I think this is worth mentioning

mostly because I can't get it out of my head and need to dump it somewhere. Like in your head.

I keep seeing these very large, dark brown, weasel looking animals dead on the side of the highway. Four in the last week. Mostly up towards the Braintree/Quincy area and always headed north. When I was trying to figure out what they were, and explaining them to people, everyone kept saying "maybe it's a cat?". This evoked a curious amount of anger from me complete with a frustrated "These are not fucking cats!". After a little research I now know they are fishers. Ironically they are sometimes referred to as fisher cats. This new found information creeps me the fuck out. These things are serious. I found this fun site with video and audio which hasn't helped abate my fear in the slightest. All I keep thinking is: when considering the number of dead ones, how many live ones does that mean there are? I don't want to meet a fisher cat. They do crazy things like attack people and kill pets. Now I'm not saying a honey badger couldn't take them to pieces just because it felt the need, cause honey badger doesn't care, but I don't know how well me and the dogs would do were we to stumble across one. And the more I consider the obvious numbers of their troops and my innate need to walk aimlessly through the woods, we are bound to see at least one. I just hope I have a camera handy so I can get some super sweet pictures right before I somehow detach it from my dog and beat it to death.