Two fishermen on the Dungeness river hear footsteps and find large 16" prints witnessed in Clallam County, Washington

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Me and my friend Kyle had been fishing on the upper Dungeness River. The spot where we were fishing was accessible by logging road till it got washed out many years ago, now we have to hike a good mile and a half down a huge mountain side to get there. Because I had to work (I work nights) we decided to leave about 3pm. As soon as we hit the trail and headed into the forest we both had the "creeps" for lack of a better word. Wasn't long till we noticed big Cat prints either Cougar or Mt Lynx I believe, that kinda got us looking down at the ground seeing if tracks kept up trail or what. Not long after we heard branches cracking from something stepping on them, that was soon followed by loud footsteps at which time me and Kyle both came to an abrupt stop to listen. After we stopped, whatever it was would take about 3-5 more steps, then must have realized we had stopped and it would stop also, this would go on for roughly the next half mile. At one point he heard it double back at a fast ...