If you attack, you will probably draw its attention whereas if you walk slowly by at a safe distance, it probably won't notice you. You walk to the south and then around the beast. The animal hears your footsteps, and looks up at you. You shut your eyes, and stop dead in your tracks. You hear the animal coming closer to you. You can smell it. You hear its footsteps as it walks around you in a circle. Then you hear it smelling you. You feel its moist snout, and you jerk your hand away involuntarily. As it walks around you again, it brushes against you, and you feel its fur which feels like wire. Your eyes are shut so tightly, you feel a headache coming on. Evidentally for the creature to see you is not sufficient. You and the creature must look into each other's eyes. The beast decides that you are an uninteresting object, and slowly walks away. You hear the animal walk away but you remain motionless for another minute. Finally, when you no longer hear the creature, and you sense it must be a great distance away, you tentatively take a peek at the outside world. Even after you open your eyes, they still ache. Your eyes water and adjust to the light. You feel the trace of a headache. You could look around to see where the creature is but you don't bother. You start running to the east. After several minutes, you stop. Panting, you glance behind you but see nothing unusual. You regain composure, and keep walking.