Maybe. Wouldn't surprise me. Whatever it was was in a sense at least stalking men and the dog and he didn't like it. When we sped up, it sped up. When we slowed or turned, it turned and slowed, I couldn't see thru the rain but it sounded like it essentially stayed roughly the same sound away from us for about 10-15 minutes. I was very happy to make the clearing.Mountain Lion? Use to do a fair amount of raccoon hunting with dogs way back in the late 00's early 10's. Running the Boone River one night and just felt something weird. That real eerie feeling that makes you skin kind of crawl. Game camera ended showing a mountain lion.
Dog would turn around and snort then growl and bark a few times. Part of me wanted to take him off the harness and let him go and follow him but also, part of me didn't really want to know. So I just kept him with me and kept walking.