Earliest possible encounter? (Possible racing spoilers.)

[Sexbad]

I think by most first he means earliest. Since most levels give the illusion of having monsters in them, it's hard to tell which is the first to feature a live one. To get the first real monster you have to

Spoiler below!

I believe the distillery is the first level to feature a real threat. In the demo if you get close enough to the monster it dissolves into thin air. On my second play through the full game I decided to test if this was true for the full version as well. After it appeared I ran straight toward it. It attacked me. FUCK, that was scary.

and a donkey.