[pct-l] Once bitten on the trail?

[reinholdmetzger at cox.net (Reinhold Metzger)]

JMT Reinhold wrote:  BACKPACKING IS A LOT LIKE SEX.   Once bitten forever hooked.
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SWEET GOAT MAMA WROTE:   I prefer not to be bitten.........................Anyone got an idea what this trail biting animal may look like?.................................
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  I HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY HAVE TWO LEGS & TWO ARMS AND THEIR TEETH ARE SMALL AND NOT VERY SHARP, SO THEIR BITE DOES NOT REALLY HURT. AS A MATTER OF FACT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE BITE IS QUITE PLEASANT. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE GET HOOKED, BUT YOU CAN USUALLY TELL WHEN THEY ARE GETTING READY TO BITE BECAUSE THEY START COOING AND SNURRING AND ACTING STRANGE.  THEY COME IN BLUE EYES, BROWN EYES, BLONDE HAIR, DARK HAIR, RED HAIR, AND USUALLY GO BY NAMES, BILLY, SUE, PEGGY, GEORGE, ETC. 
    
            JMT REINHOLD
            THE MORE THEN ONCE BITTEN &  FOREVER HOOKED BACKPACKER