Coyote Ugly….

During the holidays, Jordan told me about an incident that had happened to him one night while he was at his tent. It wasn’t until Jaime reminded me of the story, when I realized that it was a must blog story to share with everyone. I suppose it’s the first real “war” story Jordan has shared with anyone.

Jordan said that he was leaving his tent one night to go use the bathroom. As he was flying out of his tent to head for the latrine, he looked up and all he could do was immediately stop in his tracks and freeze. Standing literally two to three feet in front of him was a wild coyote! His first two thoughts were: 1. This thing is going to kill me! And 2. If this thing doesn’t kill me, I’m definitely getting rabies out of this situation! The coyote was crouched down in the pouncing position as Jordan had startled it when he came running out of his tent. They stood there, both frozen, staring at one another for, according to Jordan, was at least two minutes. In the midst of the stare down, a truck came driving through Jordan’s tent city and spooked the wild coyote. Luckily the animal ran away.

After Jordan told me this story, my first response was, “WOW! This is the closest call to death you’ve had since you’ve been over there!” Now I don’t only have to worry about Al Qaeda and terrorists putting my beloved boyfriend’s life in danger, but now I have to worry about wild coyotes giving him rabies! When I told Jordan’s mom about this story, she raised a great question! If the base is surrounded by heavy duty fences, then how do these coyotes even get on to the base?

-posted by Lindsay