I saw a strange creature

Tonight near the bayou in a residential neighborhood in the city my husband, brother, and I all took a walk with our dog. We were looking at Christmas lights and took a shortcut through a field past the bayou. We have taken this shortcut plenty of times over several years. The worst I’ve seen out there are stray animals. While walking my husband stops walking and I suddenly hear leaves rustling. I look in that direction and I see what appears to be some sort of animal running faster than any normal animal away from us.

However, it was running on all fours. It’s front arms where longer than the hind legs, I couldn’t see a face, and it’s back was curved downward as the hind legs were shorter. I have never experienced this type of encounter. Typically, especially at night, I can feel an animal watching me but not this time. I had no idea until it ran. Whatever it was I felt like I was in serious danger. My gut told me to run away. As it ran away from us and we ran away from it I’m flashing my light towards it and it stops in the middle of the field and watches us. It doesn’t move and I couldn’t see its face.

My mind keeps telling me it’s a gorilla but I know there’s no way there is a wild gorilla in a residential neighborhood in the city. What could it be???