What is the most threatening self-defense situation you've ever been faced with?

[BRL40]

...what is it with dogs.

I can walk out my front door and head a short distance away to endless miles of forest.

A friend and I were on our way to our favorite shooting spot out there, I was carrying an AR in a case strapped to my back with a Shield .40 on my hip.

Suddenly flippin' Cujo popped out from a side trail and we all found ourselves face-to-face in a frozen panic!

It took a few seconds before I realized it was another friends mutt who's only threat to me had been to roll over on his back and pester me for another belly rub...WHEW!

 

[hostler]

In contrast to some here, my closest call involving a firearm was from a LEO who held his pistol to the side of my head.
Pretty helpless feeling having a gun to your head while someone yells "stop resisting" while someone else tries to drag you out of a vehicle you are seatbelted into.