Alumnus ? I am a graduate Mormon . <| sep |> I ' m backpacking alone right around the time Slender Man was getting popular . Ended up on a longer than planned day that had me hiking well into the night . The area I was hiking had the sort of encroaching trees that look like they ' re closing in on you . I was fine at first since I ' d hiked alone at night plenty of times and I was prepared with a headlamp . Around 9 pm or so , I was starting to feel a bit uneasy and starting talking to myself and singing aloud to ensure that I wouldn ' t surprise any wild animals . I started getting very uncomfortable , but just around the corner I knew I would hit the campsite by the lake , but I could finally go to sleep and shake the feeling that something might be following me . As I approached and the lake came into view I was relieved to see two other campers with headlamps and I called out to say hello . But then they disappeared . At that point I found there was nowhere to go , but farther along the trail that wrapped around the lake since there was no campsite here ! So I kept walking , keeping a steady pace along the edge of the lake . I was sure it was a mountain lion and I wanted to get away from there as quickly as possible . The encroaching trees became even tighter as they were all I could see with my headlamp killing my night vision making everything else dark . Finally , I reached the other side of the lake , and I was thirsty , but didn ' t dare bend down to the lake for water . I glanced up at the hillside and only 100 feet away the glowing eyes appeared to suddenly lift up and lower as soon as I looked at them . I knew I was the prey . Luckily , their happened to be a park restroom way out here so I quickly made my way inside , locked the door , and had what was not my most unpleasant night out . When I woke up the next morning I decided to cut out the final day of hiking and walked 20 miles right out of the park ! tldr alone at night in remote area being stalked by mountain lion , but hid in a wellplaced park restroom