Possible encounter close to the hospital in Smithers witnessed in British Columbia, Canada

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It was around midnight and i was with two friends walking through a small forest less than a block from my house. we were standing around talking when we all heard what sounded like a tree branch snapping ( a rather large one) my friends kept talking while i was curious and investigated. after a few minutes of looking into the forest i saw something 7 to 8 1/2 feet tall about 15 to 20 feet from me staring directly at me leaning with one arm against a tree. it was the middle of summer and the forest we were in was very dense so all i could see was the outline of this thing. i called to my friends to come over and look at it, when they started walking over the creature turned and walked out of the forest and onto the road. honestly i was so scared i turned and ran down the trail, neither of my friends saw it but they believed me because they said they have never seen me so scared. we went back the next day to check out the area i had seen it in. now i go into this forest everyday so ...