Know that feeling, was on my way out of the woodsafter darkwalking into the wind on a tractor path when something came walking thru the brush from my right. It was too thick to see anything. I stopped, it kept coming. I picked up the pace and got up wind and out of there. Didn't see anything come out, so not sure what it was. I do carry a .38 at times, depends on where I go. Just keep it concealed.