What were the longest seconds of your life?

I came home late one night after having been out with friends, and I took my 14 year old golden retriever out for a walk to relieve himself. I live in a relatively remote area with lots of wildlife. I was only a block from the house when I saw the silhouettes of two animals through the dim moonlight. It was hard to see, but they appeared to be wolf-coyote hybrids, which we have in the area. My dog was very old, arthritic and slow. The hybrids charged us. No way I could out run them, especially with my senior dog, so I charged right back at them, raising my arms in the air and let out a blood curdling scream. The two hybrids turned and ran. The whole situation took just a few seconds, but seemed much longer.