And you ran to change your shorts I bet. Lol

I've had unwanted encounters with both and either can be a deadly equal threat. When such an incident occurs just act calm and collected. Don't shout, holler or run. Just make yourself look as big as possible, talk to either in a low calm voice and slowly move off out of their way. Then return to camp and clean your underwear.

I guess you had better luck than I did. Hunting the Alaska Peninsula right on the ocean for brown bear. Came around a bend on the beach and this came sidestepping out of the cave you see behind us. What you can't see is the saltwater just in front of the bear. I would say the distance was five to seven yards at the initial encounter before I started backing up. Neither of us had much of an option for retreat so it became a momentary standoff. Everyone thinks they know how they will react in a situation like that. The very first thought that entered my head was to throw my gun at it and run. Seriously.



Never been exposed to big cats so can't say much about that.