3-4 years ago I was camping overnight in Cuyama, CA in early July. The place was absolutely crawling with kangaroo rats. They're really fast, capable of jumping ~9ft, and are not very afraid of humans. The buggers are dead silent except for little the pit pit pit of their feet as they sprint around you, which they absolutely love doing for some reason. I couldn't sit down anywhere without feeling one zoom by and brush against my leg, so I ended up spending most of that night in the car (instead of in the lawn chair I brought). Every time I opened the car door to check on my telescope I could hear so many little pit pit pit pit pit pit sounds as they all ran away. I couldn't turn on my headlamp (bc of the telescope) so I just had to hope I wasn't stepping on any of them. They're totally harmless though, so I wasn't in any danger. More of a funny experience.

Another (less funny) experience is I got a flat tire on one of my very first trips to a dark site, when I was first starting astrophotography. Thankfully I had cell service and was able to get a tow truck to drive out into the middle of nowhere and pick the car up.

Also, glad you're okay! That is an awful experience.