Reply #36: Weeeeelllll,

[Occulus]

Having lived eight from from the edge of a thickly wooded state game preserve, I can tell you: anyone who tries to follow you will lose you the moment they lose sight of you.

The undergrowth can be thick, and knowing pine trees, he was gone in a flash, and they probably couldn't even hear him after five or ten seconds. This is because pine trees seriously deaden sounds, not only because of their branches but also because of the dead needles on the ground, which make for an excellent surface for moving silently.

I hiked in the woods behind my house almost daily when I was a teen. That he got away from them so quickly after running into the woods is a foregone conclusion.