of them ran off. She then went running down the hill after them as I laughed about how she almost got ditched lol. It reminded me of when I used to stand in fields when I was young and talk to the deer, always managing to get closer then the rest of my family. But this was unusually close for a wild deer, when clearly the rest of the pack was not as brave.

So, I continue on my way down the path, enjoying the energy of my little experience. It was then I turned around, and guess what? The deer came back again, on its own and now even closer. I couldnt really believe it. Here was this deer actively tacking where I was and for whatever reason, enjoying eating her snack near me. I stayed and talked with her a bit more, then told her good night and moved on my way. I just thought it was so cool, not really sure why she wasnt afraid of me, why she wasnt even bothered enough to watch me. She just looked, heard me speaking to her and then went back to her deer life, like I was part of the team haha. I love animals. Anyway, just something cool that I never really expereinced before and wanted to remember while its fresh on my brain. But like, it came back, twice, even after the rest of them left, thats pretty nuts for a deer hahaha. I always felt like they were the spirits of the forest since I was young, so to have this experince now was pretty awesome. Anywayyyyyy tataa, talk to you later 😀 and heres a song I meditated to 20 years ago and until this day.