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context: i am completely autistic and deserved to get mauled
>hiking in Big Bend National Park
>set up camp, sun going down in an hours time
>decide to go on evening hike and watch the sunset
>decide to climb nice cliff 30 minutes into hike
>nice sunset but better get the fuck home before light goes out
>look down into valley beneath cliff
>massive black bear is walking down the trail i just came from
>turns out entire area is crowded with mountain lions and black bears
more context
>from Denmark, no concept of safety precautions concerning animals since most dangerous animal probably is a badger
>also no gun
back to story
>scared shitless going back down trail
>sit on cliff for 20 minutes waiting for bear to fuck off
>sun is almost gone
>forced to go as i didnt bring flashlight
>slow sprint back while clapping and shouting to scare off bear
>sun is now completely gone, still 20 minutes of hiking left, only light source being my samsungs flashlight
>sudden noise in bushes behind me, stop abruptly
>two eyeballs lit up by flashlight (pic related)
>shittingbricks.png
>side-stepping back to end of trail in complete darkness simultaneously checking for eyes behind and for bear in front
>no bear but noise from bushes and lit up eyes follow entire way back
Wasn't eaten though I most definitely deserved to be. I'll never know for sure what animal those eyeballs belonged to.