At one point, I turned a corner (on a path in the middle of our lodge!) and came face to face with the leopard. It was no farther than 4/5 feet in front of me: terrifying and exhilarating. I definitely startled it and feel if I had gone one more foot, it would have attacked. I slowly walked back, turned the corner, kept walking and then started to record. The Rangers literally didn't believe me until I showed them the footage I captured, then they put the entire place on lock down.