If you’re a hiker, you’re well aware of your adventurous nature. Why would you go hiking if you didn’t have to? Hiking’s appeal is that it allows you to see parts of the world that are less traveled, places that few people can claim to have visited. You get to view some of the world’s natural treasures.

But something absolutely unexpected happened to this hiker, and it was far from lovely or magnificent. It was terrifying instead, but what had this hiker seen that was so bad?