I forgot another encounter, about 2yrs ago I was up skating some dries up on the south fork at dusk. Walking out I in near dark(no lamp) my hairs started to raise and got all freaked out. Thought I heard something following me, I kept going and crossed the rr tracks and was by my car when I heard some thing cross the rr. I got the f×#k outta there. The next year I was talking to a good friend that has a hound and dose some cougar hunting, he told me about a dead deer that was right off the trail and he had been spooking out a cougar when hes gone to that run. When I'm fishing alone I think I should carry!!