When out in the woods.....

It happens here in England too. I knew one guy who came face-to-face with a panther type cat in the Forest of Dean/Wye Valley area.
Spent a fair bit of time wandering there myself, but have never seen or heard anything though, thankfully. Mind you, I usually take the dog with me, so she might put them off if they're quite reclusive. Over here I think it's more to do with people dumping them in the wild when they get to big and hard to manage.

It was over ten years ago / pretty sure it was close 2 Yoho ntl park near the bc / alberta border in Canada.

would love 2 go back there 2 set up some cameras and stuff but its way 2 far / dont have the time now. In the future i can picture myself doing something like that due 2 the fact that that scream was something I never heard b4 / have been camping most my life.