Ha ha ha - still chuckling - I had the same reaction - "Who's over there?!?!". Getting away from the human noise is important to me, and I really resented the intrusion of a tree-felling (or so I thought).<br><br>Avalanches have never provoked that instinctive "people-noise" in me, so it's a learned response, I supose - both are "natural" sounds...<br><br>And to add to my mirth at your post, I have a similar stream experience, but it was a Georgia beaver that was especially perturbed that I had the effrontary to camp where IT wanted to do some nocturnal tree work...