First draw experience in the middle of nowhere

My fiancé and I took a trip to Utah this past September. We spent two days offroading in Canyonlands. It was the best trip I've been on. It is very weird/unsettling camping in the middle of nowhere. It is so quiet out there you can hear yourself hear, your ears ring like you just left a concert.After a day of offroading, I found a good site for the night and started setting up camp. I parked the truck next to a small group of trees/bushes to create a barrier to one side. I put up the tent right next to the truck with the truck behind the tent and the flap open to the canyon. There is nothing to do out there at night so we would watch movies until we couldn't keep our eyes open anymore.Finally fell asleep around 10 or 11. Sound asleep until I heard someone or something going through the bed of the truck moving luggage around. I woke up right away, my fiancé stayed asleep. I layed there listening for about 1 minute but it seemed longer. My heart was racing. I didn't make a sound, I didn't want to scare or startle this thing away. I wanted to confront it. Whatever it was, it was physically moving luggage and gear. 2 weeks earlier the Rangers posted that there were bear sitings in the south end of the park. So the thoughts in my head were, is this a bear, a cougar, or human. I had no idea which one I wanted it to be. I didn't hear footsteps on the ground, so sort of ruled out a bear and there were no voices so hopefully not human.At this point my fiancé wakes up and picks her head up. I put my hand over her mouth and put her head back down on her pillow. I put my shoes on, grab my gun (ruger sr40c), flashlight, and begin opening the tent zipper slower than death so it doesn't make any noise. I step out of the tent, gun ready, flashlight up and butt ass naked ready to battle whatever is out there. I spin towards the truck, click the light on and two eyes pop out from behind my spare tire. It looks like a fox with a cat body and a raccoon tail. This tiny hybrid animal made all this racket. I couldn't believe itHe looked at me and went back in the truck. What the hell, get out! I pounded on the bed cover and he jumped down and ran off. He moved some tarps unzipped some stuff and SHIT on both of our luggage bags. I clean up and go back to bed.The next day when we get back to Moab, we are eating at a restaurant and the couple in the next booth are making the same trip that day. We explained what happened and give the same explanation I gave my fiancé, fox head, cat body and a raccoon tail. Right away the lady says that's a Ring Tail! I thought she made it up. http://ift.tt/2AaEmDi was my first draw in self defense. My adrenaline was threw the roof but I was expecting something to happen the whole trip, so ot was alway in the back of my mind. With no one to help us and no way to escape I think I kept my cool pretty well, was able rationalize and think clearly in the middle nowhere. via /r/CCW http://ift.tt/2AzPOck