Brief but wonderfully memorable experiences. The sort that don't happen every day. Have you any? To show the sort I'm looking for, here's mine:~

My first wife Valerie & I were doing a brief motor tour of Scotland. A sign outside Loch Lomond Safari Park said 'Siberian tigers'. Beautiful creatures, tigers. We motored past various animals, Valerie driving, I on near-side in passenger seat. Eventually, a group of the magnificent 15-ft beasts lay about under a tree. Valerie pulled up opposite for a closer look, and from habit, tho advice always not to, switched off the engine. After a few moments, one of them looked up, saw us there, & ambled over to have a look at us. The huge head entirely filled the window of our Mini; so that Tiger & I eyeballed one another at a distance of maybe 8-12" for, I should estimate, a whole minute or so. Then Tiger got bored with the look of me, turned round, and ambled back to resume his recumbent position among his companions {I write 'his' but of course had no means of determining Tiger's sex!}. I then appreciated why they enjoin visitors to keep car windows tightly closed. Just suppose Tiger had got scent, & not just sight, of us?

But as we drove on, I realised that I had felt not one second of fear or nervousness or apprehension; but that those moments of close communion with this wonderful creature were among the most amazing, enjoyable & memorable things that had ever happened to me.

Who has a similar sort of experience to relate?

~Michael~