>>567582>run up hill and jump over barbed wire>sit still for 30 minutes and wait for the deer to calm down and they walk through agitated>dumb ass for setting up camp in a game trail pretty much>in a valley of sorts closed in on all sides, and Im on one side of the valley>decide i should nope the fuck out after what happened. >quickly pack up all my shit and made sure the fire was out. >deer walked through the valley, im walking where they came from up towards my way out>stop the catch my breath and drink some water>hear a noise>hold breath>a slow crunching noise behind me >the snow is deep enough to where its at my shins>I can hear the compacting of the snow as something is walking slowly towards me>get freaked out and start running through the snow with a full pack on. >run for probably 5 minutes and catch my breath again and drinking water>listen for footsteps again>hear still the slow stalking footprints behind me>my flashlight reveals nothing behind me>I begin to panic and running down the valley in the snow, with a hawk in one hand and a flashlight in the other>get up to where I need to walk up on an incline>exhausted and I go drink some water>while im drinking I can still hear it behind me making noise>fumble around with water bottle and drop it. >fuck it im going>breathing heavily Im so exhausted Im crawling on all fours up this steep incline>get through the brush>get to AT trail>decide im in the clear and survive for the nightI dont know what was following me up that valley but It stalked for for a while. I have mixed feelings on if it was a cougar or something because they mostly ambush you but I wouldn't be surprised if It was. Thats what I was mostly afraid of. I went back to look for my water bottle and take down my lean-to and clean my shit up.
pic related, what it was like where I was at.
