This is Scott, and you're listening to What Was That Like?

Usually on this show, I talk with someone who's been through something extraordinary.

A plane crash, a bear attack, an armed robbery, things that most of us will never experience, but they did.

And they tell us what it was like.

That's every other Friday.

And today is an in-between Friday. So I want to tell you a story.

This one's about a woman named Marlene Warren. She lived in Florida. And one day she was at home in her kitchen when someone rang the doorbell.

She opened the front door and standing in front of her was a clown. Bright orange wig,

red nose, painted face, and the clown was holding a gun.

Here in the podcast, we've had a number of episodes with people telling their story of being

attacked by an animal, and those episodes are always pretty popular, partly because it's

pretty scary, and because it can happen to any of us.

Usually when an animal attack happens, the most tragic or brutal ones end up on the news.

But we all know, the news media doesn't necessarily do these stories justice.

And sometimes the animal gets wrongly demonized or mischaracterized, and that's not good.

But guess what? There's a podcast

that does these stories the right way. The show is called Tooth and Claw. Perfect name for an

animal attack show, right? The host is Wes Larson, who's actually a wildlife biologist and wildlife

behavior expert. He takes us through these crazy stories of some

really hair-raising encounters with wildlife. And of course, they're often pretty violent. Andy explains

the often very human reasons behind the attacks and how you can avoid having this happen to you.

Also on the show are Wes's brother Jeff and their mutual friend Mike.

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