Wyatt
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I dont ever have any trick or treaters come to the house so a few years ago i began fishing on this night to get away from the holiday. I was gonna set some jugs out and hopefully fill the freezer by later tonight. So off i go!
So i get down to the boat ramp at one of our state parks (Bledsoe Creek) right before sunset and its completely empty. Love it! As im getting the boat ready i heard a meow from behind me. I look and see in the shadows by the tree line, a black cat. I kneel down and whistle for it and it comes walking up just a purring so i love on it for a minute and then proceed with the boat. I get the boat in the water and the truck parked then i pet the cat one last time before taking off.
I get about 2 miles down lake and the motor starts rattling so i ease it down to idle and it dies. I crank it up again to listen to the rattling and she dies after about 10 seconds. I try to crank it again but i hear nothing but a click. Again, just a click. I determined while on the water that the motor is locked up since i cannot for the life of me spin the flywheel!
As i currently sit here trolling back to the ramp at a whopping 1.5 mph against the current, i cant help but think about the black cat superstition and could this have been avoided if i didnt pet it? If i pet it NOT on Halloween night, would this have happened? All i know is that im now down a motor when the crappie are on fire down here and the fall bass patterns are about to begin. Im not a happy camper!!
Does anyone else has superstition stories like this? Does anyone else believe in this kind of stuff? This will be the last cat i ever touch at a boat ramp!
So i get down to the boat ramp at one of our state parks (Bledsoe Creek) right before sunset and its completely empty. Love it! As im getting the boat ready i heard a meow from behind me. I look and see in the shadows by the tree line, a black cat. I kneel down and whistle for it and it comes walking up just a purring so i love on it for a minute and then proceed with the boat. I get the boat in the water and the truck parked then i pet the cat one last time before taking off.
I get about 2 miles down lake and the motor starts rattling so i ease it down to idle and it dies. I crank it up again to listen to the rattling and she dies after about 10 seconds. I try to crank it again but i hear nothing but a click. Again, just a click. I determined while on the water that the motor is locked up since i cannot for the life of me spin the flywheel!
As i currently sit here trolling back to the ramp at a whopping 1.5 mph against the current, i cant help but think about the black cat superstition and could this have been avoided if i didnt pet it? If i pet it NOT on Halloween night, would this have happened? All i know is that im now down a motor when the crappie are on fire down here and the fall bass patterns are about to begin. Im not a happy camper!!
Does anyone else has superstition stories like this? Does anyone else believe in this kind of stuff? This will be the last cat i ever touch at a boat ramp!