Romalho cautioned me to be careful
at night because he sensed some movement around the
camp. He said it could be a wild hog or even a jaguarundi. I
went to bed around midnight, turned down the lantern a little
bit and put a loaded shotgun besides me and just as I
started to drift off, I sensed that something was approaching
my tent. Then suddenly, I saw a jaguarundi jumping towards
me. I just had time to roll to the side with the camp cut and
fire the gun wildly. Well, the jaguarundi hit the camp cut
which was now on my back and the sound of shot gun
scared the beast enough to run off into the dark. Romalho
run over to see what happened, I was pretty shaken, he just
looked at me and said: “I’ll bring the rum, sir”. After that, we
were up all night just in case the cat decided to come back.
