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I just saw a fox the size of a labrador!

15 replies

CharlieZeroAlpha · 23/02/2019 20:27

Jeepers it was huge!

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PlinkPlink · 23/02/2019 21:13

I once camped at a site near Thorpe Park. It was the final night, at about 11pm when I walked back to my tent from the shower block.

Right in front of me crossed a fox. He looked at me right in the eyes, clearly didn't give a toss and slowly waltzed off into the night.

Brazen!!

Plump82 · 23/02/2019 22:03

I remember walking to work and seeing a dead fox that must have been hit by a car and it was huge. I thought it was a dog at first. Made me feel sad for the whole day.

ItsCurtainsForMe · 23/02/2019 22:12

Probaby the fucker that killed 2 of my chickens the other week....

PetuliaBlavatsky · 23/02/2019 22:15

We have an enormous fox that patrols round here, he's a really beautiful one. Very thick luxuriant coat, he's the size of a Labrador too.

BarbaraofSevillle · 23/02/2019 22:17

We have a giant fox visitor to our garden. Or it's a ginger alsation. Thank you OP, you've reminded me that I need to set up my night vision wildlife camera again, because I took it down to look at the pics and didn't put it back out there.

So far I have 8000 pictures of my own cats, sometimes chasing birds or hiding from the post man.

Livedandlearned · 23/02/2019 22:20

I love cats

dancemom · 23/02/2019 22:23

A giant fox knocked me off my feet once! It came out of a garden and clearly I'd surprised it, it let out this scream that was scarily human like, ran straight through me knocking me to the ground - I screamed too!

RandomMess · 23/02/2019 22:28

Huge problems with urban foxes in the areas around Thorpe Park!

Oldraver · 23/02/2019 22:30

Yes we've seen a very large well fed looking fox. Beautiful coat and tail.

And a mother with two cubs playing on the street. All looked very healthy indeed

vampirethriller · 24/02/2019 07:53

I used to work nights and saw lots. One had worked out how to use road crossings and would sit waiting for the lights to change.

Al2O3 · 24/02/2019 08:06

Was it Liam Fox? He’s pretty chunky and could be mistaken for a Labrador?

DobbyTheHouseElk · 24/02/2019 08:09

Yep, that’s the size of a male adult Fox.

adaline · 24/02/2019 08:10

I used to see a vixen with her cubs every morning on my way to my old job.

Did see a dead badger on the road the other day - now that was huge!

Wendywoo1000 · 24/02/2019 08:12

They are stunning animals but being a livestock keeper i dont like them. Saw a fox one night, about 2am and it just walked round my sheep. Either they didnt see it or they were just not bothered but they didn't flinch! However if a stray dog goes ito the field they go nuts!

DH called me once to go to a field 1/2 a mile away. Hecwas there watching a fox stalk sheep and geese. I had time to run up, and he was having a ball! Owner eventually came out of the house and shooed it away but he didnt go. He was very brazen.

During lambing time we have had to get a hunter over to shoot a few. They are very destructive.

Fluffyears · 24/02/2019 09:53

I saw a vixen kill a cat to feed her two cubs. It was really sad to think the cat was possibly a pet. The cubs were beautiful though but it was a really cruel scene.

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