[Grampa Dave]

A whole lot of us who do things in the wild areas often find big cat tracks over our incoming tracks when we leave an area.

When that happens, I immediately avoid that area during twilight or after the sun goes down.

[Zacs Mom]

Cats are well known for being sneaky and I always sort of figured the bigger the cat the bigger the sneak! lol

I've done a lot of backpacking and camping in really remote wilderness areas throughout the western states and although I've never encounter a big cat in the daylight I heard one screaming very close to my tent one night and it scared the crap out of me. The screams were like nothing I'd ever heard before or since (thankfully)!

I was camped very high up in the mountains and had seen mountains with kids on the slopes all around me during the day. I was fairly certain that big cat was hunting the kids but, with the cat prowling so close, I felt truly vulnerable none the less. I saw tracks at the edge of the clearing in the morning and left the area that day - two days earlier than had been planned.