04.10Distant Screams in the Night
The picture above is from our patio / deck of our new home. It is situated between two lakes and is an area of Central Illinois where I have concentrated my research for the last 4 years.
At my new home “House between the Two Lakes” I am running my audio recorder 24/7.
On the evening of the 8th of April 2009 at 2 a.m. I recorded 5 minutes of a series of screams. After each scream the dogs in the area would add their barks. I have shortened the recording to make it only a minute long. I have eliminated most of the dog barks but the original recording has not been filtered or altered.
I am sorry that the sound file is of poor quality but the screams were coming from about a mile away so did not record well. I am not sure what animal was doing the screaming, there are coyote, fox, bobcat and cougar in the area. There was a daytime sighting of a sasquatch within about one mile and I have heard the Ohio Moan Howl (not recorded) here 3 weeks ago.
Click here – Distant Screams
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Hello, Congrats on your new move! Wow beautiful scenery.
This sound is EXACTLY what I have heard on and surrounding our property.
It’s an eerie sound, and it could possibly be one made by a neighbouring fox. Apparently they sound like that or similar when calling other members of their group… or a mate.
If my hubby called for me like that, I’d be running the other way. Disrespectful and rude I’d say…and for my kids to yell at me… oh no they would ne-ver… haha
Have fun settling in.
April 10th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I agree with Shannon on the fox call. Though the one from your back deck (Ohio moan like) sounds siren-like in the case of a wolf, it is a little lower in frequency than a grey wolf. Tells me that whatever is making that call if it is not canine is used to imitating grey wolves for whatever reason.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I have heard some weird & loud vocalizations from a fox sitting about 150 feet from my front door. Certainly wouldn’t have known what it was without seeing it.
April 12th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Fox was my first thought too… any animal is cool to hear out in the woods like that though, doesn’t matter what kind? Sounds like your house is in a great spot Stan, I’d love to be able to listen to that kind of stuff from home.
April 12th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Interesting…but sounds a LOT like a red fox. Coyote…no wya. But red fox will scream much like this..I am a trapper and know this for sure. However, April is denning month so mom’s in the den with little ones…could it be a adult male red?
But yet, I have heard Sasquatch that sounds errily like that…
hard to say….but I wanted to throw out the red fox idea…
April 12th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Sounds like a bad fox impression…Vocal Mimicry?? Perhaps…
April 14th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Hey Stan, I sent you a couple of audio clips for your review. Found something very interesting in your recordings. I ran your file through a wavelet and found something else among what sounds like fox. I really like the wavelet it is almost like a fingerprint in the sense it gives you a visual signature. Any way I digress, the point is, the two clips I sent you fall within the range that could be sasquatch. Keep recording. I would be happy to send you some wavelet files so you can see what I am talking about.
David W Ellis
April 14th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Thank you for this. Fortunately, I have a fenced in yard so my dog was safe but your recording confirmed my suspicions. And, yes, it is a gawd-awful sound – like a cross between a goose honk and a night heron’s qwawk.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Thank you for posting this recording. I live in a very wooded area in Iowa by the river. We have been hearing this sound on and off throughout the year. I have been on several animal sound websites but none had the correct sound. Now I have something others can hear.
August 5th, 2009 at 8:43 am