When I was in high school I was walking to my bus stop 1/3 mile away from my home, and just as I'm out of my driveway, I hear a rustling sound. I turned around and there was a cougar gleaming at me from the bushes. Its so early in the morning the sun's not even up, and there is little to no light...just this cougar and me, all by myself. Because I'd turned around and was now facing it, I couldn't turn away so I started walking backwards. I couldn't deviate from my path to a neighbors house because it was following too close and I, being in the middle of the road wasn't able to stray to any direction. In my mind I was thinking that if I went off the beaten path it might get the idea to run after me. So in the dark, I walked backwards to my bus stop, all the while the cougar is sneaking along the line of bushes trying to get closer to me, looking very much like a domestic cat does when its hunting. (Only its a 200 lb cat) I wanted to panic but I knew that if I'd panicked I'd essentially kill myself. (Though don't get me wrong, I was scared as hell) So I made it to my bus stop and luckily some people I knew were making enough racket that the cougar sulked into a sitting position and gave up on me while I stayed with the group until the bus came.