I just sort of ran into the first one at an intersection. We stopped and looked at each other for a bit. It was like two feet away from me. It scantered off just as I was reaching for my phone.
Btw, the term red herring originated as part of fox hunting. It was a way to get the hounds accustomed to the scent of the fox by dragging a fish in most cases a herring across the hunting trail.
I once walked outside a door and noticed that there was a skunk about two meters away from me right before it quickly ran away. I guess that could have ended a lot worse. :1orglaugh