In the spring of 2022 a friend and I went hunting for bear in the Umpqua national forest outside of Tiller, OR. There remained a bit of snow maybe a foot or two and we ended up hiking to the top of a meadow, next to a spring. Waiting, I ended up losing my chance at a bear after waiting several hours when my friend ended up in a coughing fit and the bear that was a good distance away at the bottom of the meadow bolted. That part is irrelevant. We end up leaving shortly after because it was late, and by the time we were almost off of the trail it was sunset. We were maybe 200 yard from the trailhead when we encountered a couple who were just getting onto the trail. The man had nothing but a very small day pack, and the woman had nothing except a baby on baby carrier on her chest. They seemed extremely nervous and in my autism I assumed it was because of the hunting rifle slung over my shoulder. The man shakily asked how it was going and said it was going fine, just got done for the day. My friend and I kept walking and I realized it sounded like they weren't moving and I looked back and they were just staring at us. When we looked back they hurriedly kept walking down the trail, towards the east (we encountered them at a split that occurs .1 miles from the trailhead. When we got to the trailhead the only other vehicle besides our own was a blue Toyota FJ cruiser with Idaho license plates. The car was completely empty. We drove off and it really didn't set in how weird the interaction was until a half hour down the dirt roads, how strange it is they were getting on a snow covered trail right at sunset when the closest town, Tiller (which is only a couple of buildings) was nearly an hour of driving away. They didn't even seem equipped at all to camp over night. I don't know still what was going on with that, if those people are still alive or not.

Pic related, it's that area in the fall