Several years ago I was deer hunting from a box stand in the evening. I had decided to stay until it was almost totally dark just to see if there was any deer movement. I finally got off the stand and started the short quarter mile walk back to my truck. After about a hundred yds. I noticed I could hear something walking parallel to me about 35-40 yds away as best as I could tell. When I stopped walking to listen whatever it was would also stop. After about 200 yds of this I was starting to get a little nervous. It was really dark by this time, I couldn't see what was following me, but it sounded like it was big enough to be a threat. At this point I loaded my gun, as I had emptied it when I got out the stand. I slowly walked back to my truck with this thing following me all the way. I have been hunting and fishing all my life and have never been uncomfortable in the woods at night, but that evening I was a nervous wreck by the time I got to my truck. I went back the next day to look for tracks but it was really dry and I didn't really find anything. I still wonder what it was, and whether the tables had been turned that evening, and I had gone from predator to prey.