I remember backpacking at night with my dad on the C&O canal here in D.C. It was about 11PM, out in the more isolated sections, and while we're walking down the trail we look into the forest and see two large, green eyes staring back at us. We picked up the pace a little bit

I'm pretty sure it was a mountain lion. It couldn't have been more than 10 feet away.
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Matt