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Closest you've been to a wild animal

I've been near snakes, rabbits, almost walked into a deer once, lots of stuff. The only thing that could have killed me was a coyote that walked about five feet in front of me, flipped out when it heard me, and took off. I am a lumbering oaf, I'm surprised that these animals have gotten so close.
 
When I was around 16 years old, I was just getting known for work with abandoned and injured exotics. I was approached about doing a local ad for some cats that had been left at private farms. This guy had not been handled much and there is a helper on each side of me. He just about pulled my shoulder out of socket while playing with me, and made an angry, 145 pound rotty seem like a newborn in comparison of strength. He was released in an undisclosed location, supposedly in Kenya, about 4-6 months later.
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I love the posts on Snappers. The first time I came across one, I was investigating a report of abandoned animals in Fife, Washington. There was about a 200 gallon aquarium in the middle of this disgusting home. The water looked like the worst unflushed toilet known to man, and the water was totally still. That is until my boss tapped on the glass. The biggest Alligator Snapper I have ever seen, attacked the glass for about 2 minutes and then settled down. We had to use cables and a cherry picker to get her into a moving tank. I believe she weighed in around 60-70 pounds, and 16 inches thick at the top of the shoulder ridge. I think she ended up at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.
 
danielp said:
Well, how about this. This was not in front of my house, it was my neighbour's. About 30 elephants made a visit to our housing camp, they still do from time to time.
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Holy Crap! Where is this? I bet mowing the lawn after that was a drag!;)
 
Was in a school bus when Mr. Moose decided to check us out - left nose prints on the glass. Everyone had a good (nervious) laugh. A week or so later, Mr. Moose (same? different?) killed himself ramming the same school bus (without me on board). Fairly crazy critters.

Uncle took me to see the baby Great Horned Owls (They're so cute."). Lost my hat and was happy she only hit the hat. (Uncle: "Run!!! [No kidding!])

Sleeping on the ground in the open, had a Skunk lead her kits right over my body. I started to reach for my flashlight to see what was up and saw her doing THAT dance in the moonlight just to my left. Kept very, very still until they left.

If you camped in public parks in California in the late 50's and 60's, bear don't count. (One did try to join me in the back of the truck on a garbage run to the dump from Scout Camp.)
 
I have had in hand a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, a Black and White Warbler, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, a Red-tailed hawk, and an American Kestrel - but not all at the same time. :) I've also had just about every slow moving species in hand wherever I have lived, but I never have handled any species that are considered "dangerous" like venomous snakes or any of the dangerous spiders like Latrodectus (Black Widow) although they are everywhere where I live and you have to avoid touching them when reaching for a tool that has been sitting unused in the shed for a while.
 
I played with a few orphaned raccoons, almost drove my car in a whitetail on Sunday afternoon, good thing I saw from a distance and slowed down. Been attacked a couple of times by a kestrel while bowhunting, served as a rest for a couple of birds still while bowhunting, a chickadee even had the guts to land on my arrow twice last fall as the bow was on my lap. Moose and whitetail on numerous occasions while scouting. No venomous snakes, they don't appreciate my neck of the woods due to cold and snow
 
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