I saw a video on YouTube the other day of the fight between a female fox and a badger near the Yellowstone Picnic Area that occurred in May, 2013. There were a number of comments under it espousing that badgers never bother foxes, that the den belonged to the badger, and some other inaccurate statements. I hate it when people get it so wrong so I’ve made a 5 minute video of the entire story.
One thing I think that is really neat about that 10 day period is how nice all of the photographers were and that Deby was there (There is a photo of the photographers in the video and both Deby and I are in that photo.) but we didn’t know each other at the time. At one point a guy came around with cups and a coffee pot to warm people up. I told him how sweet he was but, no thank you, because I don’t drink coffee. He went back to his camper and made me hot chocolate!! I sure wish I knew who he was.
Great video and I too am glad to hear the whole story.
Hi, Judy – Thank you for the YouTube info – I was able to view it. Amazing video – mother fox fought so valiantly for her kits. It sure was touching.
You are most welcome Kimberly. Thank you for the compliment! She did do her best fighting didn’t she. I sure wish the male had been there too.
Your right Deby. Did you find yourself in the photo of the photographers near the beginning? You are on the far right. I am to your left a little ways. Verne took the photo but now he can’t find the original.
Hi, Judy – I’m not able to view your video (and I was so looking forward to watching it!). I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong (other than I’m quite computer-illiterate!) Any suggestions? Can I view it on You-Tube? Thanks for your help!
Hi Kimberly, I am not sure what is wrong. I just tried it and it worked fine. In the future you might try leaving the page and then coming back to it. In the mean time you can watch it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc8tidOjhUY.
P.S. Most of us are computer illiterate to some degree or another.
Thank you for sharing…sad outcome but nature can be cruel
Even when we knew the badger was down there killing the kits we still kept hoping for another miracle. There were a big bunch of photographers there during that time and you could have heard a pin drop. It was suddenly, without anyone saying a word, like we all knew we were at a funeral and everyone acted accordingly.
Thank you so much for this. I loved seeing what happened and hearing the story from you, even though the outcome was so sad.
It is still hard for me to watch today but when I see the kits playing I can forget what happened for a minute or two and laugh.
Judy, what a powerful clip of what happened – Your videography is so powerful and the story so sad. You are right, we will never forget them – it was an experience that had us all crying at the end.