The furry critter that got into the travel trailer
Not my story, but told to us by my cousin Donny, who is gone now but was without a doubt the best story teller I have ever met.
Donny was in elk camp with a few other fellows that had hunted together for many years. They were all sharing a travel trailer and during the night had consumed a good deal of adult beverage, which was not uncommon with this group.
During the night Donny had a call of nature. With the weather outside being what it was he decided to use the bathroom in the trailer. He quietly made his way to the back of the trailer, working his way past the other sleeping hunters and not turning on the lights so as not to disturb them.
Donny said he did not turn on the light in the bathroom either as there was considerable moon light, but he did shut the door. I must tell you here that Donny was not a small guy, but the bathroom as is the case with most rv bathrooms, was on the small side.
So Donny is standing at the toilet getting rid of some beer while out of the corner of his eye he spots something furry on the counter next to the sink. With only the moonlight for illumination and the residual adult beverage in his system, Donny cannot make out exactly what the critter is.
As with most camping trips in travel trailers the bathtub becomes a storage area as it was that night. Luckily, there were no firearms stored there. Donny said that he slowly looked around for a weapon and spotted the bottom half of a fishing pole in the bathtube. Every slow slowly he moved his free hand (remember, his other had was busy) over until he got hold of the fishing pole. In one quick movement he swung and started giving the critter repeated violent blows with the fishing rod, surely thrashing it to within an inch of its life. Donny was the victor as the critter ended up on the floor in the corner, not moving at all. The fishing pole was destroyed in the fight, but the critter was dead.
This brave combat woke everyone up. Donny came bursting out of the bathroom and ran head on to some stranger that he had never seen before. First a critter had gotten into the bathroom, now he was confronted by this big tall bald guy that he had never seen before. Donny wondered if this nightmare would ever end.
The bald guy looked past Donny at the critter on the floor and said, "Donny, what the ^#@) did you do to my hair piece"? HAIRPIECE?
Donny said that he had hunted with this guy for years and had never suspected he wore a hairpiece, until the night it attacked him in the bathroom.
