In one of my Army stints back in the late 80s I was stationed on a remote site in the some mountains in Germany. The nearbye town was small but had a couple bars that one could go too in their off time. There was a Castle that overlook the town that was surrounded by forests to sides not overlooking the villiage. If you did not drive into town you would walk through the forest and down some stone steps down to town by the castle. I remember walking through that forest on late evening and I could hear a shuffling in a bush. As I got closer I got an a strange feeling like something was wrong. I could hear a growling soon afterwards and could see what appeared to be a hairy small human shape with red glowing eyes. Needless to say I ran away as fast I could. Never saw this thing again. Well a few months back I watched a movie called don't be afraid of the dark, the creatures in that movie were similar to what I saw. The movie was lame but I got goosebumbs when i saw those little elves.