>be me
>asleep
>have chihuahua
>wake up hearing chihuahua whining outside
There's a fence surrounding one side of my house that covers about 10-20 feet out which my dog uses to go outside to shit & piss.
>it's raining lightly
>hear fence creaking, like something is pushing on it
>chihuahua is just standing there whining, not barking
>go outside with a big walking stick
>don't hear anything, it ran off
>walk around to find chihuahua, he's just standing in one spot in the mud, won't move from that spot until i approach and he goes back inside
>walk around a perimeter outside my house, bang my big stick against wood and metal to scare shit away
>don't see anything
>didn't hear footsteps as it ran off, either due to rain or because it wasn't that big
>just walk around banging my stick loudly against shit to make sure anything nearby heard it
>go back inside
>dog's feet and legs are covered in mud, clean him up
>go out and patrol again, dog ran out with me to go mark territory around the place
>i go catch him, see some deer that run away
>take him inside AGAIN and clean him up
>have to close his doggy door to make sure he doesn't go outside again tonight, planning on doing this every night and just letting him out to pee
>have to patrol every night now to make sure nothing's out there
My only question is, what was it? I live in the southern U.S. Appalachias, so i'm thinking it could've been a bear. They're quiet when trying to eat prey but scare off when humans are near. Problem with that is that, aren't bears supposed to be loud?
There's big dogs in the neighborhood, so if it was big enough it could've just preyed on them, but it chose my chihuahua instead. The fact that it's just picking on my little dog and not something bigger just enrages me. What does /x/ think it was?