Rattlesnakes, I have had dozen of encounters with them in the bush. Never got bit except the time a female hit my hip boots when I stepped on her .. glanced off. I have put my hand next to one, Had one crawl into my debris shelter during the night .. even looked down once and had a big timber rattler slither over my shoe. They don't always rattle, usually do but not always. Now bears, lots and lots of encounters, treed once, walked into a big black bear eating blackberries. Chased one off the front porch of my camp looking in the window ..

Turkey hunting in cameo and had a big wolf come right up to me sniffing. He couldn't see me but could smell me .. I move he ran..

I could go on for days.