what frightens u

Years ago while still in high school. And to tell my age fur was still bring good money. A buddy and myself were walking down a river bank shining eyes in the trees. We had walked a far bit and sat down on the bank to rest. Probably sat there 15 to 20 minutes in complete silence just listening to the night sound. My buddy went to get up and all of a sudden all hell broke loose. Sounded like someone standing on the bank firing a 410 shotgun into the water. We scrambled to some cover and just looked at each other. We could hear something moving in the water, so we moved very carefully to the edge of the river bank. Turn our lights on and shined at the water. First blasted beavers I ever saw in central Texas, some 30 years ago. They had heard my buddy move in the dark and slapped their tail against the water. Sure had a reality check. Took quite awhile to get back to breathing.