Cosmodragoon
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... I have been in spitting distance of 2 Mt. Lions and a cub, in the dark. I'd they wanted to kill me they could have easily, if it wasn't for my led light and throwing rocks they may have gotten me and I would not be here typing right now. I didn't have a weapon of any sort not even a knife, ever since then I have sworn to not enter the woods without a handgun. That was the scariest thing that has ever happened to me in my 22yrs of existence.
Mountain lions are definitely more dangerous than the critters I mentioned in my earlier post but this should serve as a wake-up call to the naysayers.
I once came face to face with a coyote under awkward circumstances. I had been target shooting with a big-bore handgun by myself in the woods. I had packed it up without a second thought and was walking back to my car. There is a little turn with a sort of embankment and I surprised a coyote. I had a "that's not a dog" moment and drew on him with my in-town EDC. I don't know how much was my own surprise or plain 'ol fear but my heart rate was definitely up. It probably felt like longer than it was but we both got lucky. It made a little noise as it broke eye contact and bounded up over the hill. I later realized that it might have learned to associate loud gunfire with hunting scraps and actually came towards the noise.