My dad
regularly does this... I remember as a child, he once started pulling apart and categorising a couple of owl pellets, and ended up lecturing to the crowd that gathered.
( ascorbate, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 18:24, 1 reply)

...are you my daughter?
...nah, couldn't be- she wasn't with me that day.

It's really kind of funny- when I take an interest in something like that while I'm in the park I'll often find other random people stopping to see what I'm doing. I end up giving impromptu lectures quite a bit.

Or maybe it's just that I'm weird.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 31 Oct 2008, 18:27, closed)

nah
it's called having an interest in the world around you. It's sadly lacking in most people.
( ascorbate, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 18:30, closed)

Sometimes
it's almost eerie- when I go hiking in the mountains I'll sometimes find a nice spot off the trail to sit for a while and rest, like a rock next to a stream (or in the stream), and within minutes I have half a dozen strangers surrounding me, splashing and calling to their friends as they clomp around. It's like I put out some sort of pheromone that says "Hey! Come over here! You'll be happiest if you stand RIGHT HERE!"

The Lunatic Artist was with me the last time it happened. Until then she thought I had been joking about it.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 31 Oct 2008, 18:34, closed)

sometimes
It happens to me too - we are just interested in everything, and that is interesting to other people...
(The Lunatic Artist throws paint to the wind, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 20:16, closed)