Fusion_m8
Flashlight Enthusiast
I was out walking late at night in the park near my residence. It was past midnite and all the good citizens were tucked up in bed asleep this cool summer night.
Visibility was pretty good as the overcast sky acted somewhat like a mirror and reflected whatever ambient light present in the earth's atmosphere.
As I walked past this line of trees. I heard a faint sound of wings flapping above my head, the type that was slow and powerful, indicating that it was likely a large body flying overhead.
Not wanting to activate my torch unless absolutely necessary I could see that it was a large bat or flying fox, approximately 2-3 feet in wing span.
Thinking that these animals were fruit and bug eaters, I didn't assess it as a threat, but it began to fly lower and closer, like it was scoping me out, sniffing my scent as if I was fresh meat...
I always carry my torch in the ready position whenever I'm out walking in the dark, because experience has taught me that in such situations, when turd starts hitting the fan, it happens when you least expect, and it happens at the blink of an eye, which might be too late then.
The flapping got louder and closer and just at that decisive moment that I whipped out my CRKT M16-14SF and the T3, the hungry bat made a dive for me...
85 lumens of blinding white light tore into the eyes of the creature, it immediately pulled a hard left, probably only 3-4 feet away from me. Even in that fraction of a second, I remember seeing those little nasty fangs and the 2 bright red eyes bouncing off the white light.
The creature recovered and but still circled above, all this time I followed the it with the beam of the T3, just as a reminder that whatever defensive action I had taken wasn't an accident, and I was ready for Round 2.
The creature continued to circle about 20-30 feet above, but I kept the beam of the T3 focused on my target, like it was an air raid over London in WW-II.
Realising that I had the upper hand and it could smell no scent of panic in the air, the creature decided that this midnite snack wasn't worth the price tag and it flew into the cover of the tree tops.
Just as a precaution, I continued to search the top of the trees to ensure the threat was really gone. No sound, no sight of the enemy, ALL CLEAR.
As I slipped into bed that night, I could afford to joke about the encounter, thinking what if I had my UltraFire Xenon G120 200 lumen torch? That bat would have been toast :devil:
:thinking: BUT.... WHAT IF I HAD A LESSER TORCH?? :candle:
Visibility was pretty good as the overcast sky acted somewhat like a mirror and reflected whatever ambient light present in the earth's atmosphere.
As I walked past this line of trees. I heard a faint sound of wings flapping above my head, the type that was slow and powerful, indicating that it was likely a large body flying overhead.
Not wanting to activate my torch unless absolutely necessary I could see that it was a large bat or flying fox, approximately 2-3 feet in wing span.
Thinking that these animals were fruit and bug eaters, I didn't assess it as a threat, but it began to fly lower and closer, like it was scoping me out, sniffing my scent as if I was fresh meat...
I always carry my torch in the ready position whenever I'm out walking in the dark, because experience has taught me that in such situations, when turd starts hitting the fan, it happens when you least expect, and it happens at the blink of an eye, which might be too late then.
The flapping got louder and closer and just at that decisive moment that I whipped out my CRKT M16-14SF and the T3, the hungry bat made a dive for me...
85 lumens of blinding white light tore into the eyes of the creature, it immediately pulled a hard left, probably only 3-4 feet away from me. Even in that fraction of a second, I remember seeing those little nasty fangs and the 2 bright red eyes bouncing off the white light.
The creature recovered and but still circled above, all this time I followed the it with the beam of the T3, just as a reminder that whatever defensive action I had taken wasn't an accident, and I was ready for Round 2.
The creature continued to circle about 20-30 feet above, but I kept the beam of the T3 focused on my target, like it was an air raid over London in WW-II.
Realising that I had the upper hand and it could smell no scent of panic in the air, the creature decided that this midnite snack wasn't worth the price tag and it flew into the cover of the tree tops.
Just as a precaution, I continued to search the top of the trees to ensure the threat was really gone. No sound, no sight of the enemy, ALL CLEAR.
As I slipped into bed that night, I could afford to joke about the encounter, thinking what if I had my UltraFire Xenon G120 200 lumen torch? That bat would have been toast :devil:
:thinking: BUT.... WHAT IF I HAD A LESSER TORCH?? :candle:
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