re: #97 SanFranciscoZionist

I was once bitten by a swan. Got too close to the nest.

Luckily I was wearing jeans, so it was more startling than painful. I’m told they’ve been known to break a child’s arm with their wings.

I remember sitting at a picnic table in a park once when a swan landed nearby and promptly fell asleep. I’d never seen one up close before and didn’t realize how huge they were. Wow.

I was close enough to touch it, but when we got ready to leave, I took great pains to scoot as quietly as I could in the opposite direction. I didn’t want to startle it and have it freak out on me.