Saw what looked like a fox on the beach in the Outer Banks, North Carolina. Any feedback? More below?

I just got back from the Outer Banks in North Carolina and one night we were sitting out on the beach when what looked like a fox of some sort came over the hill and walked right in front of us (no more than six feet from right in front of us), without stopping or anything. I;m sure it knew we were there. It had a bushy tale and looked fairly small, still pretty scary to see on the beach. Then about an hour later on our way back to the beach house we saw three of four more of the fox-like animal. We ran as soon as we saw the pack but they didn;t seem aggressive at all. Does anyone know anything about these animals? Are they aggressive? Is this a rare seeing because i have never heard of anything like this?Thanks|||Sure, you probably saw one fox the first time, and a family of foxes the second time. Foxes have a very wide distribution, including the Outer Banks. They kill live prey, but unless they;re ill or cornered, foxes are more likely to avoid humans than attack them. They;re pretty cool, really, and I consider you lucky to have had such a good look, and to have seen such a big group of them!