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>camping in a small group in a lodgepole forest, pic related
>last night on the mountain
>telling scary stories about skinwalkers and faeries around the campfire when it starts to storm suddenly
>we put out the fire and go to our separate tents
>tents are spaced out from each other 30-80' wherever there was a big enough clearing, forest was denser than in the picture
>fall asleep cozy and warm, listening to the storm
>wake up suddenly in the night
>storm has stopped and it's dead silent, not sure why I woke up
>peek out of the tent and it's pitch black
>shine my flashlight around but I don't see anything
>start falling back asleep when I hear something hit the ground, hard, but it doesn't sound like a tree
>about to look out of my tent again when I hear FAST footsteps sprint by outside of my tent
>they continue for a while and suddenly stop, as quick as they started
>spooked for a minute, then I go back to sleep telling myself it was a deer or something
>in the morning I figure it was just a weird dream and mentioned it at breakfast
>a few other people said they heard it too but didn't want to say anything
>me and another guy go search the area where we heard it running
>We find hooved footprints, but there's a few weird things about them
>first, they started and stopped suddenly. The ground was perfect for leaving prints, clear and wet, so they're quite distinct. But at both ends of the trail, both just outside our tent perimeter, there's just nothing
>second, the gait. Several of us hunt and are somewhat competent trackers, but there's an obvious issue, these are bipedal tracks, not like a deer or moose would leave
>third, it was moving too fast. With the cloud cover and dense-ish canopy, it was pitch black on the ground. Even with night vision, it's unlikely an animal could go that fast without hitting any of the trees
Kinda spooky but mostly just weird. Except when I realized one possibility of the trail starting and stopping like that, we never looked up.
