Today i was walking a trail and suddenly a very pungent, foul, wet dog-ish smell hit me like a train, it literally stopped me in my tracks and i felt like i was in danger and became paranoid, my heart rate went up and i was looking around like crazy. Im not a hiker but i've spent a lot of time in the woods since i was brought up in a house 70 miles from the nearest city so i know the smells of the woods, i've smelt carcasses before but i've known right away what it is, rotting meat, sometimes i've even seen the carcasses so i know the smell for sure, i've never smelt or felt like this before though, it was almost like some primal sense just turned on in my head that said get the fuck out of here now. We have brown bears here, but i've never seen one in the wild. Never even seen any bear sign. Is it possible a brown bear was lurking around in my vicinity? If so was he close since i could smell him, or does the odor lurk around for a while?