Shipwreck Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 OK, I have a question about a sound from the woods behind my house that is really really freaky. I have lived in this house most of my life. We have a small patch of woods but we are near Princeton so there is not that much open space. For the last 2 years and never before in all my life there has been a horrific blood chilling feral scream of some beastie. I have camped all over the world and been in NJ for 3 decades and never heard this. OK, it only happens DEEP in the night. It only happens once in a while never in the spring fall or winter. It is a moving animal as I hear it fade away. The sound is a VERY loud screech. It almost sounds like a cat trying to mate, but its consistent in pitch and duration. Very loud very short and continual. The sound is savage it just cannot be a cat. There are deer back there and the sound always seems to coincide with their birth. Is something hunting them? Its not a hurt animal as the sound is very controlled. If I had to guess its being used to freak out prey and get them to bolt. Any ideas? It wakes up the whole house, scares the s out the of kids, and I just want to make sure its not something dangerous. If I had to guess at an animal I would say bobcat or some predatory cat. lol "He's a good stick" - Mr. Miyagi" ~ "Yep!" - Captain Dingo "How are you doing that" - Jimmy the Mate ~ "Shipwreck is one of those guys!" - Capt. Freddy Gamboa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.J. Aanensen Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Sounds like one of my old girlfriends lives in your woods now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickLandRover Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Without a doubt a porcupine, sounds like someone screaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipwreck Posted July 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Wow, never thought of that. Def sounds almost human. "He's a good stick" - Mr. Miyagi" ~ "Yep!" - Captain Dingo "How are you doing that" - Jimmy the Mate ~ "Shipwreck is one of those guys!" - Capt. Freddy Gamboa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipwreck Posted July 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 HOLY COW I found it. http://fishercatscreech.com/fisher-cat-sound-and-audio/ This is most def it. Very Very cool to be living near them, but I am keeping the cats inside. "He's a good stick" - Mr. Miyagi" ~ "Yep!" - Captain Dingo "How are you doing that" - Jimmy the Mate ~ "Shipwreck is one of those guys!" - Capt. Freddy Gamboa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Chupacabra. "Panacheless is no way to go through life" Tims Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipwreck Posted July 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Did you play the audio on the link? If you dont know what it is it sounds mortifying. I'm like somebody is killing a hooker in my back yard. "He's a good stick" - Mr. Miyagi" ~ "Yep!" - Captain Dingo "How are you doing that" - Jimmy the Mate ~ "Shipwreck is one of those guys!" - Capt. Freddy Gamboa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_S Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 The comments below the text seem to disagree with the identification of the noises. Perhaps the author was mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG1 Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Hey Ship, did you scroll down and listen to the red fox scream on that page....That was my first thought. They have startled the $h!+ out of me at night on the trails through IBSP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydnabronn Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Could be a Screech Owl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass-o-matic Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Jersey Devil. "I just do what the voices in my tackle box tell me to do." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iraevski Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 its the infamous NJ devil. havent you heard the stories, lol IR bass-o-matic just beat me with the identification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipwreck Posted July 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Believe me the thought of some half man/half beast crossed all our minds. My oldest son loves foxes and we know the red fox bark. It has a softer edge to it, deeper. This sounds like someone is tearing the skin off a sorority chick. The second we heard the fisher cat audio we all just looked at each other and knew. Pretty cool. He's a fisher, cat. Nice. If you had that yell at night I betcha you would get your own jetty. "He's a good stick" - Mr. Miyagi" ~ "Yep!" - Captain Dingo "How are you doing that" - Jimmy the Mate ~ "Shipwreck is one of those guys!" - Capt. Freddy Gamboa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 This sounds like someone is tearing the skin off a sorority chick. Can't be. There are no sororities in Princeton... I ate one anchovy, and that is why I did not eat two anchovies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Grit Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Try this link and listen to the animal sounds pretty scary and this video is recorded in daylight " target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL2sH...layer_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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