Very odd behavior!

[Fisherking]

Just the other night I was having trouble sleeping. I decided to step out for some air.

It was well after 1 am. I started for the front door, but something told me to use the backdoor instead. That was a bit odd I thought.

Anyway, I went out the backdoor and was just standing there for a while. It was a warm enough night for Feb. in Bavaria...which only means it wasn’t freezing.
Then I heard scratching and snuffling. Then I heard a large dog panting. (I mean really big) I’ll go and have a look I thought and took a step in that direction.

The next thing I knew I was slamming the door and locking it. I thought I should turn on the light and have a look outside. Instead I slammed down the rolling shutter over the door.

What the heck just happened?

I am not afraid of dogs!

Granted, we don’t have stray dogs around here and people lock up their pets at night.

Where did the dog come from and what in the world made me panic over it.

I just can’t figure it out.

Any ideas?
Anyone else ever found themselves doing something counter to their intentions?

[Prussian to the Iron]

I guess it's sorta human nature. Big, scary dogs growling would instinctively create a fearful response in humans.

[Major Robert Dump]

It may have been a man in the bushes breathing heavily. Maybe next time you go outside you should put on a shirt

[pevergreen]

It may have been a man in the bushes breathing heavily. Maybe next time you go outside you should put on a shirt

The night makes everything scarier.

[aimlesswanderer]

When you're half asleep, you react instinctively, right? So the survival instinct kicked in, and you protected yourself from a potentially man eating dog.

[Rhyfelwyr]

lol @ MRD

Sometimes when I get really tired I do a lot of stuff on auto-pilot and I don't know what I'm doing, that's probably all that happened.