The Smiling Fox
Shortly before taking this picture I had been talking to a friend of mine called Ian, who has since sadly passed away. He told me a story about how his father had once seen a fox that had walked straight past him on a canal path very close to where he was walking in the UK, at the time I thought “wow, I wish that would happen to me”
Well someone was listening and taking note as two days later when I was walking to the old sand quarry near where I live in Bulgaria a fox walked towards me, stopped and then did a two metre circle around me. I was amazed having only just been told of a similar story that this was now happening to me.
But the best was still to come.
Two days after this event, I was again at the sand quarry and had been happily taking shots of the nesting Bee Eaters all day. At about 5 o’clock I decided to pack up my stuff and leave for home but I saw the fox about 40 metres from where I was standing so I dived behind a small bank hoping it hadn’t seen me and that I may be able to get its photo.
When I looked for it I couldn’t see it and thought that it had gone so I picked up my stuff and went to go again. At this point the fox came over a small bank in front of me and even though it saw me continued in my direction.
I stood completely still, my push bike in one hand and my camera in the other, the fox continued to walk towards me and when it was about 4 metres away it paused, sat down and looked at me. I lifted my camera and took a couple of photos, and then the fox stood and carried on past me.
The smile on my face was evident for a week as it was unbelievable and if I didn’t have this picture to prove it really happened I could easily think it had all been a dream.
