Man I'm so glad this post got started cuz now I don't feel as much of a sissy as I use to. Glad to know it's not just me that gets the crap scared out of me walking through the woods in the dark alone. I use to hunt this area that had a fire break cut through and I would walk the break til I got to where my stand was and then cut through the woods to my stand. The fire break is only about 8 feet in width and on both sides is thick woods. I was walking to my stand one morning in the datk on the break and out of no where this deer let out the loudest wheeze I've ever heard... needless to say My walking turned into a full blown sprint til I realized what it was. Another occasion I was walking through some pine thickets and I herd this crazy sound above me and looked up and all I saw was a huge black object flying over me..... this time I froze. I couldn't see cuz it was dark and then it flew into the little area of moon lite and realized it was a turkey that i woke up from its roosting. Out of everything though the worst thing ever is walking through the woods at night and hearing the loud ear wrenching sound of wild hogs squeeling... talk about an erie feeling.