u/Fig_Fanatic

Last year I went solo backpacking near Mt Hood in Oregon, just for one night. It was pretty early in the spring and to my knowledge there were no other campers in the area. Just as it was starting to get dark I heard the craziest sound, kind of like a woman screaming but then it shifted into more of a haunting “YEOW!” sound. Does this sound like a cougar? There was a sign at the trailhead that said a cougar had been seen in the area about a month earlier. It freaked me out so bad I considered hiking out but then I thought moving around might put me at more risk if there was a cougar. What would you have done?