The black thing hauling ass, was it in spring, it might have been a bear fresh out of hibernation, and i bet it knew u were there if it was a bear. The place where i was bear hunting, My buddy climbed up his stand a good 20 ft in a tree and he found a deer leg. There are cougers where we hunt. They have been seen not to far away. One was seen by a guy bear hunting about 200 yrds from where i deer hunted this year. But the couger was seen about 5 years ago. It is still creepy tho. My scariest time in the woods when either when we got lost at night looking for my brothers wounded bear, or when i was partially lost in a huge thunderstorm trying to get back to my cabin. The lightning was so close i very nearly $hit my pants.