On the other hand, I once came within arm's length of an eagle. We were both intently fishing the same stretch of river. I was on the riverbank, trying to navigate a tight ravine, he was on a tree overhanging the ravine. Each of us realized that the other was there at the same time. We both let out loud squawks, and decided that we had other places to be at that moment.
I gotta tell ya, an adult eagle, at a range of 3-4 feet away, is a really, really big bird. Startlingly huge. That's not an event that I'd like to repeat. :-)
Was out hiking in the Delaware water gap national rec area, had an eagle slowly glide down and check me out.
Weird.
Had idiots from the city chase a bear through my campsite, it passed three foot away while I was chopping wood.
“Take my pitcher withit!”
Had a medium sized female bobcat make her presence known, again I was being eyeballed.
She let me know it was time to GTF gone.