>>1240397>go backpacking in big bend >bring pistol with me because fuck mountain lions>laying in tent with gf, just chatting shit as it gets dark>about an hour into the night, hear what sounds like a fucking woman screaming about 200 feet up the trail>gets closer and closer, gf and I are shitting ourselves but I manage to convince her it’s probably just a fox or something >finally it quiets down and we fall asleep>wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of breathing and something rubbing against the tent>slowly draw pistol out of holster and jam it against the tent while trying not to wake up gf >whatever it is outside brushes against the pistol, stops, then I hear quiet padding as it moves out of our campsite >wake up the next day and our food/water containers hadn’t been messed with at all >the next day, piece together that it was moat likely a mountain lion I know they rarely attack people, but I was pretty spooked. Their mating calls are the stuff of nightmares and I definitely understand now why people thought ghosts and horrifying forest spirits existed back in the day
